Chad Johnson- "For a lot of games, it just seemed like a mess"

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Johnson has 4 NHL seasons in which he played over 25 games.( A 1b starter)

His save percentage in those seasons in no praticular order: .910, .891, .925, and .920.

Can you guess which of those seasons was with the 2017-18 Buffalo Sabres?

Not saying it's not Johnson's fault, but it's not entirely his fault either.
I have a hunch, he'll have much better numbers on a better team next season

 

[AfroThunder396]

Could you imagine if some marginal NHL forward came out and said "McDavid and Matthews wouldn't have been able to put up points with my teammates"?

Does journeyman goalie Mike McKenna talking shit about Taylor Hall count?

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Bet the dressing room atmosphere in Buffalo is great

From the small sample size I had experience with in there this year (Not playing but covering for a small sports site)... steer clear..

 

[HaNotsri]

Hilarious quote. Does he really think he can fool anyone with that? Yes, we sucked this year but Johnson and Lehner were part of it. Their unreliable play in goal didn't really help stabilizing the defense.

 

[96]

If Eichel said this Buffalo fans would be fighting for him but since it’s a normal player, they bash him. Hehe

 

[Ace of Hades]

They never should've signed him in the first place. Shouldve rolled with Ullmark as backup.

 

[Sol]

Sabres sure did f*** up their rebuild.

 

[Fataldogg]

Pretty bad reflection of the franchise when players are candidly speaking like this. Organization needs a shake up from the top down.

 

[Clatartar]

Sabres sure did **** up their rebuild.

Oh... I thought they were still tanking?

 

[Mitch nylander]

Seems like players love playing for the Sabres.

 

[Reinhart]

This guy has always been an enigma; I’ve seen him put up good numbers on defensively responsible teams, but can’t stop a beach ball on teams that slack on defense.

He was awful for the islanders in 2014-2015, after putting up good numbers with the bruins. Then puts up good numbers with defensively responsible Calgary after being with the islanders.

I see a correlation; he should have known his numbers would slide.

He was really good early on in the season here in Calgary, but that was it. One really good stretch of games closer to the start of the season, which was lucky because Elliott came out of the gates atrociously. However, after Elliott took back the reigns down the stretch, Johnson was simply terrible in Calgary in his starts. I didn't want either goaltender back after last season.

Johnson is good, but only for stretches and doesn't have that consistency to be that reliable starter or even backup you want. Was surprised he got signed for so much this past season.

 

[Slicknitty]

Chad "it was my cousins fault" Johnson

 

[Mattilaus]

If Eichel said this Buffalo fans would be fighting for him but since it’s a normal player, they bash him. Hehe

If Eichel said this leaf fans would have already started three threads and a Poll asking if he is the worst human to ever exist.

Eichel gets more than his fair share of flack, we just keep it to our own boards rather than drag everything to the main boards.

 

[valet]

If Eichel said this Buffalo fans would be fighting for him but since it’s a normal player, they bash him. Hehe

Eichel was close to ppg while having a high ankle sprain.... there's not really a comparison

Chad didn't play up to his post-season chatter

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Meh, it's Buffalo.

Dressing room dysfunction seems to be an annual tradition lately.

 

[bukwas]

That's not a great way to draw the attention of would be employers.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

i'm not a big fan of Buffalo, but it's pretty shitty for some garbage goalie to needlessly call out his whole team like this

 

[Kyndig]

I hope people want to give Beaulieu a second chance too. Beaulieu for a bag of pucks anyone?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I almost used that same metaphor today and thought...ehhh maybe I shouldn't.

yeah that was a poor choice of words. I'll change it

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Does journeyman goalie Mike McKenna talking **** about Taylor Hall count?

Did this actually happen? They haven't played together (thus far) and there's nothing on google.

 

[Syckle78]

If Eichel said this Buffalo fans would be fighting for him but since it’s a normal player, they bash him. Hehe

You can tell this an exceptional hot take by the hehe at the end.

 

[Alexei Yashvalev]

The correct way to tank is to hilariously win Fleury, then get a draft like 2004 where 2nd pick gets you Malkin, then win Crosby (bonus points for not even playing the season and still picking first overall).

The Sabres aren't lucking hard enough and it's getting them down.

Of course if the Oilers won those players they would've traded Malkin for Dion Phaneuf.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Did this actually happen? They haven't played together (thus far) and there's nothing on google.

My apologies, it wasn't Mike McKenna. It was Ben Scrivens.

Oscar Klefbom threw shade at Hall saying that he never showed up in important games, and Scrivens basically agreed.

 

[DickSmehlik]

Johnson has 4 NHL seasons in which he played over 25 games.( A 1b starter)

His save percentage in those seasons in no praticular order: .910, .891, .925, and .920.

Can you guess which of those seasons was with the 2017-18 Buffalo Sabres?

Not saying it's not Johnson's fault, but it's not entirely his fault either.
I have a hunch, he'll have much better numbers on a better team next season

He was not good, nor was Lehner, and Sabre fans have to ask how much of it was that both goalies happened to have by far their worst career years or was it mostly the team in front of him?

I think we all know the answer but doesn't mean we should bring either back.

 

[Oddbob]

Based on the comments recently from Ryan O'Reilly, I would say there is something to some of what Johnson said, although I still think he is an average backup goalie.