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Top 8 Defensemen with Term the Toronto Maple Leafs Could Trade For

By Mike Jack

DALLAS, TX - JUNE 23: (l-r) Kyle Dubas and Brendan Shanahan of the Toronto Maple Leafs handle the draft table during the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 23, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - JUNE 23: (l-r) Kyle Dubas and Brendan Shanahan of the Toronto Maple Leafs handle the draft table during the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 23, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Damon Severson from the New Jersey Devils to the Toronto Maple Leafs

Age: 27
Height: 6’2
Weight: 205 lbs
Shoots: Right
Cap Hit: $4,166,666 until 2023

Damon Severson is a solid two-way defensemen.  He isn’t huge, but he’s above average size for an NHL player.  He would be the third tallest defenseman on the Toronto Maple Leafs after Justin Holl and Jake Muzzin.

Editor in Leaf top gun, James Tanner, is a big fan of the idea of the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring Damon Severson, but I didn’t add him to this list just to please JT.

Severson is the most offensively gifted defenseman on this list with six goals and 27 points in 47 games this season, and he eats up more minutes than any other defenseman on the New Jersey Devils averaging 23:32 per game.

He shoots right which is a great fit for the Toronto Maple Leafs.  I could see him playing alongside Morgan Reilly on the Leafs top line with T.J. Brodie sliding into a shutdown pairing with Jake Muzzin.

He hits about as often as Graves and blocks fewer shots, but Severson would be a better fit with the Leafs.  At 27 years old and one year left on his contract after this season, it’s pretty likely that he’ll be moved out of New Jersey soon.

Because he’s played with the New Jersey Devils for his entire career, he doesn’t have much playoff experience at all.

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