Nice praise from the coach
Hartley in the media scrum this afternoon when asked about Johnny:
"This kid loves to play. Just look at his face when he scores or when someone else scores - it's priceless. Johnny's a rink rat - he would play all day, and he's playing at a level that is very very impressive."
"He's a competitor. You look at his defensive game, you look at his overall game - he is willing to learn. He told me over the summer he will do whatever it takes to make this team. For small players at the atom level who have been told you are too small - I think Johnny is quite the example".
"He's a clutch player. I had Chris Drury in Colorado and in many ways Johnny reminds me of Chris - he wants to be on the ice in those critical moments".
I see Johnny's role in this organization growing and growing. He's fast, he's on the job, he's committed and he's quite the competitor".
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