may not be among the , but he might be the most coveted player outside of .Dangled at the in-season trade deadline, the five-time All-Star defenseman has long been a speculated target with the in rebuild mode -- especially so now that teammate . And it's the , this year's biggest surprise Stanley Cup contenders, who are Mike Walton Jersey reportedly honing in on the two-time Norris Trophy winner. Friday that the "likely scenario for Erik Karl son" is that he "gets traded to Vegas with sooner rather than later" and the Senators, in turn, "look to free agency" to fill their subsequent blue-line hole. Ryan, the Senators' 31-year-old right winger, would make a potential Karl son deal even more notable, although that's mostly because of his expensive seven-year, $50-million contract -- a cap hit Ottawa has reportedly been looking to unload for a while.It remains to be seen just how far along any reported Karl son or Ryan deal really is, however. Despite Kelly's suggestion that Vegas, which is among the NHL's leaders in projected cap room, is in line to land the Senators' big-name defenseman, recently that "things have been very quiet on the Karl son front" and that trade talks have "been a little softer than they would have hoped," in part because teams "know that they can play hardball" with the Senators. Dave Keon Jersey