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Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Erik Karlsson. Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

Around the NHL: Sharks owner calls out Erik Karlsson, Canucks’ Myers fined for slashing McDavid

Originally posted on TheLeafsnation | By Jeremy Tingly | Last updated Oct 13, 2025 9:30 AM ET

The 2025-26 NHL season is off and running and there’s plenty of surprises so far in the early year. The Boston Bruins are undefeated in the early going, the same can be said about the Seattle Kraken, and rookie Beckett Sennecke has scored in each of his two games for the Anaheim Ducks.

It’s certainly been an entertaining start to the season throughout the league, and it’s great to have hockey back. Here’s all the very latest from around the NHL:

Sharks owner takes shots at Erik Karlsson

Erik Karlsson hasn’t played for the San Jose Sharks since the 2022-23 season, but it seems like he left a sour taste in ownership’s mouth. Sharks owner Hasso Plattner recently conducted a rare media availability and stated he felt Karlsson wasn’t a team player in San Jose.

“(Rebuilding) was actually my wish five years ago,” Plattner said, per San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng. “And quote, unquote, the previous (regime) said that’s not there. EK65 was probably the last real try to keep the level of the Thorntons and Pavelskis.

“First, one (star) is not enough. Second, you know his qualities and you know his deficiencies; he was not the most, how do I say it, team-friendly player. He was good, but he was probably very good in a very good team.”

Karlsson battled through injury troubles throughout his tenure in San Jose, and the one year he managed to stay healthy, 2022-23, he posted 101 points and won the Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenceman. The Sharks, meanwhile, finished 29th in the league that season. The Swedish defenceman was eventually moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a blockbuster trade, perhaps ownership is a little bitter as they’re still paying $1.5 million of his salary through next season.

Canucks’ Tyler Myers fined for slashing Oilers’ Connor McDavid

The NHL’s department of player safety has been busy to start the new season, with their latest disciplinary action coming down on Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers.

Myers was fined $2,5000 from the league for slashing Edmonton Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid. The play happened during the third period of the Canucks and Oilers matchup, with Myers getting his stick between McDavid’s legs.

Quite the sequence for Tyler Myers …

▪️Takes a delay of game penalty
▪️Cup checks McDavid
▪️Nearly decapitates the ref on the way to the box pic.twitter.com/nIGCVCONWQ

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) October 12, 2025

This was the third time Myers has been fined by the NHL, with his most recent infraction back in 2024 when he elbowed Sean Kuraly. Myers three career fines have cost him $12,500 total.

Quick hits from around the NHL:

Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel leads the league early on with seven points in his first three games this season. Eichel’s linemate Mitch Marner has recorded two assists in his first three games as a Golden Knight.
Jack Roslovic finally found a new home, signing a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers. It certainly feels like Roslovic left money on the table by waiting so long to sign on with a new team.
Golden Knights winger Pavel Dorofeyev is the way-too-early leader for the Rocket Richard race, scoring five goals in his first three games this season.
Ducks rookie Beckett Sennecke is off to a hot start to his NHL career, scoring goals in back to back games and posting three points in his first two contests.
Islanders rookie Matthew Schafer is off and running on Long Island, playing a team leading 26:04 in their last game, one in which he scored his first career NHL goal, and head coach Patrick Roy called him the team’s best player. Not bad for an 18-year-old defenceman.
It took all of two games for Lindy Ruff to call out the Buffalo Sabres. After their latest loss to the Boston Bruins, Ruff called his team’s compete level ‘terrible’.
Sabres forward Josh Norris is expected to missing significant time thanks to an upper-body injury. New York Rangers forward Vincent Trocheck is week to week, also with an upper-body injury.
Montreal Canadiens forward Zachary Bolduc is off to a hot start with his new team, scoring three goals and one assist in his first three games this season.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said there was a good chance the league in 2028 would celebrate the 20th anniversary of its annual Winter Classic in the place where the outdoor event first launched — Orchard Park, New York.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman , the Vancouver Canucks have been linked in trade talks for a second-line centre, the Ottawa Senators are a team to watch when it comes to a significant move at some point this season, and the Maple Leafs are still interested in finding a top-six forward.