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I honestly don't know if the Kings would go for that, even with a 1st coming back. Johnson isn't getting a NHL roster spot, so they'd have to demote him to Ontario. Unfortunately, they have a lot of young guys with potential competing for ice time down in the AHL, so he wouldn't get many games down there either, because even though he might be marginally better than some of their depth defensive options like Markus Phillips or Jacob Moverare, they can't spare the ice-time for a guy in the twilight of his career. I suppose he could shuttled back and forth between the AHL and ECHL to fill in for injuries.
Alternatively, they could buy him out, but 6 years is a long time to have dead space on the books.
I'm sure GMJR could find a taker for JMFJ if he's willing to offer up a 1st, I just don't think it will be LA. There's too many other shorter-term cap dumps that would return a 1st in an earlier draft for the Kings to consider this one. (Eriksson from VAN for example).