Kim Johnsson’s price was too high for the Flyers as he signed with the Minnesota Wild a 4 year $19.4 million contract. Johnsson was acquired from the Rangers in 2001 being part of the deal that sent Eric Lindros to the Rangers. A quality offensive defenseman for the Flyers was +44 for the 4 years in Philadelphia and averaged around 40 points per season until this past year. Johnsson suffered a concussion this past January causing him to miss the last 31 games of the season plus the playoffs.
I would have loved to have Johnsson back, but under the salary cap at almost 5 mill a year? Eh, think that is a little on the high side especially with the amount of decent defenseman that were UFA this year. I was surprised to see him get that much.