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Next up in the roster review, the only NHL goalie under contract #33 Chad Johnson G (1 year left at $1.3 million, age 29) NY Islanders 8/8/1/3.08/.889 Johnson is part of the new trend of slow-brewing goalies. He played a full four years in college, followed by four spent mostly in the minors before finally posting some outstanding numbers two years ago as Tuuka Rask’s understudy in Boston. Those numbers — 17/4/3/2.10/.925 — earned him an NHL contract with the Islanders, but he struggled there, and was sent to Buffalo as a salary dump when Garth Snow attempted to upgrade in the crease by adding Michal Neuvirth. Injured in warm-up, he never saw the ice with the Sabres. As the only goalie under contract at the moment, Johnson may figure into the Sabres’ plans, but it is clear at least one other goalie will be acquired in the off-season and possibly more. What isn’t clear is whether the Sabres acquired him with a specific role in mind, or what that role is. Links to the rest of the series: Anders Lindback: http://forums.sabres...nders-lindback/ Pat Kaleta: http://forums.sabres...patrick-kaleta/ Johan Larsson: http://forums.sabres...-johan-larsson/ Matt Hackett: http://forums.sabres...1-matt-hackett/ Andrej Meszaros: http://forums.sabres...ndrej-meszaros/ Phil Varone, Zac Dalpe, Jerry D'Amigo: http://forums.sabres...e-dalpe-damigo/ Mikhail Grigorenko: http://forums.sabres...ail-grigorenko/ Tyson Strachan, Andre Benoit: http://forums.sabres...han-and-benoit/ Mark Pysyk: http://forums.sabres...w-3-mark-pysyk/ Tim Schaller: http://forums.sabres...9-tim-schaller/ Matt Ellis: http://forums.sabres...-37-matt-ellis/ Cody Hodgson: http://forums.sabres...9-cody-hodgson/ Tyler Ennis: http://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/23435-roster-review-63-tyler-ennis/