TJ going to keep living off random hot playoff streaks forever? Proven record means nothing when you don't show up like he did this entire year. Miller's worth in the regular season will be worth more then TJ in the regular season+playoffs at this rate.
I don't think that's entirely fair.
While Johnson's overall numbers were definitely down, he's being compared here to guys who feasted on PP points. All 8 of Johnson's points were put up at ES, and, with all of our ES problems, that makes him one of the only players who more/less met expectations.
As far as I can tell, our ES scoring looked like this:
Palat - 11
Point - 10
Johnson - 8
Kucherov - 8
Stamkos/Hedman/Stralman/McDonagh/Gourde - 5(!)
Miller - 4
I'm sure there are other guys mixed in.
We got crushed at ES, except for that second line, and even the second line got shut down HARD against Washington. But the entire team did. Which I think points more to a coaching problem.
I think we might move Johnson, and I'm all for it if the return is right, but if it's a decision between Johnson and Miller, I still think Johnson's the guy showing it in the playoffs more than we can expect from Miller.