Quoting: ClockReads2113
Pilon is a middle 6 NHL player, Caps just don't have the room for him. Plays center wing, great playmaker, wicked shot. Probably a good 3rd liner. Johansen is probably a bottom NHL guy but has a chance to be a #4 if he stays healthy. We'll see.
i think you are overrating pilon big time.
1. Mantha/Oshie/Backstrom all missed a significant amount of time this season
2. he can't be that amazing because Hagelin, Sprong who might i add is still a FA, Snively, Protas, Fjallby, Leason, malenstyn all got play time over him even mcmichael who didn't live up to the hype could have been sent down for another year of AHL development
3. with all the opportunites available if he was that good he would have been given them
and no johansen will not be a top 4 dman ever lol he hasn't been that effective of a player since his last year in Kelowna.
maybe johansen is a top 4 dman on chicago and pilon a top 9 forward on arizona but currently they are just depth guys still and given they are 24 now their hope of breaking out is slowly dwindling