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

[aufheben]

I don’t understand how a coach like Jacques Martin who is known for defense can want to sign this guy?

 

[DingDongCharlie]

I'm convinced that teams just keep paying this guy because of his parents robbing him blind.

I was honestly thinking the same thing. Hoping for some karma from the hockey gods.

 

[Giskard]

This is the contract Jim Rutherford should had give him 2 years ago.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

I don’t understand how a coach like Jacques Martin who is known for defense can want to sign this guy?

Who says he's not still on the Penguins payroll? I always thought that a team could not win the cup with a flat out bad Dman in their lineup. When Pittsburgh signed JJ, I tried to convince myself otherwise, that maybe they could overcome him, but was unfortunately proven correct. Have fun.

 

[Ajaton Azer]

I think that this contract is not good enough to pay the bills his parents caused He is certainly going to play worth 1500000 dollars though.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I hope he gets 20+ minutes a game.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

This is the contract Jim Rutherford should had give him 2 years ago.

WRONG! Don’t eat poison whether it’s cheap or expensive.

 

[Elliman]

Tanking 101.
Replace Staal with a cheaper worse version of Staal... step on down JOHNSON!
RATY HERE WE COME!

 

[Giskard]

WRONG! Don’t eat poison whether it’s cheap or expensive.

WRONG?!? Wrong was the 5-year shitty contract that now the Pens will have to pay for the next six seasons. If GMJR signed him at this 1-year "show me" contract 2 years ago, he would had been dumped a long time ago without all this dead cap space.

 

[smoneil]

I don’t understand how a coach like Jacques Martin who is known for defense can want to sign this guy?

I figure it's like nature. When predatory animals train their young to hunt, the provide a weak/wounded prey as a "practice" hunt. The Rangers don't want to just give roster spots to their LD prospects (Miller and co). They want them to seize those spots. But they also want them to be able to do that sooner rather than later. Easiest way is to put a wounded animal in their way, and they don't really come more "wounded animal" than JJ. If our kids can't grab a spot from him, we've got bigger problems than JJ being in the lineup.

 

[BHD]

Not sure how he landed another contract after the way he played against Montreal.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

What’s the buy out look like for the 2nd window coming up?

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

I think that this contract is not good enough to pay the bills his parents caused He is certainly going to play worth 1500000 dollars though.

His parents deserved to have the Menendez brothers as sons

 

[RANGER22]

My confidence in the Rangers direction has been severely shaken.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Good f***ing riddance!!!

 

[De Montreal]

It's unlikely the Rangers make the playoff next year so he could become the first player if I'm not mistaken to play 1000 regular season game before winning a single playoff round since Olli Jokinen

 

[RealityHurts]

Rangers trying to tank for draft!!

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

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.

Two games into the season and Jack Johnson is in the lineup over a defenseman who scored 53 points in 68 games last season.

 

[malcb33]

Two games into the season and Jack Johnson is in the lineup over a defenseman who scored 53 points in 68 games last season.

Admittedly, I haven't seen TDA much, but from what I've seen, Jack Johnson is in because he is better in the defensive end. Seems like the team is trying to send him a message...

 

[LokiDog]

Two games into the season and Jack Johnson is in the lineup over a defenseman who scored 53 points in 68 games last season.

Jack Johnson was already in the lineup. They were partners in game 1. DeAngelo took a bad undisciplined penalty and is sitting one game as punishment from the coach. It’s Brendan Smith who is dressing “over” him, since Johnson was already in the lineup.

But shockingly he played the third most minutes in the first game and has actually been PROMOTED to playing with Fox on basically our top pairing. It’s baffling.

I was also tickled to learn that out of 506 currently “active” NHL players, JMFJ ranks 501 in +/-. Not the most useful stat but it still gave me a laugh.

 

[Leonardo87]

Whew!

I saw this thread get bumped up thought the Rangers had signed him to an extension. Lol.

 

[Carlzner]

$1.15M for a top pairing defenseman, good deal

 

[Empoleon8771]

Admittedly, I haven't seen TDA much, but from what I've seen, Jack Johnson is in because he is better in the defensive end. Seems like the team is trying to send him a message...

Oh lord

If JJ is better in the defensive end than another defenseman, I can't even fathom how bad defensively the other guy is.

 

[DRAGO 18]

[QUOTE="Loki Dog 74, post: 175141722,

I was also tickled to learn that out of 506 currently “active” NHL players, JMFJ ranks 501 in +/-. Not the most useful stat but it still gave me a laugh.[/QUOTE]

Who the hell are the 5 worse players?

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Hard to imagine anything making a hockey fan happier than seeing Jack Johnsin sign with a division rival.