Popular forward scratched again?
Popular forward scratched again?
Kent Johnson was wearing a green jersey in practice today, that's not normally a good sign for a player. Johnson was scratched in the season opener as well.
His ice time has averaged right around 13 minutes a game, with Calgary being his lowest, at 11 minutes. At times he looks really engaged, with crisp passes and great forechecking, and at other times he seems lost. You can tell when he's playing well because the puck is always on his stick and he's very visible.
HC Pascal Vincent, mentioned after the season opener that Johnson hadn't caught up to the style of play they were trying to install, and that he thought watching a game or two would be beneficial for him. After being out for game 1, he had played in every game since.
Johnson has two points in five games thus far.
In his most recent game, last night vs. the Ducks, he only had 6:22 of EV time, the second-fewest on the team, behind Cole Sillinger's 6:20. He was used primarily on the powerplay, where he logged 8 minutes of PP time, which was 5th on the team.
The former 5th overall pick needs to find his game, and I'm sure he will.
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The Jackets travel to Montreal tomorrow to battle the Canadiens at 7 p.m.
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