# @draftinghockey on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CTS_LQHFD4d
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57200575-draftinghockey-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-09-01T23:00:20.000+00:00

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With the fifth overall pick the #CBJ selected Kent Johnson. Johnson is one of the most polarizing players in this class, mostly because of his high end skill but poor decision making and offensive efficiency. Offensively Johnson possesses elite puck skills, good skating, and is one of more shifty players to come out of the draft in the past few years. He is able to create so much space for himself using his problem solving ability, hands, edges, and elusiveness. Johnson is also very impressive at getting open in high danger areas and scored a handful of goals finding open ice, a very translatable tool. So, why isn’t he widely considered a top 5 player in this class? There are glaring problems in Johnson’s offensive game that may hold him back at the NHL level. One of those problems is his play-style, Johnson is a perimeter player who creates space for himself but doesn’t know how to effectively take advantage of it and has an unwillingness to find high danger passes. Often times he will take a low quality shot or make a very risky pass that even if it does work out, still won’t be anything more than a low percentage shot. He will use his shiftiness to evade multiple opposing players, enter the zone with ease and then instead of passing to the open player in front or making a simple play to keep possession alive, will take a low quality shot. On top of that he overcomplicates too many simple plays causing him to cough up the puck and it can be very frustrating to watch. With that being said there are still flashes of Johnson using his vision and finding high danger passes but it was hard to come by and  too much of an inconsistency last season. Defensively Johnson is fairly impressive too, he’s good at anticipating play, and doesn’t have a tendency to find himself out of position. He does get beat easily one on one especially defending the transition but it’s something that he improved throughout the year. While Johnson has one of the higher ceilings in the draft, he has a ton of work to do in the coming years if he wants to become more than a transition/PP specialist with a knack for scoring net-front goals.

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