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Originally Posted by activeStick
I've maintained that Johnny is having a bad year and that he'll bounce back next year. It happens to every player and he isn't immune to this. I don't know the reason for his struggles this year and I'm not about to speculate on things that are internet gossip, which turn into "well known facts" simply through repetition.
My belief is he'll have a number of seasons still where he's Top 3 in points and potentially a few where he is his team's key contributor in the playoffs. Just not sure if that will be with the Flames.
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One, it doesn't happen to every player, but it does happen
But usually when player have a bad year, there is a reason. There doesn't seem to be one with Johnny.
And it's not just that his points are down.
He looks like a completely different player, a shadow of his former self.
At this stage, he looks closer to becoming a 40 point 2nd line one dimensional winger than a top 3 scorer.
And it's just not internet gossip.
There are a number of posters here who have actually witnessed such going ons, or had close friends who have witnessed certain things. There is a ton of smoke here. Has some of it been exaggerated? Likely, that's the nature of the beast. But it would be pretty much impossible for all of it to be untrue. Especially since the "gossip", as you call it, started well before his "slump". If anything, the slump which started half way through last year seems to validate the stories.