Claimed off Waivers: [ANA] Ducks claim F Ross Johnston off waivers from the Islanders

[McDonald19]

Didn’t realize he was still playing today. It’s not like the game has changed or anything since he last played…

Go back and read above: “Maybe not nowadays, but in the past hall of famers such as Wayne Gretzky and Teemu Selanne have spoken positively about the protection they received from enforcers.”

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Glad Terry will be protected this year.

 

[miscs75]

Glad Terry will be protected this year.

Rumors has it that Trevor Zegras is still looking over his shoulder for Jay Beagle.

 

[Metnut]

Impossible. HF told me that this contract was awful and only the stupid Islanders and senile Lou would consider it.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Rumors has it that Trevor Zegras is still looking over his shoulder for Jay Beagle.

If I had a face like Zegras's, I would be looking over my shoulder all the time not only for Jay Beagles but beagle dogs too.

 

[stocker]

I think once Ducks picked up Johnston they cut Kassian

 

[dracom]

I think once Ducks picked up Johnston they cut Kassian

We already did

 

[SI90]

He skates well, from what your fans have said. Is that correct ?

You’re gonna be shocked. Not a bad skater at all.

 

[Ducks]

Never forget...

 

[Dirk316]

Teemu Selanne speaks out on the Terry/Beagle incident.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Teemu Selanne speaks out on the Terry/Beagle incident.

Teemu a franchise legend. Speaks truth. Big bad ducks are back.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

It'll do Johnston good to head to a team that has a very specific role and need for what he offers. He also moves well enough and can play at a certain modicum such that he's not simply a liability when on the ice. Perhaps he can even do more in an expanded role?

Everyone in Islanderville appreciated his ability and willingnees to go long stretches out of the line-up only to be inserted for spot duty, usually with a specific job in mind.

He's certainly very vocal on the ice and can yap with the best of them. He'll rile opponents up and seems to keep them somewhat honest too.

Unfortunately, after looking like a possible top 3 fighter in the league in his first few seasons, he took a surprisingly clear loss in a tilt against Sam Morin of the Flyers a few seasons back, suffering an injury in the process. Frankly, he hasn't looked the same since.

In fact, I don't think he's clearly won an altercation since then, including two this preseason.

This said, the Isles were over the cap heading towards roster finalization. Something had to budge. Hard to think Lamoriello would have placed Johnston on waivers if things hadn't gone from push to shove. By him being claimed, and in sending Holmstrom to the AHL (still on his ELC and thus, waiver-exempt), the team is currently 1.39 MM under the cap on opening night.

 

[Groo]

Teemu a franchise legend. Speaks truth. Big bad ducks are back.

Dirty ducks

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Hope he plays, terrific person

Too bad he’s terrible at hockey

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Too bad he’s terrible at hockey

Good for him. I guess he was able to trick an organization into paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars. What a loser.

Where are Kahun and Rieder? Not playing in the NHL while Johnston gets those coveted cheques.

 

[SML2]

Never forget...
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Why is the good eye freaking me out more than the injured one?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Good for him. I guess he was able to trick an organization into paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars. What a loser.

Where are Kahun and Rieder? Not playing in the NHL while Johnston gets those coveted cheques.

Haha, you really got me!

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

The idea that goons actually protected guys back in the day has little evidence to support it. In today's game it's comically absurd. There were numerous times where Ross would confront a guy and the refs (knowing he was a goon) would give him a game misconduct as a preemptive strike.

I agree with you as a fan, but there seems to be quite a bit of player evidence in favor of enforcers on their teams. Avs players for instance commenting on the value MacDermid brings even though he's a liability on skates.

You don't tend to see players advocating for the useless plugs on the roster too often unless they're an enforcer or a tenured vet.

 

[pbgoalie]

Players say dumb things all the time…

Thank goodness fans never do

 

[mouser]

Maybe not nowadays, but in the past hall of famers such as Wayne Gretzky and Teemu Selanne have spoken positively about the protection they received from enforcers.

Gretzky speaks positively about every player he’s ever met. And most he hasn’t met.

 

[KingsHockey24]

2023 Jared Boll is a better hockey player.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Anaheim is notorious for being in the top 10 for like the last decade plus every year for most penalty minutes. There are some seasons when they were the #1 most penalized team and many in the top 5. It seems odd they brought this guy in when they got Gudas this summer. It really was a bad move by Lou signing him to that deal but atleast Anaheim took him off the Islanders hands for nothing.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Johnston has decent hands and skating. For me he's more than just a 'goon.' Give him an opportunity, he'll play solid mins on the 4th line.

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

Yes, Wayne Gretzky is very dumb and knows nothing about hockey.

As a player he was special. As a hockey mind/coach or analyst. He sucks. Too much sauce me thinks.

 

[Curufinwe]

Impossible. HF told me that this contract was awful and only the stupid Islanders and senile Lou would consider it.

4 years for a face puncher is terrible. But at least the whole of his cap hit can be buried, unlike the Flyers overpaid goon.