Veteran defenceman Jack Johnson, who had been attending the Colorado Avalanche‘s training camp on a professional tryout, has agreed to a one-year, $750,000 deal with the club.
Johnson had season-ending sports hernia-related surgery in March and played in only 13 games last year with the New York Rangers, registering one goal and a minus-5 rating.
The 34-year-old from Indianapolis has 71 goals and 232 assists in 950 games over 15 seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York. He was a third-overall pick by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2005.
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