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2022 Stanley Cup Champion Lands New Gig With Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks announced Monday that longtime NHL defenseman Jack Johnson will join the franchise as a pro scout.
Johnson, 38, appeared in 41 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets last season, the last of his 19-year NHL career. While he never made an official announcement that he’s retiring, this all but confirms it. Johnson attended the Minnesota Wild’s training camp on a professional tryout four months ago but was cut and could not land a contract elsewhere.
The three-year veteran of the Avalanche was a member of the 2022 Stanley Cup championship team. Johnson was one of the more well-liked veterans in the locker room during his tenure with the Avs.
Of his 1,228 career games, he spent 179 of them with the Avs. He also appeared in 27 postseason games over a three-year stretch, which included the last 11 of Colorado’s Stanley Cup championship run in 2022.
Johnson is a former Michigan Wolverine. He was drafted No. 3 overall in 2005 by the Carolina Hurricanes. Most of his career was spent with the Blue Jackets and the Los Angeles Kings. He also made stops in Pittsburgh, New York, and Chicago.
What happened yesterday to Landeskog is terrible. And I blame two culprits for that: the ice condition in this arena and the 2 games back to back regime that is too frequent, this year particularly. The ice condition in this arena and in many others has gone from bad to worst, putting at risk the skaters playing at full speed, in this high level competition. Playing 3 games on 4 nights is a regime that the human body cannot sustain long, while keeping good reflexes and sharp reactions to avoid accidents and injuries. Those are two main reasons why so… Read more »
Glad to see JJ will have a hockey-based source of income after his retirement. I have a soft spot for him after learning what his parents did to him.