Confirmed with Link: **A LOOK BACK ** Penguins sign Jack Johnson 5 years 16.25 total (3.25 cap hit)

[DegenX]

I still don't know how I feel about this. JJ isn't as terrible as some are making him out to be, the price isn't bad, the term is a little long. Maybe a better alternative than a Reaves type player. He's not really a fighter, but he'll lay somebody out with a hit. I guess I'll wait and see how everything shakes out once the season starts. He may be a great fit. He may not be. Cautiously optimistic.

 

[SouthGeorge]

All beer is sour when looking at this contract.

Nothing wrong with a good sour. Draai Laag is got some good ones!

 

[Ogrezilla]

Pens have never bought out a player, correct? We don’t have the money to drop on players like that which means he likely takes a young promising players spot ala Orpik and Scuds.

He'll be tradeable considering how low his cap hit likely seems by then. Everyone is tradeable.

 

[KIRK]

I still don't know how I feel about this. JJ isn't as terrible as some are making him out to be, the price isn't bad, the term is a little long. Maybe a better alternative than a Reaves type player. He's not really a fighter, but he'll lay somebody out with a hit. I guess I'll wait and see how everything shakes out once the season starts. He may be a great fit. He may not be. Cautiously optimistic.

Mixed emotions @DegenX. Like watching @ColePens drive off a cliff in my new Maserati.

P.S.: @ColePens won't get this . . . 80's reference.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Like him but surprised they couldn’t have dropped it to at least 4 years

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm not worried about Johnson's term anymore, because let's look at the reality of it:

1. There's an expansion draft for Seattle within the next 3 years. It shouldn't be that difficult or expensive to pay Seattle to take Johnson, and I'm not sure you'd even have to pay them that much to take JJ. Johnson is better than a lot of the defensemen that were available in the expansion draft last year.
2. There's another lockout coming up, which will likely result in some compliance buyouts.
3. Unless Johnson really falls off, he'll still likely be tradeable. Defensemen who can play the minutes he does have value, even if he doesn't do particularly well in those minutes.

 

[Jacob]

It’ll be intesting to hear if there’s any kind of movement restrictions. It’d suck to have to protect him in the next expansion draft.

 

[Ogrezilla]

It’ll be intesting to hear if there’s any kind of movement restrictions. It’d suck to have to protect him in the next expansion draft.

Can only be traded if bff Sidney Crosby is traded to the same team.

 

[mrzeigler]

Wow. This came out of nowhere!

 

[Speaking Moistly]

It’ll be intesting to hear if there’s any kind of movement restrictions. It’d suck to have to protect him in the next expansion draft.

I’ll be furious if there’s any.

 

[Pengu]

Absolute garbage deal. This is Hunwick level bad. There, I said the truth.
Johnson was dumpster fire last season and a 1 million d man at this stage of his career. and then 5 years?
Was this deal in Crosby's contract? Can't find any other plausible explanation...

 

[Night Shift]

Absolute garbage deal. This is Hunwick level bad. There, I said the truth.
Johnson was dumpster fire last season and a 1 million d man at this stage of his career. and then 5 years?
Was this deal in Crosby's contract? Can't find any other plausible explanation...

So much for level headed rational thought.

 

[Pengu]

Sad part is that it is the rational approach....

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Do not like the deal at all, but now he's a Penguin so it is what it is. Work your magic Gonch and Martin.

 

[Pengu]

Well, I hoped Reaves and Hunwick would do well for us last summer too.
Doesn't change the fact they were awful deals.

 

[Lomez]

Absolute garbage deal. This is Hunwick level bad. There, I said the truth.
Johnson was dumpster fire last season and a 1 million d man at this stage of his career. and then 5 years?
Was this deal in Crosby's contract? Can't find any other plausible explanation...

Ridiculous and near-hormonal over-reaction. 3.25 is pocket change, and he brings a some depth where we need it. It's not great and its not bad. It just is. Lets see what a change of scenery and some good coaching can do.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Well, I hoped Reaves and Hunwick would do well for us last summer too.
Doesn't change the fact they were awful deals.

go for a walk or something dude, it'll be okay

 

[Empoleon8771]

It's official.

 

[Night Shift]

go for a walk or something dude, it'll be okay

Deep breaths too. Meditation

 

[Night Shift]

Or take the Dave Killer Karlson approach: "one with the universe nothing else matters"

 

[flaneur]

ugh. Hope my fears are proven wrong but I strongly dislike this signing... it has buyout written all over it.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Johnson is saying all of the right things in this article. Even threw some shade at the Jackets:

 

[Night Shift]

Watching the TSN coverage. Johnson was ranked 5th best ufa and #1 ufa Defensman available

 

[Empoleon8771]

 

[DegenX]