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Paying Seth Jones For His Potential

06/29/2016 at 8:24pm EDT

from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,

Wednesday afternoon, a couple of hours after the Blue Jackets signed defenseman Seth Jones to a six-year contract worth $32.4 million, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and Jones met the media at Nationwide Arena. To look at the podium was to see the very picture of the Jackets’ dilemma, and what management prays is the solution.

Jones’ new contract, worth $5.4 million per, is only a bad deal if the kid plays like he did last season. Was he bad? No. Did he have moments of brilliance? Yes. Did he play like he was worth top-pair money through 2021-22? That is a good question.

This is not to suggest Jones lacks potential. It is to say that, as yet, he has yet to reach his potential, with two teams.

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