Erik Johnson Skipped The Front Office To Find His Voice On ESPN

Erik Johnson had a path toward the Flyers’ front office, but he took the TV lane instead and has not looked back. That kind of pivot is not just about comfort level, because front offices and broadcast booths demand very different instincts and very different ways of reading the game. Now at ESPN, he brings a player’s eye to the table, and those little details are usually what separate filler from real hockey insight.