{"id":21583,"date":"2018-06-27T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T19:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=21583"},"modified":"2018-06-27T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T19:47:12","slug":"jack-johnson-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/06\/27\/jack-johnson-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jack Johnson To Sign With the Pittsburgh Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Mark Madden of 105.9 WXDX FM, free agent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jack<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Johnson<\/a><\/strong> has agreed to sign a contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>. The deal is reported to be a five-year deal worth about $16 million or an AAV (cap hit) of between $3 million &#8211; $3.5 million per season. The deal can not be made official until July 1st.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defenseman Jack Johnson has agreed to a 5-yr deal w\/the Penguins. Will become official Sunday when NHL free agency officially begins. For more, tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1059thex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@1059theX<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Madden (@MarkMaddenX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMaddenX\/status\/1012051599626326017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMaddenX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MarkMaddenX<\/a> first reported that the Penguins intend to sign defenseman Jack Johnson Sunday to a five-year deal. Confirming that. Source says it will be in the $16 million range total (between $3-$3.5 million AAV).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMackeyPG\/status\/1012055820228595712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Report: Pittsburgh Penguins To Sign Defenseman Jack Johnson<\/h1>\n<p>Johnson played seven seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, all while wearing an \u2018A\u2019. Averaging just a couple seconds under 23 and a half minutes a game in those seven years, Johnson has been a staple of the team\u2019s defence. His offence peaked in 2014-15. Since then, Johnson hasn\u2019t been able to net even 25 points. This season followed that pattern, with Johnson scoring just three goals and eight assists for 11 points in 77 games. He also added 22 minutes in penalties. Johnson&#8217;s possession numbers included a 47.7 percent Corsi and a -5.4 relative Corsi. Johnson put up one goal and one assist in five games, as the Blue Jackets lost in the first round to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has scored 66 goals and 212 assists for 278 points in 788 career games. He has also added 21 points in 23 career playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>The Jackets brought in Johnson in 2011. They sent away <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carteje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Carter<\/a><\/b>, and brought in Johnson and a first-round pick. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> brought in Johnson and <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tverdol01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oleg Tverdovsky<\/a><\/b> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> in exchange for <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gleasti01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Gleason<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/belaner01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Belanger<\/a><\/b>. In five years with L.A. Johnson totalled 124 points.<\/p>\n<h2>What this Means<\/h2>\n<p>Despite his low scoring, Johnson was still a key player in Columbus. While his minutes were down this year, he was still amongst the top four most used defencemen in terms of ice-time. Johnson, averaging just under 20 minutes a game this year, had recently been moved down to the third pairing in Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported on January 12th that Johnson had requested a trade from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus<\/a> organization. The lack of playing time and personal success can seemingly be blamed for his departure. He was making just over $4.3 million with the Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"p3a_KnltSEpqjZIS-G2LRA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/904329912\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'p3a_KnltSEpqjZIS-G2LRA',sig:'RGhQdRsSCKeLz40TP9YOhwY3ACut8yj_6ltKPm42hJA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'904329912',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>TORONTO, ON &#8211; JANUARY 08: Columbus Blue Jackets Defenceman Jack Johnson (7) in warm-ups prior to the regular season NHL game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs on January 8, 2018, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON. (Photo by Gerry Angus\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Mark Madden of 105.9 WXDX FM, free agent\u00a0Jack Johnson has agreed to sign a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The deal is reported to be a five-year deal worth about $16 million or an AAV (cap hit) of between $3 million &#8211; $3.5 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1628,"featured_media":21753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,34,12],"tags":[111,545,38,44],"class_list":["post-21583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejackets","category-news","category-penguins","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-jack-johnson","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}