Another interesting twist in the Jack Johnson saga: dwindling ice time

After last Thursday’s 9-1 destruction of the Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan had the perfect opportunity to go off on a tangent and make a point about defenseman Jack Johnson.

Johnson has been routinely criticized since there were even rumors the Pens would sign him. Then his bloated five-year contract was officially inked and since then he’s generated a lot of negativity around all corners of the internet and social media for a career worth of terrible results and the impending dread it would carry over to Pittsburgh.

That dread was realized in a game last week where the Pens defeated Edmonton 6-5 in spite of Johnson being on the ice for all five Oilers goals.

With…