Confirmed Trade: [CBJ/NJD] D Damon Severson traded to the Blue Jackets for CGY 2023 3rd round pick (sign and trade, 8 years, $6.25M AAV)

[ChesterNimitz]

Will regret that in 3 years..

Some fans are regretting it after 3 hours.

 

[pth2]

If Columbus is looking at improving in the short term , I can't help but wonder if they'd want to get Anderson back.

 

[BB88]

Well, good for Severson for getting the bad. Whew.

Columbus I guess is desperately going to try and scrape into the playoffs, no matter what it costs. Good luck to them.

These types of posts make no sense.

They’ve added 2 legit u30 top4 Dmen, kept all their prospects and own picks and people are saying they are going all in for a playoff spot for next season.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Pretty certain that's being done with the recognition that the cap is looking to go up by leaps and bounds in 2024 and beyond.

Doesn't make it any less of a truly awful contract...

Severson is terrible.

 

[Farmboy Patty]

I imagine Severson is at least on the 2nd pair and on the right side

There is no way that he’ll play bottom pair minutes. Top four, prob RD next to Werensky. Seems like a great fit with the systems that Babs is known for.

 

[traffic cone]

Awful contract

Really good contract actually.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Yeah but was Provorov really worth trading a 1st and a 2nd for only 2 years of service ? The Blue Jackets were probably better off using those picks on forwards or maybe a goalie in the 2nd. Going out and getting Severson was a different move because he is signed for 8 years. I feel like the Blue Jackets are potentially stunting their rebuild at the expense of trying to look like they want to compete now. I understand why they made the moves though. Severson and Provorov make their defense better for sure.

It feels like Jarmo may have entered the "swing for the fences to save my job" phase of employment.

 

[Viqsi]

If Columbus is looking at improving in the short term , I can't help but wonder if they'd want to get Anderson back.

We're more than fine on the wings, thank you.

 

[Half Clapper]

Really good contract actually.

He is a 4 million D-man on a team that won't be contending for at least 3-4 years, and that is if everything works out.

 

[Viqsi]

It feels like Jarmo may have entered the "swing for the fences to save my job" phase of employment.

If that were true, he likely would have traded more from the farm. Like, say, our high 2nd. Or the 3rd overall. Or literally any of our prospects.

 

[ManofSteel55]

If that were true, he likely would have traded more from the farm. Like, say, our high 2nd. Or the 3rd overall. Or literally any of our prospects.

It's still early.

 

[Viqsi]

He is a 4 million D-man on a team that won't be contending for at least 3-4 years, and that is if everything works out.

He's a necessary step in getting to that contending phase by providing room for the kids to grow and develop by taking on hard minutes in the early years.

 

[BB88]

Doesn't make it any less of a truly awful contract...

Severson is terrible.

He’s an easy top4 RD.

Those players are getting 6M from the market any day of the week

 

[Viqsi]

It's still early.

That's odd, there wasn't supposed to be rain today, so why am I suddenly hearing ominous thunder?

(but seriously, I don't think he's dipping that much further.)

 

[billingtons ghost]

Looks like they found someone to play next to Werenski.

Werenski - Severson
Provorov - Boqvist
Gudbranson - Peeke/Bean/Jiricek

That's a time bomb first pairing.

He’s an easy top4 RD.

Those players are getting 6M from the market any day of the week

On an awful team, yes. Bottom pair coming into and throughout the season on the Devils.

 

[YP44]

If Columbus is looking at improving in the short term , I can't help but wonder if they'd want to get Anderson back.

he needs to be used in a PLD deal though. Kinda a columbus link there

 

[PullHard]

He really doesn't though. These kinda comments always get me. Dude is playing 4D chess thinking years ahead and these deals he makes almost always have CBJ on top in the end.

I don't mean for this to be a dunk because I know some meaningful players have forced their way out of town and whatnot, but how do you mean they've wound up on top?

For example, the first thing that jumps to mind is that Wennberg and Bjorkstrand represented a piece of a nice middle 6 line that helped propel Seattle past the defending cup champs this year, from an outsider POV that seems like two guys who would be extremely helpful for Columbus right now who left for nothing/ little.

Again I'm not trying to dunk on Jarmo because he has made some nice signings and trades too, but to say he's playing 4D chess and comes out on top, especially with CBJs position in the standings the last couple of years, well it is leaving me stumped.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Im happy for Severson and his family, that’s a great deal for him. He’s a good player, prone to making some bonehead plays once in a while but he really stepped up this playoff. Sad to see such a long tenured Devil go but getting a 3rd for a UFA is a good deal for New Jersey

Great post. During the dark days I was as critical of him as anyone. With the addition of guys like Marino, Graves and Siegenthaler he was much more effective in a less demanding role. And by all accounts he seems to be a quality teammate.

 

[ManofSteel55]

That's odd, there wasn't supposed to be rain today, so why am I suddenly hearing ominous thunder?

(but seriously, I don't think he's dipping that much further.)

You know more than I do about it, so I certainly won't argue, ha ha.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Werenski - 9.5 million
Severson - 6.25 million
Provorov - 4.725 million
Gudbranson - 4 million
Peeke - 2.75 million
Boqvist - 2.6 million
Bean - 2.33 million

Add in Jiricek and that is absolutely a logjam of defenseman (with several promising young D in the pipeline) and a lot of cap dollars tied up in the position. Somethings' got to give.

Seems like a nice problem to have.

 

[sxvnert]

Another good move for the Blue Jackets. Sure its an overpayment..but its Columbus, they have no choice.

Werenski Severson
Provorov Peeke
Gudbranson Boqvist
EXTRA: Blankenburg/Berni/Bean
ELC: Jiricek/Mateychuk/Ceulemans

That D is stacked now.

 

[Michoulicious]

8 years for frickin Severson? Ouch.

 

[BB88]

That's a time bomb first pairing.



On an awful team, yes. Bottom pair coming into and throughout the season on the Devils.

Sure sure

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Do they not think Jiricek is ready? Jiricek and Provorov seemed like a good enough fix to me.

I think that money would have been better spent on forwards.

Personally, except in rare cases would always prefer 29-year-olds on defense as opposed to 20-year-olds.

Don't see it as either or and think both Provorov and Severson will make the younger defensemen better in the future.

 

[Farmboy Patty]

Sever me timbers.

Well. I suppose if you have Gaudreau in his mid-late prime for the next four years, may as well go for it. Best hope that Severson or Provorov are able to defend at a competent level, though.

So what now for CBJ? They do not seem to be rebuilding in the least.

Jarmo is so desperate

Naaw. Jarmo is being aggressive and filling the holes on the squad with players that fit the direction that the Jackets are going with an established coach who’s had great results with lesser personnel.

Doesn’t CBJ already have some incredible Dman coming up? Why was this move needed?

They need veteran puck moving D’s to go with their upcoming prospects. Without moves like this there is a big risk that the Jackets will never hit their stride with vets in their primes and be stuck in an Oilers like situation and waste their window with a young squad without direction, stuck in mediocrity and essentially wasting the talent in what is a great prospect pool.