Blackhawks forward opens up about being traded at the March trade deadline

"In Tampa, we were buyers most of the time, so guys weren't really too worried about trades," Johnson recalled. "But the last couple of years here, being sellers is different. You see a lot of guys go that you've been with all year, and they're family and friends, so it's tough to see them leave."

"I try not to think about it," Johnson remarked after a recent morning skate. "It's hard not to, though. Right now, I'm just focused on our team and playing the best we can and trying to do whatever I can to help the team."

"I've never done it before, so it would be a little different," he acknowledged. "Who knows what will happen. I've been in a lot of rumors in a lot of years, so it's just how it is. "Try not to think about it, but obviously things do creep up," Johnson admitted. "It's been something that's kinda been all year. You never really know, I guess."