Damon Severson Trades Explanation

Severson is nice but we just signed Garland last year and he has been a great addition for us. There isn't that good of a reason to trade a 50 Point 25 year old with a Sweetheart of a deal worth 4 years for a 28 year old with a year left on his deal who has started putting up more points only this season. We are probably going to trade JT Miller who also has a 1 year remaining and yes he is 29 but, he has been a consistent 70+ ppg player for a few seasons now where as Severson only broke out this season. Yes, JT Miller put up 99 points and you could say that is a breakout however, we have seen glimpses and flashes of this skill level when he first came to Vancouver in 2019-2020 and put up 72 points and after that in the 2020-2021 he put up 46 points in 50 something games on an unhealthy bottom of the pack canucks team during covid. Miller probably will be traded so keeping garland would be more wise because he is younger, has more time left on his deal, has been great for Vancouver and consistent the past few seasons on a bad arizona team. So inconclusion, keeping Garland helps the team grow and keep the core together.

I know it sucks when other teams randomly start declining trade offers out of nowhere that used to be okay.

Anyways, thats all I have to say.

If Severson wants to sign for 6 mil I'd trade Garland for him in a heartbeat. The only reason he is even available is the Devils are maybe the only team with too many RD. There really are no other options for the Canucks to improve their right side. Players like Garland can be found fairly easily.

Good write up, I think it captures the Severson landscape well.
The ideal course of action for me would be the hockey trade with a player under team control coming back to the Devils.



I think the appeal for Vancouver should be improving on what’s on of the worst RHD corps in the league.
The marginal gains of adding Severson to address their biggest weakness should be a lot greater than the loss of Garland.

Devil fans are interesting. Most seem to think Severson is worth a grade A high end package like Nylander in a 1 for 1 but at the same time are happy with Garland. Just take Kerfoot and a 2nd that's easily a better deal. You easily could sign him to a less than 5 million dollar contract and have another asset as well. Garland is so so overrated on here.