Want to know how much the Avs value Jack Johnson? “His underlying numbers were terrible the first time we got him,” Jared Bednar retorted when asked about Johnson’s iffy below-the…
Jack Johnson’s suspicions escalated right before the Blackhawks departed on their three-game West Coast road trip in the last week of February. He had surmised seven months ago when he signed a one-year deal that he might not finish the 2022-23 season with Chicago.“Before the trip, my agent told me to pack a ‘deadline bag,'” Johnson said Monday.
The Avalanche’s blue line trade Sunday was both telegraphed and startling. There was mutual interest in a contract extension for Johnson last summer — “I waited a while with hopes of coming back after being here, but it just, it was the business side of it,” he said. But from the moment he signed with a rebuilding Chicago organization for $200,000 more than the league minimum, punditry was abundant that an eventual trade back would make sense. Even Johnson himself thought about it.
The unexpected wrinkle of the friendly acquisition is what Colorado gave Chicago in return. Andreas Englund is also a pending unrestricted free agent, but he’s nine years younger than Johnson and $200,000 cheaper. He played 36 Avalanche games this season after getting called up from AHL-Loveland. “His underlying numbers were terrible when we got him the first time,” a wry Jared Bednar retorted when asked about Johnson’s iffy analytics. “Some of the worst in the league. And I felt like he did a heck of a job for us. Helped us win a Stanley Cup.”
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