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Severson is actually a pretty valuable trade asset because:
- He's still relatively young
- He's on a very managable caphit
- He has term left on his deal
- He's a defenseman (everyone is looking for d-men)
- He's a RHD (again, everyone is looking for right shot defenseman)
- He's (sadly) our best defenseman
Now, don't get me wrong. It's not that I overly like Severson, I'm well aware of all holes he has in his game. But because of all points above and the fact that we're already very short on defense it'll take a lot for Fitzgerald to consider trading him.
And that's why proposed deals like a one for one with Kapanen or a 1st + some other garbage won't do a deal for us (even when the value of these assets more or less matches the value Severson brings to a team).