Sabres Signing Marcus Johansson 2 years 4.5 Million AAV

[nucci]

1 hour ago, Brawndo said:

 

 

What do we got going on that he likes?

[TrueBlueGED]

4 minutes ago, WildCard said:

Hoppe makes a good point

 

 

I continue to hope that Johansson isn't the plan at 2C. 

[Zamboni]

Just now, nucci said:

What do we got going on that he likes?

[nucci]

18 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

works for me

[Scottysabres]

20 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

I continue to hope that Johansson isn't the plan at 2C. 

Plenty of off season to go yet and it appears UFA movement has stalled until these RFA scenarios play out. I am guessing that combined with the relatively low cap escalation has teams recalibrating before movement picks up again.

[TrueBlueGED]

1 minute ago, Scottysabres said:

Plenty of off season to go yet and it appears UFA movement has stalled until these RFA scenarios play out. I am guessing that combined with the relatively low cap escalation has teams recalibrating before movement picks up again.

Yea, I simultaneously feel that Botterill has to have at least one other trade cooking by looking at the roster, while also thinking he thought Berglund and Mittelstadt were okay at 2C last year so he might be okay with Johansson this year. 

[Taro T]

3 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Yea, I simultaneously feel that Botterill has to have at least one other trade cooking by looking at the roster, while also thinking he thought Berglund and Mittelstadt were okay at 2C last year so he might be okay with Johansson this year. 

I'm hopeful that he's still looking to make a trade for a 2C (a large supply of NHL D-men & LWs with a glaring need for at least 1 more 2nd liner & ideally 2 more), but figured that he's deep enough in "well, in a pinch, we can try x" to not be forced to overpay to fill those 2nd line roles.

I won't be happy with where they're at, but I'd be less happy if they do something like take Turris and his full cap hit.

They only need the stopgap 2C for 1-2 seasons.  Don't pull a Murray filling it.  Like said above, am hopeful he can get it done.

[Doohicksie]

44 minutes ago, nucci said:

What do we got going on that he likes?

Those are just generic quotes of a player joining a new team.  We've got Eichel, we've got Dahlin, we've got stuff to like.

45 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

I continue to hope that Johansson isn't the plan at 2C. 

I really think he's Plan B for 2C.  At least there's someone to fill the void if he doesn't land his intended target.

[nfreeman]

I'd encourage anyone interested to listen to Howard and Sal's interview today with Joe Beninati, longtime Capitals play-by-play guy.  It's in the WGR vault.  Joe B spoke very highly of MJ, including:

- Joe B. loved MJ as both a player and a good guy.

- MJ was great in the playoffs.  One season he was on a line with Kuznetsov and Justin Williams that was highly effective for the Caps in the playoffs.

- For a while it looked like MJ was going to be their long-term 2C behind Backstrom, but MJ ended up getting caught in a cap numbers game in DC.

- MJ is a good scorer from the dirty areas as well as being a good playmaker.

- MJ is an excellent, smooth skater.

- His nickname is "Jo-jo."

[GASabresIUFAN]

12 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

I'd encourage anyone interested to listen to Howard and Sal's interview today with Joe Beninati, longtime Capitals play-by-play guy.  It's in the WGR vault.  Joe B spoke very highly of MJ, including:

- Joe B. loved MJ as both a player and a good guy.

- MJ was great in the playoffs.  One season he was on a line with Kuznetsov and Justin Williams that was highly effective for the Caps in the playoffs.

- For a while it looked like MJ was going to be their long-term 2C behind Backstrom, but MJ ended up getting caught in a cap numbers game in DC.

- MJ is a good scorer from the dirty areas as well as being a good playmaker.

- MJ is an excellent, smooth skater.

- His nickname is "Jo-jo."

Any questions?

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Can he score a clutch goal in triple overtime during game 7 of the SCFs?

[shrader]

Just like I cringe when I see a baseball or football player wear #99, I am now cringing at that use of "MJ".

[nfreeman]

One other tidbit from the interview with Beninati:  MaJo (better, @shrader?) excels at gaining the zone on the power play.

[Randall Flagg]

Man everyone always talks about zone entries and exits now. I'd love to see some video from one of those twitter dudes whose job it is to tweet and write articles about hockey

I tried it once last offseason but it was ***** hard to analyze 

[jsb]

47 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

One other tidbit from the interview with Beninati:  MaJo (better, @shrader?) excels at gaining the zone on the power play.

OMG does that mean we won't see the dreaded drop back pass to Eichel each and everytime we're on the power play??

[Randall Flagg]

Saw something on twitter that indicated Johansson draws a lot more penalties than he takes, which is a characteristic of quite a few Sabres players. It's definitely worth talking about 

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said:

Saw something on twitter that indicated Johansson draws a lot more penalties than he takes, which is a characteristic of quite a few Sabres players. It's definitely worth talking about

Only if 1 of the coaches can figure out how to run a PP.  (Which was criminal last year.  How can you not make something work when you have: Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner, Sheary, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Ristolainen, Okposo &  eventually Montour to choose from?)

[Curt]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Only if 1 of the coaches can figure out how to run a PP.  (Which was criminal last year.  How can you not make something work when you have: Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner, Sheary, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Ristolainen, Okposo &  eventually Montour to choose from?)

I get you want the PP to improve, I would like it to better too, but it wasn’t THAT bad last season.  It was average.  It was better than the PP of 15 other teams, including Calgary, Philadelphia, Vegas, Columbus, Nashville.

[steveoath]

2 hours ago, shrader said:

Just like I cringe when I see a baseball or football player wear #99, I am now cringing at that use of "MJ".

It's better than the "MoJo" nonsense that was floating about earlier.

[shrader]

Just now, steveoath said:

It's better than the "MoJo" nonsense that was floating about earlier.

I cringe at the nicknames in general.  The only one I would accept is if we sign Dzingel and people decide to call him berry.

[Broken Ankles]

3 minutes ago, steveoath said:

It's better than the "MoJo" nonsense that was floating about earlier.

but not as good as "JoJo".   JoJo is so fetch. 

[steveoath]

2 minutes ago, shrader said:

 sign Dzingel and people decide to call him berry.

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Just now, Broken Ankles said:

but not as good as "JoJo".   JoJo is so fetch. 

Is he "Jo"hanssen or "Yo"hanssen?

[Doohicksie]

[erickompositör72]

2 hours ago, jsb said:

OMG does that mean we won't see the dreaded drop back pass to Eichel each and everytime we're on the power play??

I'm not so worried about our PP1's zone entries, even though there were some bad attempts based on what you alluded to...

Perhaps he could help our PP2 unit with that. I don't know if our PP1 vs PP2 success ratio was any different than the league average, but I felt our PP was over when the first unit left the ice...

[Marvin]

4 hours ago, Broken Ankles said:

but not as good as "JoJo".   JoJo is so fetch. 

As long as he passes the audition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wboz-_KKVg4