Where all the Cali teams at

Congratulations to Buffalo! Of course I'm disappointed, but I wish Johnson all the best.

yeah ngl, its a little weird flexing over a 3rd pair d-man in his dy+4 signing

Don’t really care. First rounder and had to hear it for a year that he had no value (despite at worst being a late 2nd round value by default). Also you’re the guy who would give up 2 2nds for Jordan Harris. Johnson has a similar profile to him, played college just as long as him, and could very easily be just as good of not better. Don’t celebrate it, idc. Johnson’s name has been drug enough, I’m happy Buffalo signed him.

All of Harris' stats were better in college than Johnson's at a younger age. Also, he's put together a full NHL season with better underlying numbers than samuelsson has had at any point his career. Harris and Johnson aren't similar at all. And no one was saying Johnson isn't valuable, they were pointing out that if he's got one foot out the door whats the point in giving up assets for him?

Turns out he didn’t have one foot out the door, that’s mildly the point. And again as far as “assets” to give up to get him, you’d recoup a second if he walked from the team that held his rights. Seems like a mild risk/no risk at all to be able to talk to him ahead of FA.

Luckily we’ll be able to see how each plays out. My guess is Johnson’s underlying numbers are gonna be very similar to Harris’. No need to spend the assets on a 75 game sample size over 3 seasons for a 4/5 defenseman