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getbak · 03-03-2016, 04:14 AM

It's interesting that people have brought up Nashville drafting Jones and trading him for Johansen as an example in favour of taking BPA over positional need.

What if Columbus hadn't been looking to move Johansen this year? Nashville would still be a team looking for a young Centre while having an abundance of Defencemen. Meanwhile, in 2013, when it was Nashville's turn to pick, there were still two big top-level Centres still on the board.

Johansen went 4th overall in 2010. The year after his Draft, he went back to the WHL for one more year. The following year, he went pro and scored 21 points in 67 games with Columbus. The year after that was the lockout, so Johansen split the year between the AHL and NHL. In the NHL, he put up 12 points in 40 games.

Three seasons after he was drafted, Johansen had a total of 33 points in 107 NHL games. Johansen was almost a year younger at the Draft than Monahan and Lindholm, so you could include his third pro season to get the numbers at a comparable age. In his third pro season, he had 63 points in 82 games, for a total of 96 in 189 games.

For comparison, in the three seasons since the 2013 Draft: Lindholm has 91 points in 204 NHL games; and Monahan has 140 in 218 games. Plus, there's still a quarter of the season left.

This season, combined between Columbus and Nashville, Johansen has 43 points in 62 games (as a 23 year-old). Monahan has 44 points in 62 games (as a 21 year-old).

The argument could be made that Nashville would have been better off drafting for position and taking either Lindholm or Monahan than they were drafting Jones and getting lucky that Columbus was looking to move a young top-level Centre two years later.

03-03-2016, 04:14 AM	#79
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	It's interesting that people have brought up Nashville drafting Jones and trading him for Johansen as an example in favour of taking BPA over positional need. What if Columbus hadn't been looking to move Johansen this year? Nashville would still be a team looking for a young Centre while having an abundance of Defencemen. Meanwhile, in 2013, when it was Nashville's turn to pick, there were still two big top-level Centres still on the board. Johansen went 4th overall in 2010. The year after his Draft, he went back to the WHL for one more year. The following year, he went pro and scored 21 points in 67 games with Columbus. The year after that was the lockout, so Johansen split the year between the AHL and NHL. In the NHL, he put up 12 points in 40 games. Three seasons after he was drafted, Johansen had a total of 33 points in 107 NHL games. Johansen was almost a year younger at the Draft than Monahan and Lindholm, so you could include his third pro season to get the numbers at a comparable age. In his third pro season, he had 63 points in 82 games, for a total of 96 in 189 games. For comparison, in the three seasons since the 2013 Draft: Lindholm has 91 points in 204 NHL games; and Monahan has 140 in 218 games. Plus, there's still a quarter of the season left. This season, combined between Columbus and Nashville, Johansen has 43 points in 62 games (as a 23 year-old). Monahan has 44 points in 62 games (as a 21 year-old). The argument could be made that Nashville would have been better off drafting for position and taking either Lindholm or Monahan than they were drafting Jones and getting lucky that Columbus was looking to move a young top-level Centre two years later. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!