As every game passes, it becomes more evident that the Penguins need to find a replacement for Jack Johnson. Even when Dumoulin & Marino are healthy, I still don’t trust him in the bottom pair role. I just don’t see him as a good fit for this team, plus his game has declined significantly since 2016/17. Too slow, no finesse & all muscle mass. He can’t handle the skill of opposing team’s top players he just physically can’t keep up. He’s always late to react to the play in front of him & misses his assignments. The team can’t exit the zone because of him. Maybe he would be a good fit on a heavier team like the Blues, Capitals or Bruins but he’s a joke here. The Penguins need someone who is a fluent skater and can move the puck up the ice. Juuso Riikola is capable according to team analysts Dan Kingerski and Jesse Marshall. We know he can skate and break out. However, don't ever expect the Penguins to bench of move Jack Johnson. Jim Rutherford, Mike Sullivan and Sidney Crosby love him so much and believe he is a vital part of the team's success.
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I think if the Capitals could win a cup with Brooks Orpik on their bottom pairing we can win one with Jack Johnson. After this year if we can upgrade on Johnson with someone better at around the same cost I’d be all in but I don’t wanna mess with the locker room this year
I think if the Capitals could win a cup with Brooks Orpik on their bottom pairing we can win one with Jack Johnson. After this year if we can upgrade on Johnson with someone better at around the same cost I’d be all in but I don’t wanna mess with the locker room this year
I do wonder if it will be easier to get rid of him in a salary swap (for an expiring) right now than to do it in the offseason. Right now the team has enough cap room to do pretty much anything they want. In the offseason, there's a lot of uncertainty with the RFAs and both goalies. We know for the Carolina Marleau trade that the price goes up when a team knows you have to make the move.
I do wonder if it will be easier to get rid of him in a salary swap (for an expiring) right now than to do it in the offseason. Right now the team has enough cap room to do pretty much anything they want. In the offseason, there's a lot of uncertainty with the RFAs and both goalies. We know for the Carolina Marleau trade that the price goes up when a team knows you have to make the move.
Well the Marleau trade was awful for Carolina because they had to pay all $6 million of his salary in a buyout for a guy who wouldn’t be on their roster, that’s why they got a 1st. We’re gonna have to move somebody next year in order to fit in Zucker with all our RFAs and replace Schultz so we could see JJ get moved in the summer for salary relief
I think if the Capitals could win a cup with Brooks Orpik on their bottom pairing we can win one with Jack Johnson. After this year if we can upgrade on Johnson with someone better at around the same cost I’d be all in but I don’t wanna mess with the locker room this year
You can’t argue that his linemates are the reason why he gets so heavily outplayed. Letang gives up just over 3 high danger chances per 60 minutes. Without Johnson he spends 59% of the time in the offensive zone. With him, he is only there for 44% of the time. That’s not on Letang, that’s on Johnson. Schultz has not had a great season at all, but he only gives up 8 high danger chances per 60 minutes. Still fewer than JJ. Without JJ, he’s spent 53% of his ice time this season in the offensive zone. With him, only 30%. When you’re pinned inside your own zone for that much time you can’t expect to win. So the criticism is more than justified. What’s unjustified is apologists like you defending him when he clearly doesn’t fit the team!
and yet the Pens are a top team and he is a plus 7. Clearly one of us doesn't know what they are talking about(hint it is you) and since every actual paid NHL analyst has said Johnson as been better and agrees the criticism is overblown i'm fine with you clinging to your irrational hate with your head in the sand. Also News flash he will be a penguin after the trade deadline. So have fun chewing on that.
I feel the coach and GM have a far better grasp of who fits the team than you.
Jack Johnson gives up an average of 7.5 scoring chances per game (28 every 60 minutes). High danger chances against are 3.05 per game & 12 every 60 minutes. These are just brutal numbers for a stay at home defenseman & its a big reason why the Pens are always getting outplayed when he is on the ice. I don't care how many games the Penguins have won and what his plus minus looks like. Those do not tell the full story about his performance.
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