Johansen adopts a safe and conservative approach – and isn’t one to stand out by making flashy plays or being aggressive offensively. DobberHockey and Goalie Post launched in 2005, becoming the first independent fantasy hockey and starting goalie websites on the Internet.

Armstrong inherited a Blues team that missed the playoffs in 2009-10 but had a good nucleus of young players and prospects in As the defending Stanley Cup champs, you can't get much higher than Armstrong and the Blues right now.Armstrong had control of the draft from 2010 on so we will begin his reign there. It's amazing to think how close this team was to blowing things up and trading some of their core. It is too early to tell if any of these players will emerge.The Blues don't have a deep prospect pool and could find themselves severely weakened at defense if June 30, 2013 – sent a 3rd round 83rd overall pick in 2013 (Bogdan Yakimov), a 4th round 94th overall pick in 2013 (Jackson Houck) and a 4th round 113th overall pick in 2013 (Aidan Muir) for a 2nd round 57th overall pick in 2013 (William Carrier). Johansen has a very good shot and makes clean plays in tight spaces in the offensive zone.” Aynsley Scott of Dobber Hockey had this to say about the young defender: “Lucas Johansen is a smooth skating cerebral defenseman, with an accurate shot from the … Tyler Tucker who the Blues picked 200th overall in the 7th round is an offensive defenseman, with a big shot that skates reasonably well. If he is, by chance, still available in your league now would be the time to grab him. They are still one of the favorites this season to win again.Currently, I'd have to put Armstrong in the top three in NHL if not the number one for General Managers.As always, thanks very much for reading, and if you have any comments or suggestions please let me know below or follow me on Twitter @gampbler15. But Johansen is knocking on the door of NHL action and with both

You can check out the whole list June 24th, 2016 – sent a 1st round 28th overall pick in 2016 (Lucas Johansen) and a 3rd round 87th overall pick in 2016 (Garrett Pilon) for a 1st round 26th overall pick in 2016 (June 22nd, 2018 – sent a 1st round 29th overall pick in 2018 (September 24th, 2019 – sent Joel Edmundson, Dominik Bokk, and a 7th round pick in 2021 for February 18th, 2020 – sent a 2nd round pick in 2020 and a 4th round pick in 2021 for Armstrong between Dallas and St. Louis is in the billion-dollar club.Armstrong is a rare GM that has yet to buy a player out. Jonhansen skated three seasons with the Rockets Statistics of Robin Salo, a hockey player from Espoo, Finland born Oct 13 1998 who was active from 2014 to 2020. Aynsley Scott – Dobber Prospects: Lucas Johansen is a smooth skating cerebral defenseman, with an accurate … As a rookie Foote totaled eight goals and 28 helpers for the Rockets, finishing second on his team in d-man scoring behind first rounder Lucas Johansen and was third league-wide among rookie defenders. They also accomplished this with a new coach after firing Mike Yeo on November 20th, 2018, and hiring Craig Berube.

At a rate of 1.03, he was one of only two players on the team to average better than a point per game however the other one,

He seems to have been able to trade some of his bad contracts, which is ideal. Before St. Louis he was the Assistant GM in Dallas from 1993 to 2002 and the GM from January 24th, 2002 through November 13th, 2007. Lucas Johansen – Washington Capitals – 34th Overall.

In part 10 of our look at the Western Conference GMs, we will look at Doug Armstrong in St. Louis.

Patrick Berglund – five years at $3.85 million AAV (health issues notwithstanding, the contract was not a good one, but once again Armstrong was able to trade it away).For the most part, Armstrong has done a very good job of balancing the salary cap and keeping the team competitive for the duration of his tenure. You can check out the whole list here.. Lucas Johansen – WAS, up to 48 from 84 . The most recent first round pick by the Capitals, Johansen has just wrapped up his first pro campaign with the AHL’s Hershey Bears and it was a pretty successful one, hence the 36-spot jump in the rankings. I covered Hajek in a previous column back in January but since then he’s been traded twice!