Damon Severson, Columbus Blue Jackets at TheStanleyCap.com

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Damon Severson

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2030-31
Weight (lbs)	204	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	31 (Aug 7, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2012, Round 2, Overall 60 (NJD)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 9, 2023	New Jersey Devils	Signed 8 years @ $6.250M AAV starting in 2023-24
Sep 11, 2017	New Jersey Devils	Signed 6 years @ $4.167M AAV starting in 2017-18
Sep 10, 2012	New Jersey Devils	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	NJD	72	1092:24	0.05	0.71	0.77	0.18	-0.13	1.43	4.76	-3.33	0.00	1.87
2016-17	NJD	80	1334:33	0.13	0.67	0.81	0.20	-0.07	3.30	4.96	-1.67	0.72	3.62
2017-18	NJD	76	1278:32	0.42	0.47	0.89	0.23	0.19	9.00	4.91	4.09	2.19	2.92
2018-19	NJD	82	1386:07	0.35	0.69	1.04	0.18	0.17	8.99	4.59	4.40	0.00	3.45
2019-20	NJD	69	1167:29	0.21	0.77	0.98	0.19	0.02	6.15	5.63	0.53	0.00	5.43
2020-21	NJD	56	980:26	0.18	0.61	0.80	0.21	-0.02	4.23	4.78	-0.55	0.98	3.92
2021-22	NJD	80	1360:41	0.26	0.88	1.15	0.22	0.04	5.45	4.58	0.87	0.64	2.55
2022-23	NJD	81	1341:50	0.18	1.03	1.21	0.19	-0.01	4.65	4.87	-0.22	0.82	4.10
2023-24	CBJ	67	1156:34	0.36	0.57	0.93	0.20	0.17	10.14	5.47	4.67	0.94	4.72
2024-25	CBJ	70	1157:47	0.26	0.83	1.09	0.27	-0.01	6.67	6.91	-0.24	0.88	7.08
2025-26	CBJ	8	140:57	0.43	0.43	0.85	0.17	0.26	14.29	5.62	8.67	0.00	9.09

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	NJD	72	1092:24	36.03	2.03	2.07	37.51	2.20	2.25	48.05	47.93	0.21	0.26	-0.36
2016-17	NJD	80	1334:33	39.97	1.57	2.37	40.33	2.25	2.42	41.18	49.42	0.20	0.10	1.16
2017-18	NJD	76	1278:32	45.43	2.63	2.68	45.90	2.86	2.78	47.86	49.04	0.29	0.45	-1.54
2018-19	NJD	82	1386:07	41.60	2.42	2.46	45.71	3.25	2.60	42.75	48.64	0.13	0.22	-0.89
2019-20	NJD	69	1167:29	40.29	2.00	2.43	41.99	3.03	2.45	39.80	49.86	0.11	-0.30	4.09
2020-21	NJD	56	980:26	42.41	1.96	2.52	39.96	2.26	2.30	46.38	52.26	0.31	-0.11	4.44
2021-22	NJD	80	1360:41	43.17	2.38	2.60	42.07	2.78	2.48	46.15	51.23	0.00	-0.05	0.51
2022-23	NJD	81	1341:50	48.43	2.68	3.24	37.92	2.28	2.24	54.05	59.13	0.48	-0.12	5.23
2023-24	CBJ	67	1156:34	44.25	2.70	2.59	44.72	3.48	2.76	43.70	48.39	0.29	-0.07	3.58
2024-25	CBJ	70	1157:47	40.68	2.85	2.37	41.15	2.80	2.42	50.46	49.42	-0.00	-0.10	0.99
2025-26	CBJ	8	140:57	48.10	3.83	2.63	43.85	2.13	2.40	64.29	52.22	0.03	0.12	-1.01

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

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Predators Outlast Blue Jackets 2-1 in Season Opener at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Recap #1: Jackets stymied by Saros and penalties at Jackets Cannon (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
NSH 2, CBJ 1: Blue Jackets Play Well, But Stymied By Saros In Fourth Consecutive Season Opening Loss at 1st Ohio Battery (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
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Preseason Gameday #7: Almost There at Jackets Cannon (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
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Halfway through the preseason, predicting the opening night roster for the Columbus Blue Jackets at Union Blue (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
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Preseason Gameday #2: Blue Jackets send out fresh bodies against Buffalo at Jackets Cannon (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
4 Blue Jackets’ Training Camp Storylines to Watch at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Blue Jackets 2025-26 Season Preview, Damon Severson must show more positive consistency, and quickly at Union Blue (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Blue Jackets Need More From $15 Million Second Pair in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Sep 9, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	29	NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$2,000,000	$6,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2024-25	30	NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$2,000,000	$6,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2025-26	31	NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$2,000,000	$5,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2026-27	32	NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,100,000	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	UFA
2027-28	33	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$1,800,000	$3,300,000	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	UFA
2028-29	34	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,100,000	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	UFA
2029-30	35	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	UFA
2030-31	36	M-NTC	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	UFA
Total					-	$10,800,000	$39,200,000	$50,000,000	$50,000,000

