Johnson was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday before the trade deadline. The veteran has been teammates with general manager Danny Brière and played under Flyers associate coach Brad Shaw.
Johnson was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday before the trade deadline. The veteran has been teammates with general manager Danny Brière and played under Flyers associate coach Brad Shaw.“‘It’s a real small world, this hockey world and I’m looking forward to working with you again,’” the associate coach recalled what he messaged the new
Johnson was drafted No. 1 overall in 2006. He was the first American-born defenseman drafted straight from USA Hockey’s National Development Team Program. The young St. Louis Blues blueliner suited up for the first time the following season under the tutelage of Shaw and has gone on to play 970 NHL games collecting 340 points .Throughout his career, he’s dealt with some injuries and after 203 games with the Blues, Johnson was traded before the 2011 trade deadline to the Colorado Avalanche.
Shaw calls it wisdom. Johnson would probably say the word is experience. Either way, the defenseman hopes he can impart it to the Orange and Black’s young defense. Of the six currently healthy members on the defense, four are age 27 or younger, and like Staal, Johnson will be tasked to be a mentor. Although Johnson knows the GM and the coaching staff —was his head coach at the 2016 World Cup and assistant on the 2010 silver-medal-winning Olympic squad — he did have one familiar face in the locker room. Cam York grew up watching Johnson, and the summer before the Flyers drafted the youngster they skated together in Irvine, Calif.
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