interesting that their replacements from Bombardier were more Q400s!
Not fully. SAS mainline received Bombardier CRJ-900 jets instead, with their subsidiary, the Norwegian regional carrier Widerøe and a close partner airBaltic (national airline of Latvia), receiving more Q400s out of the deal.
SAS mainline don't operate the type anymore. However, comparisons with other Q400 incidents are not helpful. Other aircraft types (such as the DC 10) had difficult periods but they went on to be highly respected aircraft types.
It's worth pointing out that these sorts of incidents happen more regularly than forum readers might imagine, however thanks to the professionalism of staff and other factors, accidents are rare.