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Owen Power And Kent Johnson Sign With Their NHL Teams
by Paul on 04/08/22 at 04:22 PM ET
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both from NHL.com,
Owen Power, the No. 1 pick of the 2021 NHL Draft, signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
The 19-year-old defenseman will join the Sabres in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, ahead of Buffalo's game at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, and he is expected to make his NHL debut at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, general manager Kevyn Adams said.
Kent Johnson signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday that begins this season. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The 19-year-old sophomore forward from the University of Michigan was selected by the Blue Jackets with the No. 5 pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. He was tied for fourth on Michigan with 37 points (eight goals, 29 assists) in 32 games.
Johnson is expected to join the Blue Jackets on Monday. Columbus plays the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.
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I wasn’t all that impressed by Power in the Final Four semis against Denver. He even got rocked pretty hard by Wings’ prospect Shai Buium. Unfortunately, that was about all that Buium did that stood out. He even seemed a bit “whiney” to me when things didn’t go his way.
Tuomisto was okay, but he’s definitely looks like he’s just going to be a defensive defenseman (not that there’s anythig wrong with that). I thought he made some nice passes and played a decent game in front of his goalie most of the time.
The guy that blew me away was Carter Mazur. Even the play-by-play guys couldn’t stop talking about him. He reminded me of a cross between Kris Draper and Dylan Larkin in the way he went after both the puck and the puck carriers. The U of M players did not like playing against him – and that’s a very good thing.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids, MI on 04/09/22 at 11:34 AM ET