Ryan Johansen
There wasn’t an official stat keeper for the scrimmages, but Ryan Johansen was one of those players doing pretty much everything well. His skating was crisp and his passing was on point.
Johannsen badly needs to have a bounce-back year for the Predators. He can’t have another down season in terms of assists and being that critical leader on the top line.
At least against his teammates over the last two scrimmages, Johansen looked the part. He scored a beautiful breakaway goal in the last scrimmage, and the JoFA line was highly productive all the way through.
Johansen also got some power play work in, albeit the one-minute power play variety used just for these scrimmages. It’s kind of hard to get things going in just one minute.
These are encouraging signs from Johansen as he looks to return to top-center form once again with his usual linemates of Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg.