Former Bruins Marcus Johansson - Sabres sign forward Marcus Johansson to two-year contract

[Fenway]

Marcus Johansson at eliteprospects.com

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[LSCII]

LOFL...

 

[Yeti34]

Seems like a panic move by Sweeney. Over payment at the last minute.

 

[McGarnagle]

Gotta say, logging on to see what went down at the deadline, this feels a little flat to me.

But I hope he succeeds here regardless. At the least even if we didn't get Krejci a stud winter, our third line was crap all year and now we can put Coyle and Johansson on it.

 

[Emerz]

Hardly ever see a player actually rip someone but Mojo reallllly want in on Marchand.

 

[The Garden]

This trade vs a 1st for Rick Nash

Yeah...

 

[BigGoalBrad]

This is a good player.

Him and Coyle are legit NHLers and proven 40 point a year guys in their primes.

Neither are my cup of tea and dudes who I am hoping we resign for 4-5 mil per though. Our prospects suck none are ready to help I am fine with this. I'm not even sure a guy like Heinen deserves to play in the playoffs. I might be going Kuhlman and Stempniak for 2nd and 3rd line RWs.

 

[GarbageGoal]

I feel like everything with Marchand and that hit is coloring the negativity here.

We have a pretty good team in a year where there's a clear powerhouse in the conference. These moves are fine.

 

[Dellstrom]

I like the pickup and I think he makes us better but I do agree the price makes it seem like Sweeney said "oh shit, it's 2:59pm".

A little more than I would have wanted to give up but I think it's a pretty good deadline. We're a lot deeper. I think the Marchand issue is over tomorrow.

 

[Sheppy]

I don't think this trade makes us worse or anything, I just wish it kind of put a bit of fear into the Leafs.

 

[Gator Mike]

Good player. He'll help.

Is it enough to get past Tampa? Doubtful. But then again, even if they landed Stone, I'd say it would have been 50/50.

 

[LouJersey]

Team is more talented then it was 2 weeks ago. That's all you can ask at this point in the season.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

I'm into it,
Better team today than last week

and maybe even a decent looking 2nd PP unit!

 

[Alicat]

like it. We have a 3rd line now.

 

[BruinsPortugal]

Realistically we needed 2 3rd liners and one top6 player. We actually have a great 3rd line now.

 

[Sheppy]

Something tells me Marchand is going to be taking Mojo out for a nice steak dinner.

 

[TCB]

I like Johansson think Sweeney gave up a 4th round to much but I can live with it.

Johansson is a very good all around player, not overly physical, but a very good two-way player, more of a set up guy than a goal scorer, but the Bruins have a lot of depth with the acquisition of Coyle and Johansson, lets see where it go's from here.

Marchand Bergeron Johansson
Debrusk Krejci Pastrnak
Heinen Coyle Kuhlman
Kuraly acciari Wagner

I like the looks of this!

 

[Don Cherry]

What a puzzling addition this one is. Good luck to him, but where's the fit?

 

[Fenway]

 

[finchster]

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, Salary retained!

 

[PB37]

I think Raycroft just said that Marchand gave him a phone call when the trade went down.

 

[prizminferno]

Awesome player, great pick up.

 

[Sheppy]

I think Raycroft just said that Marchand gave him a phone call when the trade went down.

Good on him if true. I absolutely hated when he did that, honestly. That was a bullshit move.

 

[Cronuss]

Someone sell me on this guy.
His numbers are milk toast.
Low goals (3rd/4th liner numbers), single digit penalty minutes (soft), etc.
Why are we giving up a 2R and 4R and not letting the kids have a chance?

 

[NDiesel]

Someone sell me on this guy.
His numbers are milk toast.
Low goals (3rd/4th liner numbers), single digit penalty minutes (soft), etc.
Why are we giving up a 2R and 4R and not letting the kids have a chance?

Wait....so you actually looked at penalty minutes and came to the conclusion he is soft from that? Would 20 tripping penalties suddenly make him tough?