I agree

Yeah go for it

I wouldn't do it tbh. Let him still be on the books as Tampa gets desperate once again next offseason. No one should take that risky contract for free.

He has 4 more years...thats too much for CHI if they retain imo

Do you really wanna retain salary on johnson for 4 seasons? If his contract was a couple years shorter this would be a great idea.

and what happens if Toews isnt out for the full year, thats going to be a mid season major cap maneuver to active him off the LTIR, and as soon as hes healthy he has to be activated you cant wait and keep him on there

Chicago would be smarter in claiming Derek Ryan.

He has 1 year left, can play 3c and they can get value for him at the deadline by retaining half his salary

Do you really think Julian Breasbois isn’t going to figure something out the lightning have the best management team in the league and they’re constantly going to conference finals for a reason

The way I see there's not gonna be much use for the money during the rebuild anyways. If we could gather a 2nd rounder for its it definetly worth it imo. You could even run the lines as:
Kubalik-Johnson-Kane
Debrincat-Strome-Shaw

which would almost guarentee johnson puts up big point totals

smart idea but the hawks already have a bunch of centers, What jpohnson brings is the ability to play RW

HE GOT WAIVED?????

Hes going to seattle soon anyway

Even for Seattle it'd be bad to pick him without getting a +

hawks need to suck to get better draft picks.
they don't need guys that will "help" them finish outside of the top 10 draft spots

yep, there were some notable names who were waived today

Perry, Jura, Ryan, Holden, Kylington and others

Montreal fans going ape**** on waiving perry saying Bergevin should have paid to move Byron

It's 4 years at $5M for Johnson's 30-34 age seasons. He's not that 72pt player one might remember from the 2015 SCF anymore. I don't view it as a flip at the deadline contract due to term since there'd be 3 more years left, even if they retain salary.

Besides, prior to Kucherov's surgery, rumor was TBL was shopping Johnson around offering a sweetener in the trade.

Jura?

some oilers fans call him that to simplify it but yes JUJHAR KHAIRA got waived. Poor guy looked good in playin but guess Edmonton has other plans

I was just asking about the name, but im not suprised about the waive, hes pretty expensive for a plug

Ya for his full contract if you retain half he’s still a 40’point guy at 2.5 mil that’s pretty good

I agree, if the Blackhawks had traded for him, with TBL retaining half his salary, that's potentially a great deal and Bowman should have at least thought about it over the summer. I don't want to seem too harsh. He's still a good player.

If we're talking about the Blackhawks taking on his full salary, then either keeping at $5M per year for all 4 years or flipping him at the TDL and the Blackhawks retain half salary for him to be a 40pt player on another team for 3 more seasons in order to get a late first or a second, neither of those appeal to me, despite him being a good player.