Between having major foot surgery, the tragic stillborn birth of his son, the ugliness between Mike Hoffman's fiancee and his wife Melinda, constant trade rumors and, of course, the Senators implosion on the ice last season, it's been a rough past year for Erik Karlsson.
However, the Sens captain still has his sense of humor intact.
Karlsson appears in a new advertisement for the Swedish company Gainomax, where the theme is "You probably can't be like Erik Karlsson, but you can recover like Erik Karlsson" by using its post-workout sports recovery drinks and bars.
Karlsson allows the company to poke fun at his surgery with the line, "You probably can't break a heel and get back on the ice real quick like Erik Karlsson", as well as his good looks, charm and even his pirate-like mustache.
His acting is straight out of a 1970's sitcom -- cheesy, self-deprecating and just plain silly. In other words, simply perfect.