Ok where do you get the indication he is going to be good? Crystal ball, little genie in a lamp? Or did you just focus on last year in Nashville? Now Remember I am in the Nashville area and I have seen every NHL gamer the guy has played in.
Next you need to define good? Is it 10 goals on the 3rd line or 25 goals on the second if he in fact replaces Killorn next year.
Third you have to explain the price paid for him really two firsts a 2nd and two more picks.
Then you must consider the need of the team his defense will make a marginal difference, it is doubtful it will overcome the number of short handed chances he give other teams due to penalties.
Now initially I thought maybe he may be considered to play in the top 6 which may have helped with net front o. The line. But after listening to the rumbling from the talking heads it looks as if 3rd line is his future, no doubt in search of that Gourde line.
I have seen enough of him to see he is a tweener at most. Defensively responsible but most importantly CHEAP for the moment. Early this year in Nashville we heard if he repeated the 25 goals from last year he was looking for 5 mil per. The common feeling now is 2 to 2.5 for his next contract now if he were a 21 or 22 year old that would not be a issue but his next contract
inhave not eaten crow in a while. But if need be I can. I was not wrong about ABB I was not wrong about Joseph.
I am pretty confident after seeming every NHL game the guy has played as a 25 year old undrafted player who had an anomaly year last year that he is going to be worth what he was paid for. Look at his career last year was the only season since the WHL he had broken 20. This includes his ahl time . We have a saying here in Tennessee a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
He will make a small difference in team defense. But is it enough to overcome the minutes he spends in the box? I point out again he is 2 minutes below Maroon for time in the box.
We’re going to find out soon enough what he will bring. But one thing we already know his cost was far above the going rate.
So prepare that plate of crow one of us will be eating it. But do not try to represent that a good defensive forward is worth the price. We could not give Johnson away who was good two way and was still a 15 goal guy even being demoted to fewer minutes.
