When the Buffalo Sabres brought in Erik Johnson, he was that over-30 defenseman Kevyn Adams was wise to sign for the upcoming season.
Any time you sign a 35-year-old veteran to your team, there will be pushback. And let’s be honest: Erik Johnson is not the player he was at one point in his career, but he’s still beyond valuable.
Something I’ve been urging lately is that the NHL, in reality, is not an EA Sports video game. Therefore, a few attributes a video game can never accurately emulate are mainly what Johnson brings to the table in Buffalo.