What will Calder Cup MVP Johnsson's NHL season look like next year?
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Really depends how the offseason goes.
If we dont sign a center and Nylander moves to C, Johnsson will probably play in the top 6 (or at least on a scoring line) with good scoring linemates.
If we do sign a center, but no wingers then Brown/Kapanen/Johnsson fight for the 3rd line wings with the UFA center (Bozak most likely, not a recipe for offensive success).
If we sign a center and a winger, then Brown/Johnsson/Kapanen fighr over 1 3rd line spot and the other 2 are 4th liners.
Signings also affect poweplay time and which unit they play with. Also potential trades to open up places.
Morale of the story, ask again during (better yet, after) preseason. He has 60pt potential, but remember even in a perfect situation it is hard to put up 60pts in your rookie year. Also its typically only ppg potential players that put up 60pts in their first season and Johnssons most likely ceiling (you never know though!) is a 60pt 2 way player.
Same time last year everybody expected 50+ points from Kapanen along with a secure spot in the top 9.
If we dont sign a center and Nylander moves to C, Johnsson will probably play in the top 6 (or at least on a scoring line) with good scoring linemates.
If we do sign a center, but no wingers then Brown/Kapanen/Johnsson fight for the 3rd line wings with the UFA center (Bozak most likely, not a recipe for offensive success).
If we sign a center and a winger, then Brown/Johnsson/Kapanen fighr over 1 3rd line spot and the other 2 are 4th liners.
Signings also affect poweplay time and which unit they play with. Also potential trades to open up places.
Morale of the story, ask again during (better yet, after) preseason. He has 60pt potential, but remember even in a perfect situation it is hard to put up 60pts in your rookie year. Also its typically only ppg potential players that put up 60pts in their first season and Johnssons most likely ceiling (you never know though!) is a 60pt 2 way player.
Same time last year everybody expected 50+ points from Kapanen along with a secure spot in the top 9.
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I wouldn’t want him to play PK. Throw that dog Hyman out there to block the pucks he is useless anyways.
Can't see more than 40, he won't get much PP time and I expect he will be playing in the bottom 6.
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There's no reason to not expect him to get PP time.
Babcock played him on PP over Kapanen, and he looked great on the Matthews-Nylander unit. My guess for the PP next year is:
PP1
Matthews
Kadri-Marleau-Marner
Rielly
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Johnsson
Kapanen-Leivo(if he's in)-Nylander
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If he's in the top 9 which he should be and also on the 2nd PP unit which he also should be on, I'm going to say 40-50.
Not if they trade Brown, lol.
Too early to say, since we don't even know the roster yet.
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He’ll finish with more points than Kapanen (notnthst there’s any rivalry here, just that they’ll be in similar positions), he may start in the bottom six (though that’s far from certain) but doubt he finishes the season there.
He looks like a fully finished product, just waiting for a chance to become an impact player
He looks like a fully finished product, just waiting for a chance to become an impact player
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Could be with Matthews, might be a 3rd liner. I doubt he will be put as low as the 4th line, and even if he is, he will quickly force himself up the lineup. I'm certain Almighty Johnsson will surpass a lot of the people here's expectations, which it seems are pretty low. I hope management sees this and ensures that he'll be reasonably priced capwise for the next few years.
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Lol. Brown doesn't have enough offensive skill to play PP and he was the worst regular other than Komarov on it. So it'd be another huge f*** up on line making for Babs
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The reason why to play Johnsson over Kapanen on the PP is that Johnsson is super shifty, so much harder for defenders to get a read on what he's going to do. Kapanen's talent is blowing past defensemen, so is more suited to ES and the PK where he and hopefully linemates who can keep up with him will create a lot of 2-1, 3-1 situations off the rush.
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I think he can have a similar career to hornqvist. Make a living off being at the right place at the right time and scoring off the quick release.
I can see him scoring 20 goals in a season im the near future.
I can see him scoring 20 goals in a season im the near future.
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The idea that he would put up 60 pts next season is rather absurd.
I've got him in around 40 pts.
Not sure what his top end will be (and of course, linemates will mattrer) but I have a hard time seeing him get much more than 50 in his best season.
But there's nothing wrong with that either.
He's already found money.
I've got him in around 40 pts.
Not sure what his top end will be (and of course, linemates will mattrer) but I have a hard time seeing him get much more than 50 in his best season.
But there's nothing wrong with that either.
He's already found money.
