When the Philadelphia Flyers acquired Ryan Johansen from the Colorado Avalanche, they got a player with a bad history on coaching and management levels.
When the Philadelphia Flyers acquired Ryan Johansen from the Colorado Avalanche, they got a player with a bad history on coaching and management levels.
When the Philadelphia Flyers acquired Ryan Johansen from the Colorado Avalanche, they got a player with a bad history on coaching and management levels.
Per Elliotte Friedman, the relationship with Johansen and the Flyers needed immediate reconciliation.
"I didn't think there was any chance that Johansen was going to play there. He was going to be waived, and then when he cleared, he was going to go to the minor leagues or somewhere else," Friedman said on the 32 Thoughts podcast. "Don't forget he and Tortorella have a complicated history, to say the least. Then I heard there was some attempt at reconciliation. Johansen indicated that he would like to make it work and play in the NHL for the Flyers."
John Tortorella coached Johansen when the two were part of the Columbus Blue Jackets organization. The relationship there was strained and involved benchings and healthy scratches.
"I heard the FLyers were willing to have the conversation. Then came word that Johansen was battling something. So now that is now all on hold," Friedman said.
Friedman speculates that the Flyers would buy out Johansen's remaining contract at the end of the season. This comes into question because, as Friedman states, a player cannot be bought out if he is injured.
Johansen has one more on his contract with an AAV of $8 million.
Then there comes more baggage, as Friedman reports that Johansen shares the same agent as Cutter Gauthier.
"There's some hard feelings there just in general because Johansen is represented by Kurt Overhardt," Friedman said. "People wonder how much that plays into all of this."
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