He'll score a point a game at least. I don't see him doing any less, as it's the preseason and they'll give him ice time and different situations to see what he can do, and he'll run with it. Not too worried about Johnny Point-Per-Game Hockey's performance. I think he's faced a fair amount of pressure over the past year and it doesn't affect him much. Look what he did in the frozen four semi finals game. Was the most hyped kid going into the game and almost carried the team to back tie it up in the final seconds. Baertschi and Granlund will have to work very hard to get ahead of Johnny on the shortlist for the team, as they will be pushing for a similar role (top 6).
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