All of our nightmares are officially a reality, despite all of the warning signs and previous good moves. Just days following opening up $5.25M in cap space, GMJR spent $3.5M of it in each of the next 5 years on Jack fucking Johnson instead of someone decent (or no one at all).
The Penguins have signed defenseman Jack Johnson to a five-year contract for an average annual value of $3.25 million. Welcome to the team!
Full details: https://t.co/7DvtHtp8zM pic.twitter.com/ZqxmDGD1T7
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) July 1, 2018
Make no mistake, Jack Johnson sucks. He’s sucked his entire career, is 31, and has lost at least 6 steps over the course of his 12 year NHL career.
Jack Johnson's career:
Shot attempts For%: 47.12
Unblocked shot attempts For%: 46.91
SOG For%: 46.96
Goals For%: 45.47
Scoring Chances For%: 47.54
HD Chances For%: 48.12
HD Goals For%: 46.59In each bucket, he is on the ice for more against than for. That is simply not good.
— nerd king geoff (@geoffwithano) June 28, 2018
57 defensemen have played 10,000 minutes since 2007-08. Jack Johnson ranks
CF% 55th
rel CF% 57th
xGF% 54th
rel xGF% 57thHe brings offense…
5v5 pts/60 49th
It was just one bad year…
— Ryan Wilson (@GunnerStaal) July 1, 2018
steve, if you went to a car dealership for a specific car and they didn't have that, you wouldn't go buy a wheelbarrow to commute to and from work, would you?
— nerd king geoff (@geoffwithano) July 1, 2018
The notion that you have to sign someone in FA and it’s okay to sign a bad player because the pickings are slim is the most asinine defense of signing a bad player. Just don’t sign anyone- it’s not difficult. Ain’t much more to say about this that hasn’t already been said. No amount of “it could be worse” will make this a good signing. There’s no silver lining. This isn’t NHL 11.
Hopefully it all works out. Hopefully he manages to come here and be good all of a sudden under the tutelage of Sullivan, Martin, and Gonchar. But until then, god speed.
Now, if you want to skeptical on what Johnson can offer, that's fair. But the price of doing business can oftentimes be term before money.
— Seth Rorabaugh (@SethRorabaugh) July 1, 2018
In a secondary move, Matt Cullen was brought back home on a one year deal, just days after getting Sheahan to put pen to paper on a new 1 year deal. With Crosby-Malkin-Brassard-Sheahan down the middle, it’s an odd signing, but both Brassard and Sheahan are capable on the wing, giving the Pens a little bit more flexibility moving forward. Also, it cost damn near nothing so…
DAD IS COMING HOME!
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Matt Cullen to a one-year contract for $650,000.
Read more: https://t.co/68U0DvXCDY pic.twitter.com/RfDf998lIr
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) July 1, 2018
Welcome home, Dad. See you on the other side.
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