{"id":446362,"date":"2024-07-27T13:40:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T17:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=446362"},"modified":"2024-07-27T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T17:41:14","slug":"kent-johnson-signs-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/27\/kent-johnson-signs-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Blue Jackets Re-Sign Young Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJacketsPR\/status\/1817239916247384226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have re-signed forward<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnske01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kent Johnson<\/a>. The Jackets signed Johnson<a  href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/kent-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> to a three-year deal at $1.8M AAV.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THREE MORE YEARS OF KJ \ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aFOm1KLxCS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/aFOm1KLxCS<\/a><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuoffMortgage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RuoffMortgage<\/a> | <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CBJ<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRpsPnnQXd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wRpsPnnQXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJacketsNHL\/status\/1817239815672246676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Johnson Signed for Three Years in Columbus<\/h2>\n<p>General manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/waddedo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Waddell<\/a> and the Blue Jackets organization may have gotten themselves a steal. Signing the skillful forward, Johnson for three years, with an average annual value of $1.8M. However, there could be some justification for that since he&#8217;s only played 130 games in the past three seasons. Although, the 21-year-old has shown signs of elite skill during that span of games. His best season under <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/08\/blue-jackets-sign-kent-johnson-and-nick-blankenburg-from-michigan\/\" target=\"_self\">his entry-level contract<\/a> was by far the second year. He played 79 games and scored 40 points for the Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into his third season as a Jacket, he was looking to keep that good form running. Unfortunately for him and the team, his season was cut short due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/03\/03\/blue-jackets-forward-kent-johnson-done-for-the-season\/\" target=\"_self\">shoulder surgery that sidelined him for six months<\/a>. Now that Johnson has signed this contract, this is an opportunity for him to prove that he has more to show to the hockey world.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Signing Means<\/h3>\n<p>Now that the restricted free agent is signed, Johnson can flourish with this <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/02\/veteran-defenceman-columbus\/\" target=\"_self\">Blue Jackets<\/a> team. There&#8217;s a lot to look forward to if you are a Columbus supporter. They have a tremendous amount of young talent on the roster, and that will only improve as the seasons go on. Along with Johnson, there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sillico01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Sillinger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jiricda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Jiricek<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fantiad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Fantilli<\/a>. Not to mention the pipeline that holds <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/04\/20\/cayden-lindstrom-scouting-report-2024-nhl-draft-8\/\" target=\"_self\">newly drafted Cayden Lindstrom<\/a>, and more. On top of all this, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/18\/nhl-sweaters-best-and-worst-of-the-columbus-blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus<\/a> is getting a fresh face behind their bench <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/22\/head-coach-hunt-ends-for-the-columbus-blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_self\">with the new boss<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/evasode01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dean Evason<\/a>. While they may not be a playoff team in the near future, there&#8217;s still a lot to look forward to, and signing Johnson on a cheap deal like this one makes Waddell&#8217;s and Evason&#8217;s job a little easier in reaching their goal.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed forward Kent Johnson. The Jackets signed Johnson to a three-year deal at $1.8M AAV. THREE MORE YEARS OF KJ \ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29 \ud83d\udcddhttps:\/\/t.co\/aFOm1KLxCS@RuoffMortgage | #CBJ pic.twitter.com\/wRpsPnnQXd &mdash; Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) July 27, 2024 Johnson Signed for Three Years in Columbus General manager Don Waddell and the Blue Jackets organization may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5141,"featured_media":446381,"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":[11,4547,34,4548],"tags":[7365,5596,6929,4634,3255,5598,955],"class_list":["post-446362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejackets","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-adam-fantilli","tag-cole-sillinger","tag-david-jiricek","tag-dean-evason","tag-don-waddell","tag-kent-johnson","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446362","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\/5141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}