#LeafsFever
Joined: May 2017
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I think the only way Seth Jones leaves Columbus is via free agency or a trade that will net them a nice futures package. The problem with valuing elite defenders is that there will never really be a fair comparison unless they are being traded for an elite start of the same or different position. Meaning, although Kadri has great value to most teams for quite and even perhaps top pairing defenseman (like a Dumba, Manson, etc.), Jones is elite for his class, his position, not just elite for his team. When Jones was traded for Johanson, it was a hockey-swap of young talented players that each needed a new opportunity. Fast-forward a few years and Jones is basically an annual top-5 Norris Trophy vote-getter. Being completely unbiased here, I would say Jones value, in return, one-for-one with a Leaf would either be Matthews or Marner. Fair to say it's not happening.