Is Johansson our 4th long-term/core top-4 D (Mo, Ed, ASP.. AJo?)

[Inspiration]

The sample size is far too small to draw any conclusions from, but here's a fun piece of trivia:

5 on 5 goals for/against
Johansson (with Edvinsson): 16 goals for, 12 goals against
Johansson (without Edvinsson): 3 goals for, 13 goals against

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

I think he's an ok 3rd pairing Dman today. With room to improve. He has good chemistry with Ed though and they work well together.

So if Albert is stapled to Simons pair when ASP comes up, I see no issues with it.

We find a stable partner for ASP, split up special teams time between the Dmen and role 3 pairings that eat up 20 minutes a night each.

If Seider, Edvinsson and ASP each anchor their own pairings then our depth on D would be among the best in the league. We would essentially be rolling 3 second pairing D lines as opposed to the traditional 1,2,3 combo.

Or if we want to debate semantics a 1st pair (Seider) and 2 second pairs ( Ed, ASP).

I digress, Albert Johansson has potential and I see him as a core Dman be it on the 3rd pair or in the top 4,.

 

[AtlantaHotWings]

That this topic can be debated in a very positive way is awesome. If all 4 continue and grow into what we expect add in others that are in GR. It's beyond crazy that if some or all pan out that we will have a lot of options.

Hopefully those options wont make us scream at the TV screen(Petry,Holl) as I need my voice.

 

[dragonballgtz]

I'm gonna say no. Preferably I'd want someone a little more physical in our top 4 similar to Stuart.

 

[RED WINGS STOMP]

I am gonna say, since the return from break, the Ed AlJo pair is letting in more goals than I would like. Would love for them to get back to their western Canada road trip level of play.