Confirmed with Link: Rangers sign D Jack Johnson to one-year deal

[Synergy27]

This sucks but who cares.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Better than Kostka.

 

[JohnC]

Have we started bets on which RD will have the pleasure of dragging him around next season?

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Ugh....didn't we just get rid of Staal?

 

[Yuck]

On the bright side, if the point was to make sure there was competition in camp for Miller to outperform we should be seeing alot of K'Andre

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Probably the guy on his couch that thinks he knows more than guys who have spent time in an NHL locker room

Oh yeah, I forgot these hockey geniuses are infallible. You need a better argument than appealing to authority. Once again, being good in the lockerroom is fine, but being good in the lockerroom and being a good player is not mutually exclusive.

 

[Trueblue30]

If we wanted character we should have just signed Chara to a one year deal. That I could at least see being beneficial in some ways

 

[Tob]

 

[haveandare]

It's about the process. They looked at every available option and decided that Jack Johnson was the guy who would fit the role. This is not a rare occurrence where the team values terrible players because of some intangible garbage. There are players who won't be a net negative out there who were and will be cheaper than Johnson who can fill out the roster and yet this is the guy they choose when it's obvious he's not NHL caliber.

Maybe they think him knowing the system already will be helpful in camp? Maybe nobody better is willing to take a role like this where they’re pretty likely not to play much if at all?

This is a nothing contract.

 

[haveandare]

Eh I feel like it’s 50/50. If a kid blows someone out of the water they are good to make sure they play though.

If this guy is as bad as he seems, a number of kids should be able to blow him out of the water.

 

[Off Sides]

How do the Rangers keep finding themselves in need of character? Are the majority of the other players they have all lacking in it?

 

[DanielBrassard]

Maybe they think him knowing the system already will be helpful in camp? Maybe nobody better is willing to take a role like this where they’re pretty likely not to play much if at all?

This is a nothing contract.

I doubt the system is so complex that they needed to sign Jack Johnson to explain it to the rest of the D. They signed him because they believe he will be a positive influence on the ice.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Not thrilled but hardly the deal to warrant any sort of gross overreaction in my opinion.

 

[will1066]

I have to imagine this to be some kind of Martin reclamation project attempt. And someone mentioned the Columbus JD connection, and JD knows what he's doing.

 

[Nickmo82]

Not sure why fans are losing their shit over it. It’s a cheap 1 year contract and its just for depth. He isn’t going to be playing on the top 4 . Probably a 6/7 defenseman

Given the way fringe players have been force fed minutes in recent Rangers history, this is a bold take.

 

[I Eat Crow]

I don't see what the fuss is. He's a stopgap until Miller, Reunanen, or Robertson earn the spot. Still better than Staal in that same spot.

 

[Leonardo87]

Wow, all of you guys are crazy. We just got a top-pairing LD for $1.15. Gorton does it again!

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

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Check your sarcasm sensor, I think it's on the fritz.

 

[Leonardo87]

Check your sarcasm sensor, I think it's on the fritz.

LOL, I know he was being sarcastic. I was being sarcastic also. But in a more jokingly Sarcastic way..... nah I just wanted to use that gif again.

 

[Rempe73]

OUCH

No risk though, so not a big issue

 

[haveandare]

I doubt the system is so complex that they needed to sign Jack Johnson to explain it to the rest of the D. They signed him because they believe he will be a positive influence on the ice.

I didn’t say they needed to - you don’t go 1 year 1M for a veteran player because you think you need anything at all from him. He might be helpful in some way though.

 

[Crease]

I have to imagine this to be some kind of Martin reclamation project attempt. And someone mentioned the Columbus JD connection, and JD knows what he's doing.

Honestly, it’s human nature to choose the turd you know over the mystery box.

 

[alkurtz]

My son-in-law, who is a Pens fan, is rejoicing that he is gone and that we are stuck with him.

 

[Crease]

My son-in-law, who is a Pens fan, is rejoicing that he is gone and that we are stuck with him.

You can tell your SIL that for one season at $1.15M, the Rangers are stuck with nothing. He can enjoy that brutal buyout penalty though.

 

[Edge]

I have to imagine this to be some kind of Martin reclamation project attempt. And someone mentioned the Columbus JD connection, and JD knows what he's doing.

I honestly don't even know if it's a reclamation project so much as a cheap safeguard in the face of uncertainty right now.

This is a killing time move.