According to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times, forward Tyler Johnson is the most recent injury to the Chicago Blackhawks roster, as he did not travel with the team to take on the St.Louis Blues. Johnson joins a growing list of high-priced members of the organization to go down with injury this season, as Seth Jones, Taylor Hall and Andreas Athanasiou all currently find themselves on the team’s injured reserve.
In the final season of a seven-year, $35MM contract originally signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning back in 2017, Johnson was included in a salary dump move to Chicago, who also acquired a second-round draft selection in the deal, that sent Brent Seabrook’s contract back the other way. Having his time with the Blackhawks mired by injury concerns, Johnson has only suited up in 114 games for the franchise, scoring 22 goals and 50 points overall.
As Pope mentions in his reporting, with Johnson out tonight against the Blues, young forward Cole Guttman will draw back into the lineup for Chicago. In 14 games this year, Guttman has one goal and three points, only averaging a touch over 11 and a half minutes of ice time per night.
Other notes:
- Sticking in Chicago, in an article today from Charlie Roumeliotis of NBCSN – Chicago, he mentions the growing trade value of Blackhawks’ forward Jason Dickinson leading up to the trade deadline. Being one of a handful of teams trying to stay above the salary cap floor, Chicago would have the ability to retain 50% ($1.325MM) of Dickinson’s contract, making him quite the bargain with 10 goals and 32 games this season.
- Before their game tonight against the Boston Bruins, Michael Russo of The Athletic shared several injury updates surrounding certain members of the Minnesota Wild. Unfortunately for the organization, they will still be without captain Jared Spurgeon, as well as forward Ryan Hartman. With plenty of issues plaguing the team this year, the inability to field a complete roster has led to plenty of inconsistency in Minnesota this season.
No idea why the Hawks would even think of trading Dickinson. He’s been great since he’s been here. Need 3 more like him, Don’t need to trade him anywhere. Whoever said that is an idiot.
I agree. He’s still only 28, so he could be part of a rebuilt “core” that will be competitive. It’s time to start adding players who can play to fit with the younger guys.
An array of issues facing the Wild, Thanks to Bill Guerin!
I don’t understand all the issues you have with BG. Either he refuses your creepy advances or he doesn’t know you exist and you can’t stand that. Either way all your way out tbere takes and comments make you the ultimate troll on this website. Having that as the only thing going for you just makes you a very sad insignificant person!
The Parise and Suter buyouts were bad business, The Addison trade and Bogosian acquisition, Over paying Gustavsson, The acquisition of Fleury, Extending Zuccarello, Just a few reasons, And finally, Everytime Guerin is interviewed he tells the fanbase the Wild are competing for the cup, And he says it without laughing.
Yet they are 10-3 in their last 13 games.
It’s also perfectly legal to fire someone here in Minnesota at any time for any reason, a reason also doesn’t have to be given and normally isn’t given publicly due to our privacy laws in the state so good luck wilf
Parise and Suter needed to be gone and I like both of them as players. Addison was a defensive nightmare. Bogosian has done well as a third pairing dman. Gustavsson was not an overpay. Look at what he has done the last month. Fleury has made a huge difference in Gustavssons development. Zuccarello is playing best hockey of his career! Every team is competing for the Stanley Cup. Do you actually watch hockey or just assume you know what you are talking about? Because your comments make you an idiot!
Spot on. When Wilf gets on a heater about something, he cannot and will not be stopped by facts and reality.