Underestimate Tyler Johnson at your own risk

Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty ImagesHe’s not what he used to be.

To be frank, he’s probably not worth the $5 million AAV contract he signed in 2017, which won’t expire until 2024.

But here Tyler Johnson is anyway, scoring meaningful goals in another Stanley Cup Final, the third of his career with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He scored two goals in a decisive 6-3 victory in Game 3 at the Bell Centre, twice quieting a raucous Montreal crowd that made many rightfully question whether it was really only 3,500 fans in attendance.

The absence of Alex Killorn in the Lightning lineup provided the opportunity, and Johnson seized it. While he didn’t quite click on the right wing of the second line,…