Johnson maintains high expectations for Blue Jackets

The Blue Jackets have received a lot of praise in hockey circles despite their first round loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins and The Columbus Dispatch notes defenseman Jack Johnson brought high expectations with him from Los Angeles.

“It can happen quickly, before people realize it,” he said. “First you have to set the bar in the room, and it goes on from there. That’s how it should be in sports. Players should expect to win.”

Onward and upward.

“We set the bar as high as it could possibly be in here,” he said. “We’ll come back better and stronger next year. We don’t want to be a flash in the pan. We want to be a perennial winner, year in and year out. We want to have people talking about us as contenders. We want to make a deep playoff run.”

Source: Todd Jones and Shawn Mitchell, Columbus Dispatch