Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYR] Jack Johnson signs with the Rangers (1 year, $1.15M)

[ericstrat1]

What does lighting a million dollars on fire look like? Oh yeah, JMFJ.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

The AAV is 1.15 mil but actual salary is $37 after creditors get their piece, candidate for An OTT flip?

 

[Deen]

What does lighting a million dollars on fire look like? Oh yeah, JMFJ.

Rangers make that in concession.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

I mean as a 7/8 D at 1M how much of a negative impact could he possible have?

Hell play some games, provide hits and grit. Make some boneheaded passes and bad positioning but will also be a voice of leadership for the rangers younger defenders and players. At 1M can almost fully bury him to the AHL. As long as he isnt a regular out of need hes a fine add. Play him 30-40 games in the year and hell provide some value

I think takes like these on signings like this one are the worst. The Rangers obviously signed Johnson with the intention of making him a regular who plays more than 37-49% of his team's games. They obviously did not sign him as a 7/8D.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

I just chopped my own dick off because of this. I’m also inclined to dip my balls in a vat of acid too.

If you’re a real NYR fan, you chopped your dick off already, sometime around 2003

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Rangers make that in concession.

$11.50 for a bottle of Coors

 

[FireGorton]

Jeff Gorton proving why he is one of the worst in the business

 

[gdsmack267]

Im cracking open a crispy. Love it

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Johnson will never play. He'll be in the minors.

Lol delusion. He’s gonna play. A lot.

 

[hamzarocks]

I think takes like these on signings like this one are the worst. The Rangers obviously signed Johnson with the intention of making him a regular who plays more than 37-49% of his team's games. They obviously did not sign him as a 7/8D.

Rangers have

Trouba
DeAngelo
Fox
Lindgren

Easily in front of JJ on their roster

The rangers will prioritize giving minutes to younger players like lunqvist (if he comes over), K'andre miller, hajek over JJ. JJ wont be playing major minutes as a regular with the young defenders the rangers have trying to break onto the team.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Rangers have

Trouba
DeAngelo
Fox
Lindgren

Easily in front of JJ on their roster

The rangers will prioritize giving minutes to younger players like lunqvist (if he comes over), K'andre miller, hajek over JJ. JJ wont be playing major minutes as a regular with the young defenders the rangers have trying to break onto the team.

He will be on the top pairing

 

[gdsmack267]

Johnson will never play. He'll be in the minors.

You guys hire Martin who brought him in. Hes going to play him, for your sake just hope its like 8 minutes a night

 

[hamzarocks]

He will be on the top pairing

If they do that they're self harming the team and the GM+coach deserve to be given hell. Really doubt a 1M vet coming off a buyout would be gotten for top pairing minutes.

 

[Scorvat]

He gets contracts because of his connections to USA hockey, no? Seems like alot of the old boys club like him

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Rangers have

Trouba
DeAngelo
Fox
Lindgren

Easily in front of JJ on their roster

The rangers will prioritize giving minutes to younger players like lunqvist (if he comes over), K'andre miller, hajek over JJ. JJ wont be playing major minutes as a regular with the young defenders the rangers have trying to break onto the team.

Yes but but we have to get Exp draft compliant via someone

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Rangers have

Trouba
DeAngelo
Fox
Lindgren

Easily in front of JJ on their roster

Three of those guys are right handed. They won't be in front of JJ; they'll be next to him.

The Rangers did not just pay Johnson over $1M per year to healthy scratch him for more than half their games. I can assure you that is absolutely not their intention and barring an injury or an absolute miracle, he WILL play in far more than half of the Rangers' games next season.

 

[FireGorton]

Rangers have

Trouba
DeAngelo
Fox
Lindgren

Easily in front of JJ on their roster

The rangers will prioritize giving minutes to younger players like lunqvist (if he comes over), K'andre miller, hajek over JJ. JJ wont be playing major minutes as a regular with the young defenders the rangers have trying to break onto the team.

Rangers prioritize younger players? Lmao their idiot GM did the same crap with Girardi. Bought him out and had McQuaid take his spot so Tony DeAngelo could watch from the press box half the year. Traded Stepan and had Desharnais take his spot. Traded Skjei and made Brendan Smith take his spot. He is the new Petey. Bettman knows which is why he gifted Rangers Laf and Kak

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

You guys hire Martin who brought him in. Hes going to play him, for your sake just hope its like 8 minutes a night

That’ll be the 8 min I hit the restroom, have a smoke, answer texts, and buy a beer

 

[not a troll]

$11.50 for a bottle of Coors

That's amazing. COVID has made me realize how much money I can save by not going out.

 

[aufheben]

I’m assuming Jacques Martin was involved in this. However if Martin can help the Rangers play even slightly better defensively I’m cool with throwing this guy a bone to be cannon fodder for a year.

 

[hamzarocks]

Three of those guys are right handed. They won't be in front of JJ; they'll be next to him.

The Rangers did not just pay Johnson over $1M per year to healthy scratch him for more than half their games. I can assure you that is absolutely not their intention and barring an injury or an absolute miracle, he WILL play in far more than half of the Rangers' games next season.

I dont really know what to say to that besides if Gorton actually got JJ as a regular to play 18-19 minutes a night he/his scouting team needs to start watching JJ from 2020 not old highlights from 2014(still struggled but not what he is now lol). I've liked Gorton as a GM so far but JJ should be this teams vet presence/coaching figure more than a player this year. 12-13 mins a game for less than 50% of games played. If they overplay him hell understandably deliver horrible results considering hes nearly done being profession hockey player.

 

[aufheben]

I said this a week or two ago but it's even more relevant today:



Between this and the Bitetto signing...woof.

Nice, I’ll try to keep this in mind while I enjoy the shit out of the next decade.

 

[JaegerDice]

It is amazing how many seemingly smart hockey organizations keep giving Jack Johnson money to play hockey.

I'm happy for him. Nobody deserves to make money more than him given the hell he went through financially with his own parents.

But I mean... if you want to pay Jack Johnson for something, can't you make him a scout or something?

 

[haveandare]

Rangers prioritize younger players? Lmao their idiot GM did the same crap with Girardi. Bought him out and had McQuaid take his spot so Tony DeAngelo could watch from the press box half the year. Traded Stepan and had Desharnais take his spot. Traded Skjei and made Brendan Smith take his spot. He is the new Petey. Bettman knows which is why he gifted Rangers Laf and Kak

This guy got rid of long term bad contracts and replaced those guys with warm bodies in the short term! That’s why the draft is rigged!

They played a ton of young players just last year. They had some record breaking amount of youth in most of the year. They absolutely prioritize playing kids of they’re ready snd even sometimes when they’re not, like Kakko last year.

 

[Crosscrease14]

As much as I don't think he's a good signing at this point kinda happy to see him get one more NHL job at least. Didn't he get screwed out of millions by his parents ? Filed bankruptcy earlier in his career