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The waiting game for Erik Karlsson will go right down to the wire.

With the NHL trade deadline set for 3 p.m., Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion spent Sunday in his office huddled with his closest advisors and working the phones to see if anybody is willing to pay the high price to acquire the club’s captain and franchise player.

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While the Senators have held serious talks with several teams that continued into Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knight. San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators were all believed to be involved in the talks.

It’s believed the Lightning are among the teams that have stepped up their efforts to try to get Karlsson but they might not be the only one in that group.

The talk amongst league executives is Tampa GM Steve Yzerman wants to add Karlsson badly but he’s having a difficult time trying to get a third team involved to take on winger Bobby Ryan’s contract. The Senators would like to get his $7.5 million cap hit off their books as part of this trade.