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2010 NHL Entry Draft, Round 1: Blue Jackets select C Ryan Johanson at #4

Round 1 - 4th overall

Columbus Blue Jackets - Ryan Johanson

6' 2", 190 lbs, Portland (WHL)

The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t want to make this pick, but after taking several calls on the draft floor they never got the offer they so desperately wanted.

So instead of taking Cam Fowler they throw a curveball into the proceedings and select center Ryan Johanson from Portland of the WHL.

Johanson is a great playmaker and a great skater who is about as pure a goal scorer as there is in the draft. I doubt anyone decided he was a top 5 pick, and he’s going to need a few more seasons in the WHL to put on some muscle as he’s a bit of a tall, lanky player.