Confirmed with Link: Avs sign Jack Johnson to 1 year, $750K deal

[The Kingslayer]

This reminds me that Girard and his old buddy Debrincat will be squaring off tonight.

Girard bullying Debrincat is one of the funniest things.

 

[McMetal]

Battle of the titans.

The featherweight division.

 

[Balthazar]

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

His face after the goal. He can't believe he pulled it of.

haha

Awesome goal!

 

[Balthazar]

Well, JJ ended up with the 3rd most ice time among dmen after Makar and Girard.

He played more minutes than Murray, EJ and Byram.

 

[Perratrooper]

I’ll say it.. he might be worth $755K

 

[Perratrooper]

Well, JJ ended up with the 3rd most ice time among dmen after Makar and Girard.

He played more minutes than Murray, EJ and Byram.

I honestly liked his game for the most part tonight, better than Murray’s imo.

 

[Reparlana]

What a beaut jmfj please play like this all year

 

[willy702]

Well, JJ ended up with the 3rd most ice time among dmen after Makar and Girard.

He played more minutes than Murray, EJ and Byram.

Which is rather a shame because Bo looked awesome tonight and I want to see him getting the minutes. JJ was better than expected but he's still got the look of a lost defender looking to get bailed out on occasion. He's got such a good structure around him that he can get away with it, but he's nowhere near as steady as EJ and doesn't have the skills of the others to calmly make a play to relieve pressure in the D zone.

 

[hoserthehorrible]

JMFJ isn't a #1 D man by any stretch of the imagination but if he plays like he did last night on a regular basis I say he's a nice #5/#6 Dman if that's the role he is put in by the coaches.

One thing where he adds more that i expected is that he's got some snarl to his game. He'll lay guys out if/when he can catch them and he's not afraid to man up along the boards and in the corners. A helluva lot better than Nemeth at least.

 

[CobraAcesS]

JMFJ isn't a #1 D man by any stretch of the imagination but if he plays like he did last night on a regular basis I say he's a nice #5/#6 Dman if that's the role he is put in by the coaches.

One thing where he adds more that i expected is that he's got some snarl to his game. He'll lay guys out if/when he can catch them and he's not afraid to man up along the boards and in the corners. A helluva lot better than Nemeth at least.

JJ has always had a physical aspect to his game. Him and EJ both were expected to score more though.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Well, JJ ended up with the 3rd most ice time among dmen after Makar and Girard.

He played more minutes than Murray, EJ and Byram.

That’s because JJ played 4 minutes short handed. At ES Byram was third behind Makar and Girard. I’m not too worried about Byram’s toi, they seem pretty clear on his role as a minute muncher at even strength which depending on the penalty minutes will fluctuate his toi per game. They did give him a pk shift and hopefully mix in some pp eventually.

But back to JJ, he’s fit in decently but it feels like a battle between he and Murray at this point and I think JJ is winning. That was an awesome goal last night, he deserved it.

 

[hoserthehorrible]

JJ has always had a physical aspect to his game. Him and EJ both were expected to score more though.

Yeah, you might be right, I’ve never really followed his game much.

It’s good to see Johnson and Johnson playing physical along with O’Conner and Landeskog. Ranta can play physical too although he wasn’t a big force last night.

 

[PAZ]

If JJ can play like this on a nightly basis and if by some miracle our defense is fully healthy, I wouldn't mind rotating between JJ, EJ, and Murray since the latter two are injury prone. Give those two some maintenance days so they're healthy in the postseason.

 

[Grigowski]

I´m happy for JMFJ... This guy went through some horrible stuff with his own family. And man, did he burn that puck. If this is any indication on how this season will unfold, i´m in Baby.....

I really look forward to saturday when the "dog" enters the ring. MacKinnon will put a show on the ice, i´m absolutely sure.

 

[Toothless Legend]

For better or worse, this is what I always associated Johnson with as an Avs fan.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

The JJ cycle has begun. Plays well with limited minutes and weaker competition, coach likes what he sees, coach ups ice time. JJ starts playing above his head, makes dumdum plays and he gets exposed. Coach never loses blind spot for JJ, fans get sick of him and the GM finally gets rid of him. Then he waits for his next pigeon.

 

[larueskee]

The real reason they picked him up was for the shoot outs. Boy has some moves.

 

[Richard88]

I didn't know JJ had the shake-and-bake in his locker

 

[Richard88]

Which is rather a shame because Bo looked awesome tonight and I want to see him getting the minutes. JJ was better than expected but he's still got the look of a lost defender looking to get bailed out on occasion. He's got such a good structure around him that he can get away with it, but he's nowhere near as steady as EJ and doesn't have the skills of the others to calmly make a play to relieve pressure in the D zone.

Byram played the 3rd most minutes at 5v5 of the Dmen, behind only Girard and Makar.

JJ's overall minutes were inflated by 2 minutes on the PK.