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Will The Real Ryan Johansen Please Stand Up?

Three years ago, Ryan Johansen made his All-Star game debut. Hosted in Columbus, the fans adored their center who scored 33 goals the previous season as he wore a scarlet and gray Ohio State football jersey during the shootout. That 2014-15 season, Johansen hit the back of the net 26 times. The next season, John Tortorella, who carried a reputation for being hard on young players, took over as head coach after a rough start to the season. He and Johansen did not get along and, after fast-forwarding a few months, Johansen boarded a plane to his new home of Nashville.