After a massive breakout in which he scored 72 points in 77 games and Tampa Bay made the Cup Finals in 2014-15, everyone expected Tyler Johnson to push his way into superstardom. Then he struggled massively in 2015-16 scoring 38 points in 69 not-so-nice games. “It’s okay, he’ll bounce back!” Kind of, but 45 points in 66 games wasn’t necessarily what people hoped. “Write him off, that was a fluke!” Nope, Johnson is back on track. Johnson scored a hat trick on Tuesday putting six shots on goal in the 5-4 win over Carolina. He now has 16 goals and 18 assists in 42 games with a +11 rating. The shot rate on the whole doesn’t look great, but Johnson has 33 shots on goal in his past 9 games, in which he has 8 goals. The player that was tied for the team lead in points during the regular season and led a Cup finalist in points in the playoffs looks to be back. If he is, Tampa is going to be even more unstoppable. Johnson is available in around 25% of leagues and if you’re lucky enough to be in, grab him immediately. If you own him, props for grabbing him and don’t look to sell high because we know the upside. Let’s take a look at what else happened the last two nights:
Please, blog, may I have some more?