{"id":16071,"date":"2025-03-02T23:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T23:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16071"},"modified":"2025-03-02T23:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T23:22:46","slug":"sellers-market-the-seth-jones-trade-bodes-well-for-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16071","title":{"rendered":"Seller&#8217;s Market: The Seth Jones Trade Bodes Well for Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_62,w_3403,h_1914\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/97\/01jnc36pkxbc9d6k3ax8.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Reaves\/GettyImages\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">Last night the Chicago Blackhawks sent defenseman Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers in exchange for goalie Spencer Knight and a first round pick in the 2026 draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">trade alert\ud83d\udd14<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 \u27a1\ufe0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gjN0lotc2c\">https:\/\/t.co\/gjN0lotc2c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2Bkza5FTG\">pic.twitter.com\/c2Bkza5FTG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks\/status\/1896010323381141812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">Blackhawks fans rejoiced as their much maligned defensive pylon was shipped away, and not only that, but his $9.5M cap hit will only be 25% retained by Chicago. Even moreso, the Blackhawks got back a really solid young goaltender and future draft capital.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\">Seth Jones&#8217; Breakdown<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">This season in 42 games Jones has 27 points (7 goals, 20 assists). Jones, now 30, has been a Norris trophy candidate with his offensive production, specifically in his prime with the Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Since coming to Chicago, however, his offensive numbers have dipped and his defensive impact is not only minimal, but it&#8217;s more negative impact than anything.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">He&#8217;s averaging over one giveaway per game this season and has a +\/- of -18. Jones is also just a few years removed from putting up back-to-back seasons with a -37 and -38 rating.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Remember how I talked about Corsi% with Kris Letang? Letang&#8217;s Corsi% this year is around 49%. Jones&#8217; Corsi% is 45.3%. That&#8217;s awful.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">The bottom line: Seth Jones is a liability defensively.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-9\">Trade Breakdown<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">The national media seems to be thinking this move is a huge win for a Florida Panthers team looking to win back-to-back Stanley Cups, but the contrary is the truth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">The Panthers got absolutely fleeced with this deal, especially now that they are bound to Jones&#8217; contract for four more years at the conclusion of this season at around a $7.2M cap hit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\">His offensive help is good for a defenseman, but his defense led to Blackhawks fans wanting him gone nearly 12 minutes into his Chicago tenure. If you can find a single Blackhawks fan who is upset about the trade, you deserve a cookie for traversing the earth for something that doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">how it feels being freed from seth jones <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mxVWKcowvv\">pic.twitter.com\/mxVWKcowvv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kev (@drunktankpiink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drunktankpiink\/status\/1896004279099670703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-14\">How This Benefits Pittsburgh<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\">A first round pick, a young goalie to patch up positional problems, and only retaining 25% of an awful contract should mean that Erik Karlsson will be in a different sweater before the trade deadline this week.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\">Kyle Dubas now has to mobilize. Double phones, triple text message, all the big guns.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\">Erik Karlsson&#8217;s mega-million dollar contract is now obsolete in regrads to the current market. The Blackhawks and Panthers have determined that 2025 is a seller&#8217;s year, and the Penguins need to take advantage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\">Karlsson is a heck of a lot better offensively than Jones, and their defense is about the same. There exists a team out there that needs a guy like EK65, and if the Panthers were willing to spend that much for Seth Jones, Karlsson specifically should get a huge return.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\">I would have taken the exact same return for Erik Karlsson in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the Chicago Blackhawks sent defenseman Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers in exchange for goalie Spencer Knight and a first round pick in the 2026 dr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-blackhawks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seller&#039;s Market: The Seth Jones Trade Bodes Well for Penguins - 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