Damon Severson and NJ are working on a sign and trade to Columbus. 8x$6.25M
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 9, 2023
by jakeyeah111
@Columbus Blue Jackets
Damon Severson and NJ are working on a sign and trade to Columbus. 8x$6.25M
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 9, 2023
by jakeyeah111
39 Comments
Jarmo doesn’t give a fuck. Let’s go. Wonder what we are sending.
Locking up a good defensemen: yes, love that Jarmo
Giving him term until he’s 37: I don’t know about that one
Edit: it apparently only cost a third round pick. I’m fine with that.
Jarmo just set the market for defense. Good luck to any teams trying to add defenders this off-season.
Well I have to say the defense already looks miles better with Provorov and Severson added.
Jarmo to Gavrikov
“I can’t give you term”
Gavrikov
“I’ll sign without term then somewhere else”
Jarmo
“I’ll give this guy money and term”
considering the fact that defender takes longer to develop i am fine with that… by the time most of this defense core will be gone svozil mateychuk jiricek ceulemans etc will hop in.
Wow. Color me surprised. Lol bro cashing in on a solid playoff run
Love the move. We needed to get older and more experienced quickly. Solid player who is always available. Jarmo laying his balls on the line now. Love it
Devils fan here, I had him pegged around 6.5mm x 5 or 6 so I don’t think this deal is a wild overpay. The term is what scares me, and I’m sure you guys as well. He’s been just about the healthiest player we’ve had so that’s a bonus, he won’t miss many games.
As for his game he played a little more sheltered minutes (50/50 DvO zone starts) this season but ended up being our best defenseman for the last ~30 games and playoffs. He has zero issue joining the rush and shooting. Above average puck moving dman. He has a flair for the very disastrous turnovers, you’ll get those once in a while but they’re not as bad as people make them out to be if you have a goalie that doesn’t let in every good chance.
Take care of him, he went through some shit here in the worst years of our franchise.
As a neutral observer this seems bad? Loading up for a roster that isn’t ready to contend yet and still doesn’t have a true 1C. Maybe I’m crazy, but this reeks of a guy that may not be long for his role so wants the team to improve overnight?
Is he better than Gavrikov, this was the term he was looking for.
Don’t know if jarmo trying this hard to get the team to win next year in order to save his job is the best thing for the organizations long term future. But we are all along for the ride. 8 years seems like a long term to give
Okay I manifested this. I just traded for him in NHL 23 last night 😂
Ok, the D is going to be miles better than last year, therefor Elvis should be too. Now we wait for a centerman…
What have all (most) of us said this offseason?
We need a 1C and a bona fide top 4 on D. It seems like this offseason we’re going to get that.
I like Severson but that term is… woof
I like it. The majority of the guys we’ve had the last two years were a part of the literal two worst defensive seasons in team history. Changes needed to be made. Mateychuk and Svozil seem have room to come up in a year or two. The right side has Severson and Gudbranson. Someone needs to go between Boqvist, Peeke, and Blanks, and honestly this should let Jiricek marinate a little longer in the AHL
Love it. Severson’s a really good player. Yes, years 7 and 8 won’t be fun, but we’re already in that boat with Johnny. We’re in a 5-ish year window now. Don’t understand people moaning about 2030 when this will make us MUCH better for the next half decade. The cap will be far higher by then as well. This is a good gamble
Man…. getting major Scott Howson off-season of 2011 vibes.
Big trade for Carter (Provorov)
Trade and sign Wisneiwski (Severson)
Somehow thinking these were the missing pieces…. when the team just wasn’t that good to begin with, and weren’t going anywhere with Mason (Merzlikins) being a major question mark in net.
The Carter/Provorov comparison is the weakest….but man. I’m having flashbacks.
Again, Jarmo is approaching this offseason to make the playoffs.
For those saying jarmo is rushing the rebuild…what’s wrong with signing a 28 year old top line D-man to a 8 year contract?
Jarmo fixing the blue line this season. If he keeps the 3OA and still picks up another center we will be in business. Wish the term was shorter but really can’t fault Jarmo for picking up Severson
28 year old defenseman who is likely in his prime at 8 years?
