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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 6, 2020 at 4:24 a.m.
Thread: There Is A Great Disturbance In The Force
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dca919</b></div><div>Even if he gets to 97% of what he was there is a significant chance for re-injury alone making a trade for him a risky bet. Then there's the shortened career and time spent on IR you have to worry about because swelling occurred/injection is necessary.

Now add in the fact that Toronto is up on the cap and other GM's know it and it will significantly reduce his value.

A portion of practice where he can make minimal movements....doesn't prove anything. Recovery time for a PCL is 6.5-13 months and because of the nature of the surgery people experience less pain but never fully recover.</div></div>

You make it sound like Johnsson is 40 years old. He's still a 25 year old kid; a trained professional athlete getting the best possible care imaginable. He'll be fine. There's so many offensively challenged teams in the league that one will bite for that price. I don't see why the Leafs being up against the cap would decrease his value. Dubas wouldn't be dumping him. There's a market for players like Johnsson.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 6, 2020 at 4:02 a.m.
Thread: There Is A Great Disturbance In The Force
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dca919</b></div><div>C'mon man isn't a guy coming off major knee surgery (probably to repair his PCL based on the return time-line) worth the hugely inflated premium of a fan knowing about how back and knee injuries derail even superstar careers. And pay no attention to the fact the guy will be playing with less cartilage so his discomfort over the next year alone will cause a significant drop in expected production...just trade based on what he was before this significant injury and assume his healing goes superbly.</div></div>

His recovery must be going great if it's already being reported he was practicing with the team before the playoffs
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson joined the special teams portion of practice today at Ford Performance Centre. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeafsForever</a></p>&mdash; Leafs PR (<a href="/users/LeafsPR" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@LeafsPR</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1288863533418127363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 6, 2020 at 3:37 a.m.
Thread: There Is A Great Disturbance In The Force
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>Brown's contract isn't bad. Ever since Sutter got fired, Brown has been earning every dollar of that contract.

Kings pass on this one. They'll take Byfield or Stutzle and enjoy the 3 years of production at entry level salary before they have to give them real contracts. They're at the height of their rebuild now, there's no reason to spend 8-figures on another player while they still expect to miss the playoffs for another season or two.</div></div>

Maybe. You bring up good points. Hard to say they are at the height of a rebuild when they still have guys like Kopitar, Doughty, Quick in the line up. Marner would give those guys and the team a few more solid years at contending if you ask me. It would allow the prospects to not be rushed either.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 6, 2020 at 3:33 a.m.
Thread: There Is A Great Disturbance In The Force
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>He was on pace for a huge 15 goals this season and 40 points...for a guy that plays next to Matthews or JT with Marner or Nylander on the other wing...not impressive; also considering he got 57% offensive zone starts. Now, if you dig deeper and look at his advanced stats away from Matthews, he's simply not very good...in fact his stats are bad away from Matthews...not worth his $3.4M cap hit that's for sure. Then add to it, he's coming off of a season ending knee injury that required surgery...not easy to come back from. No, Johnsson is not worth a 2nd and a 3rd.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>I think you don't realize that 40 points on the Leafs is equivalent to 30 points on most other teams in the league that actually play defense.</div></div>

Bunch of hogwash this is, sure he plays with Matthews and Nylander, but he still only averages 15 and a half minutes a game when the other two can go upwards of 18-20 minutes. 40 points is 40 points there's no getting around it. 15 1/2 minutes a game at 40 points is great stats. I also traded him to Colorado. Plenty of star power there too that he can play with and produce those numbers.