{"id":442156,"date":"2024-07-01T09:23:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=442156"},"modified":"2024-07-01T09:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:23:27","slug":"veteran-defenceman-chooses-to-sign-with-philadelphia-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/veteran-defenceman-chooses-to-sign-with-philadelphia-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Defenceman Chooses to Re-Sign With Philadelphia Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Veteran defenceman and former Stanley Cup Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnser01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Johnson<\/a> has a new contract. After being traded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sabres\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>, he is now re-signing an extension with the Flyers. Johnson will be earning less than $2 million in average annual value it sounds like. In the later stages of his career, this is a great deal for him as he continues his playing career.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hearing the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flyers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flyers<\/a> will be re-signing Erik Johnson today.<\/p>\n<p>AAV is expected to come in at less than $2M.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Di Marco (@ADiMarco25) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADiMarco25\/status\/1807752094666850808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Johnson Agrees on Contract With Flyers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What a year it has been for Johnson. After the Colorado Avalanche opted not to extend him, he made his way to the Sabres. He would be a mentor for the young talent on the roster. Although, with the Sabres out of the playoffs a move was made for him to go to a contender. The Flyers were in it until they weren\u2019t and Johnson was fit for how they like to play. He is a big guy who is unafraid to be physical and plays more of a shutdown role. They had enough time to clearly identify a player like Johnson as someone to help them on defence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When it comes to production, do not expect much as Johnson had six points in 67 games. He is a lock for an average of 15 minutes of total ice time and can be a serviceable depth defenceman. Johnson is a hit machine (143 hits) and is willing to block shots (97). He brings a winning pedigree and a veteran presence that is huge for a contending team. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What This Signing Means <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Johnson contract makes sense for both parties involved. Depth defenceman are always good to have in case of an injury. Johnson is not a bad player by any means and his style of play is great to have on the back end. He is a leader and was a huge part of the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup in 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the later stages of his career, Johnson gets to keep playing the game he loves and gets another shot at a championship. He may not be the true number one defenceman he once was, but he is a serviceable player that can impact a roster. This is great for both sides and great to see him continue his playing days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran defenceman and former Stanley Cup Champion Erik Johnson has a new contract. After being traded by the Buffalo Sabres to the Philadelphia Flyers, he is now re-signing an extension with the Flyers. Johnson will be earning less than $2 million in average annual value it sounds like. In the later stages of his career, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":442157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[16,4547,34,4548],"tags":[660,662,955,126],"class_list":["post-442156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyers","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-erik-johnson","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-news","tag-philadelphia-flyers"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442156","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\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}