Kim Emil Jörgen Johnsson (born March 16, 1976) is a Swedish former professional

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who played ten seasons in the

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(NHL) for the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. The Rangers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team plays ...

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...

Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wild compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Confer ...

and

Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (N ...

. He played six seasons for the Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish Elitserien prior to his NHL career.

Playing career

Johnsson was selected 286th overall by the

in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, the last pick in that draft. After playing two seasons with the Rangers, he was traded to the

on August 20, 2001, along with Jan Hlaváč, Pavel Brendl, and a third-round pick in exchange for

Eric Lindros Eric Bryan Lindros (; born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL entry d ...

. After four seasons with the Flyers, Johnsson signed a four-year contract with the

on July 1, 2006. On February 12, 2010, Johnsson and

Nick Leddy Nicholas Michael Leddy (born March 20, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Minnesota Wild in the 2009 NHL ...

were traded to the

for

Cam Barker Cameron Barker (born April 4, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected third overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks and spent four seasons with the club before being traded to the Mi ...

. He played 8 regular season games for Chicago before getting injured. Johnsson missed the remaining 14 regular season games and all 22 playoff games because of a concussion. While the Blackhawks won the

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that year, Johnsson did not play 41 games for Chicago, and Chicago did not request his name be included among the 52 names engraved on the Stanley Cup. Johnsson never played again after suffering his concussion. As of 2020, Johnsson has returned to private life. Scott Powers of ''

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'' attempted to reach Johnsson, but he declined an interview via his agent; Johnsson did, however, reveal that he returned to full health following his concussion.

International play

Played for

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in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

*2001–02: Barry Ashbee Trophy ( Best Defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers)) *2003–04: Barry Ashbee Trophy ( Best Defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers))

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnsson, Kim 1976 births Living people Chicago Blackhawks players HC Ambrì-Piotta players Ice hockey people from Malmö Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Malmö Redhawks players Minnesota Wild players New York Rangers draft picks New York Rangers players Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Philadelphia Flyers players Stanley Cup champions Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States