I'm still miffed at trading Johnny, and will be for the foreseeable future. There were other options to deal with the situation, and in a league where there is a very fine line between getting to the finals and not getting there, I don't think it was wise to move a solid D man who shows up in the playoffs. The thing that irks me the most is that we had him this year for below market value and that is at a time when he is coming into his own. He was rock solid this past year and showing all signs of starting to peak. It doesn't surprise me that he's looked so good this year. The reason he wasn't scoring left and right on our PP is because that wasn't his role. We were third in the league last year on the PP, so obviously the coaches were doing something right on the PP without asking him to score on the PP. This year he has scored most his points on the PP, but that is because he is needed to score points on the NYI PP apparently due to the fact he is more of a key player there than with the Bs. Also, this could simply be an aberration for him since it's such a small sample and he may not continue to score at a torrid pace over the course of the season. I hope he does keep scoring, though, as I want to see him be successful. I'm sure teams are taking notice of him now if they weren't before and will make adjustments to better deal with him while they are on the PK.
