This weekend brought us the latest installment of his 2019 redemption saga (this time via the Post-Gazette) and it definitely created a bit of a stir, as tends to happen when ole double-J is the subject matter.
If you haven’t read it (it is here) the basic rundown is as follows: Everyone blames Johnson for everything bad that happens, but he’s playing his best hockey as a Penguin and look at how much better he is than you think he is.
I get why the Penguins go to bat for Johnson as often as they do.