Confirmed Trade: [CHI/CBJ] Jones, 2021 1st (32OA), '22 6th for Boqvist, '21 1st (12OA), '21 2nd, '22 1st (protected)

[2020 Cup Champions]

What's the protection on the later 1st?

 

[hawksfan1979]

Lot to give up, and the contract is huge, but the Hawks don't really have a #1 minutes eating defenseman so he'll fit the bill (hopefully). I'll think positively until proven otherwise.

 

[unicornpig]

Two firsts lol, holy hell

 

[preds1]

Chicago will be disappointed.

 

[Xoggz22]

Boqvist is not a elite prospect his one dimensional skll hasn't even shown. I'm glad stan didn't trade beaudin he is a elite defenseman. Plus we didn't give up Reichel. The draft this year doesn't have any real impact player . Imo both teams received exactly what they wanted

Oh that's rich.

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

Whoa that's a crazy haul for Jones. Great job Jarmo.

 

[wetcoast]

Jesus today's going to be the wildest draft day the NHL has had in a long ass time

Pretty good haul by the Jackets and a pretty good move for the Black Hawks as well IMO.

 

[stevo61]

Boqvist adds skill as a PP QB which Columbus desperatly needs and has tons of skill with lots of room for growth. Getting Sillinger with the 1st round pick this year is absolutely huge. Hard to be mad at that given the circumstances

 

[iliketorock]

Hawk defense looks good with this trade.

1st Pair LD C. Jones RD S. Jones
2nd Pair LD Stillman RD Murphy
3rd Pair LD De Haan RD Mitchell

Extra:
LD/RD Zadorov ~ RFA*
LD Kalynuk
LD Beaudin
RD Regula

Caleb Jones isn't a 1st pairing defender. He might look ok around 13/14 minutes a night. He skates well and has the odd real nice pass, that's about all he's shown so far other then his first handful of games when he played a lot of minutes. That didn't last long though

 

[Xoggz22]

Seth Jones is still an elite RHD. Judge the contact after a few years. I still think cbj got a huge haul being in a tough spot but don't under sell Jones.

 

[Doctyl]

Caleb Jones isn't a 1st pairing defender. He might look ok around 13/14 minutes a night. He skates well and has the odd real nice pass, that's about all he's shown so far other then his first handful of games when he played a lot of minutes. That didn't last long though

Neither is Seth Jones

 

[Doctyl]

Jesus Christ. Imagine playing a 2nd pairing defenceman 9.5 mil for 8 years.

Calling Jones a 2nd pair dman is generous after the season he had

 

[ThisIsMyAlibi]

Seth Jones is still an elite RHD. Judge the contact after a few years. I still think cbj got a huge haul being in a tough spot but don't under sell Jones.

Define "elite." I've watched nearly every game he played for CBJ and truly, there were only a few instances I thought he was "elite" in any respect. His reputation far exceeds the reality on the ice.

 

[Kimota]

They got rid of Keith and Seabrook's recently. They must have been jonesing for a new one.

That hitch was there.

 

[TSA0402]

Its an overpay of quantity, but not quality. It obviously benefits CBJ in that it really jumpstarts their rebuild, Chicago gets their top pairing RD for several years without having to deal with losing key pieces like Dach/Reichel/Debrincat. Also if Toews is healthy and they want to compete, Chicago needs that top pairing two way guy to put them in contention.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I'd like to apologize to CBJ fans, I did not think Bowman was this dumb.

 

[Cancuks]

Why didn't Chicago just wait a year and sign Jones?

 

[jonlin]

Boqvist is awful.

I`d very much like an "awful" 20yr old D. Rather few D:s in that age put up this:

2018-19	London Knights	OHL	54	20	40	60	12	12	|	Playoffs	11	10	3	13	6	-4
Sweden U20	WJC-20	5	1	3	4	0	4	|
Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	1	4	5	0	-1	|
2019-20	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	41	4	9	13	6	-3	|	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	4	-5
Rockford IceHogs	AHL	15	1	5	6	10	2	|
2020-21	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	35	2	14	16	14	-7	|

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Bluesguru]

Hawks make no sense. They go this way, they go that way. Are you rebuilding or not? What a mess over there. Geez

Tremendous deal for Jackets. Nice save on their part.

 

[Aceboogie]

Boqvist actually could be a better D than Jones

 

[Crow]

I love it for the hawks, pending one more move.

 

[Connor McConnor]

I like Jones more than a lot of these posters aka I think he’s a top 10 d man in the league and assuming he regains his motivation I think will be a top 7 d man this year. That being said, 2 firsts, a future 1d and a contract that is 1m more than draisatl for 8 years is absolutely absurd

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Boqvist actually could be a better D than Jones

Umm no.

Boqvist was a throw in at this point.

write it down- he will be injured half the year, and unless he’s at around 60% OZS he’s pretty much useless.

Have fun with it

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

I think there’s a real good chance Chicago regrets this in two years.

 

[byrath]

Jones isn't bad, but he's been declining already and players don't typically get better once they start declining. 9.5 is insane, he's never been close to as good as Subban was when he got his contract, and Subban's did not age well.

And for more recent comparables, I don't think there's any way he should have gotten a bigger contract than Josi or Pietrangelo