Signed: June 9, 2023

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.49

Clause: Full no trade clause becomes a 20 team no trade clause in 2027-28 and a 12 team no trade clause in 2028-29, 2029-30, 2030-31.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	23	$4,166,666	$4,166,666	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA
2018-19	24	$4,166,666	$4,166,666	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	25	$4,166,666	$4,166,666	-	-	$4,675,000	$4,675,000	$4,675,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	26	$4,166,666	$4,166,666	-	-	$4,675,000	$4,675,000	$4,675,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	27	$4,166,666	$4,166,666	-	-	$5,050,000	$5,050,000	$5,050,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	28	$4,166,666	$4,166,666	-	-	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$25,000,000	$25,000,000	$25,000,000

Signed: Sep 11, 2017

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.56

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	18	$650,833	$933,333	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2013-14	19	$628,333	$910,833	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2014-15	20	$605,833	$888,333	$307,500	$92,500	$550,000	$642,500	$67,500	ELC
2015-16	21	$605,833	$888,333	$307,500	-	$575,000	$575,000	$67,500	ELC
2016-17	22	$605,833	$888,333	$232,500	-	$600,000	$600,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$847,500	$277,500	$1,725,000	$2,002,500	$202,500

Signed: Sep 10, 2012

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Lou Lamoriello

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2007-08	SBAAHL	Melville Millionaires Bantam AA	26	4	8	12		35
2009-10	WHL	Kelowna	5	0	0	0	-4
2009-10	SJHL	Melville	1	0	1	1		2
2009-10	SMHL	Yorkton	44	9	25	34		53				4	1	1	2		18
2010-11	WHL	Kelowna	64	4	13	17	+11	53				10	2		2	+1	13
2011-12	WJ18-A	Canada	7	0	2	2	+7	8
2011-12	WHL	Kelowna	56	7	30	37	+5	80				4	2		2	-9	2
2012-13	AHL	Albany	2	0	2	2	+2		3	0.0
2012-13	WHL	Kelowna	71	10	42	52	+43	74				11	1	9	10	+2	18
2013-14	WHL	Kelowna	64	15	46	61	+47	63				14	4	14	18	+4	18
2014-15	NHL	New Jersey Devils	51	5	12	17	-13	22	93	5.4	21:58
2015-16	NHL	New Jersey Devils	72	1	20	21	-8	32	94	1.1	18:10
2015-16	AHL	Albany	3	0	1	1	+3	9	10	0.0		11		8	8	+2	14	27	0.0
2016-17	NHL	New Jersey Devils	80	3	28	31	-31	58	125	2.4	20:21
2017-18	NHL	New Jersey Devils	76	9	15	24	-8	42	121	7.4	19:41	4				-1	12	12	0.0	19:20
2018-19	NHL	New Jersey Devils	82	11	28	39	-27	58	146	7.5	22:03
2018-19	WC	Canada	10	1	5	6	+9	16
2019-20	NHL	New Jersey Devils	69	8	23	31	-20	52	114	7.0	22:58
2020-21	NHL	New Jersey Devils	56	3	18	21	-8	29	91	3.3	22:29
2021-22	NHL	New Jersey Devils	80	11	35	46	-14	57	158	7.0	23:36
2021-22	WC	Canada	10	2	6	8	+9	4
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	81	7	26	33	+9	38	102	6.9	19:57	12	1	2	3	-3	6	12	8.3	18:33
2023-24	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	67	9	19	28	-10	51	88	10.2	21:09
2023-24	WC	Canada	10	0	2	2	+1	6
2023-24	International	Team Canada	2	1	0	1	+2
2024-25	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	6	19	25	+5	47	91	6.6	19:03
2025-26	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	8	1	2	3	+6		9	11.1	19:51
NHL Career			792	74	245	319	-119	486	1232	6.0	20:59	16	1	2	3	-4	18	24	4.2	18:45