Sounds like a problem for 2030 CBJ. Great signing for today, problem for tomorrow.
Severson is dog shit. I don’t know what Jarrmo is thinking. [good luck with this bum](https://twitter.com/devrickus/status/1667167165961609222?s=46)
The term is a little long but that’s the only complaint I have. I love the signing.
Holy fuck, we are going to be so aggressively average
I feel like we’ve got enough pieces in the cupboard that Jarmo feels bolstering the defense and getting us the 1C gets us back on track.
I don’t think this is “win now or die mode” but Jarmo doesn’t want us in perpetual rebuilds like Arizona and Buffalo. This feels like a Rags rebuild where they were back to divisional playoff spots within 2-3 years.
I can see us being competitive enough for at least a wild card spot in that time frame with a divisional spot after. There’s no value in continuing to suck and draft more prospects. We have plenty of those.
This is a good deal all around. Solid defender, had to over pay a bit, but he will slot in nicely on the first pairing w/ Zach.
Now my question is which Defender gets moved in a trade for Center depth?
Nice! Defence looking good! Term is long but the cap goes up alot so 6.25 is more like 4m in the last 4 years
I don’t care about the pick, I don’t care about the contract, I am just over the moon that we FINALLY are getting bigger on defense. I’ve been screaming that for years. I am so sick of watching our smaller Dman getting pushed around.
Love this move for simple that reason alone.
r/hockey proves that they know fuck all about the Jackets with how they think our D is gonna be
I love this move for you guys in Columbus in isolation. It’s chaotic and I love it. I would be concerned about all the money tied up in the crappy – mediocre bottom pair guys. There’s 33 million tied up in Werenski, Severson, Provorov, Gudbranson, Peeke, Bean, and Boqvist and that doesn’t even include Jiricek who will probably make the team I think and then Cuelemans, Mateychuk, and Svozil who will be ready before that some of those contracts are over.
I wonder, would Jarmo be crazy enough to make a run at moving up to 2 for Fantilli? Or to 1 for Bedard? Could he overwhelm the Hawks with multiple 1sts, and a combination of Cuelemans, Mateychuk, Johnson? Who better to center Gaudreau and Laine than Bedard?
I’d rather be great today than maybe okay in 6 years. These off-season moves are already insane for us. The season isn’t over and FA is far from starting, yet we are already making groundbreaking moves.
So our next move is trading our assets for better C and making more room. So which one is it, Lindholm or Hayes or someone else 🤔 what about Elvis ?
I wonder if we’ll see some D money go out the door at the draft or mid-July when teams need help and didn’t get it as UFA’s.
If the top 4 are Z, Severson, Provorov and Boqvist, that means a lot of money on the 3rd pairing.
Gudbrandson $;M
Peeke $$2.7M
Bean $2.33M.
You e got a handful of young guys that got some experience last year and of course Jiricek and Mateychuk coming up.
We can’t deal Gudbrandson and need injury backup but I could see a move or two to get cheaper on the backend of the lineup.
suddenly the defense is looking *vastly* improved from the beginning of last season.
Werenski – Severson
Provorov – Jiricek
Bean – Peeke
Gudbranson
Boqvist is trade fodder at this point, and Gudbranson’s contract is a tough pill to swallow for a 7D, but the corps is very solid overall. No clue where Blanks fits in with Cuelemans, Svozil, and Matechyuk in the pipeline
This contract was very well structured IMO. Severson gets security in where he’ll play for the next 4 years. It will account for just under 7% of the cap when it gets to $90M. He can be traded in the last 4 and the buyout over the last 3 is very easy to handle. Great deal all around.
That is an awful term. 8 year contract. Guy will be 36 by the time this contract is up. If he isn’t on LTIR for 2-3 of those last years, we’ll be lucky.
BUT: Great signing. Great trade. Great player. Can’t really argue with that.
LFG I’m so hyped I love this guy
Wow, we are gonna really need to trim some D-men this year. Boqvist, Peeke, Jiracek all fighting for a spot in the squad
On the left we’ll have Werenski, Proverov and one of Bean, Blankenberg, Berni(if he’s re-signed)… have to assume Bayreuther is out… and quite a few prospects waiting for their chance.