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Blissfully Mediocre
Very true, but wouldn't they try and take the return from Severson then and replace with another defender? I'd hope so.
I think that are just in a situation where they are trying to extricate the most value. I don't feel like they want to put themselves in a position where they have to get a certain return on Severson just because of the hole it opens up. I think that they just take the best value and understand that they have to make a corresponding move to fill the void. It doesn't have to be a high cost move. Could honestly just be a single year free agent signing move after the season is over.