Quoting: ArakinSkywalker
it's kind of a gamble really. Johansen is looking a little better with more consistent wingers lately and i feel he has the frame to be more of an effective player in playoffs. I don't know if the little bit of an upgrade between the two and 500k in cap space is worth adding in oskar and our first.
Yeah, that's fair. I've been unimpressed with Johansen all year and am not sure about recent games. He had some good ones, but Bednar only played him 10:58 and 11:48 in the last two (vs. season avg of 13:38). He had large usage in Nashville playoffs (career avg. 19:14 mins), but only 16:54 and 2a when Colorado swept them in 21-22.
Gourde playoffs, for comparison. Some variance in points but certainly getting a lot of minutes.
19-20 (TBL): 25gp, 14p, 18:18
20-21 (TBL): 23gp, 7p, 17:35
22-23 (SEA): 14gp, 13p, 19:38
Not sure how much playoff TOI averages get skewed league-wide by multi-OT marathon games.