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- May 28, 2021
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Wyatt also having the riches of Benn/Seguin/Pavelski to teach him helps a ton. Johnston looks like a monster out there. I dont even think the best comparison is Barzal, but he skates like him and has a nastier shot.This is one of those where a large number of people didn't predict Johnston would be the winning lottery ticket in that draft, but a lot of people did believe there would be someone. It seems pretty likely that if he had a pre-draft season, he'd have gone near the top. It's not unusual for players especially in the younger half of their draft classes to rise a lot that season as their physical development catches up. He looked even more like a beanpole last year. Between the ears players don't always develop enough physically to become stars. But when they do, watch out.