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Originally Posted by robaur
Why's JG playing at the worlds? He should be hitting the gym.
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What do people think is going to happen when "JG hits the gym?" He could put on 10lbs of muscle over the summer and he'd still get creamed by Kesler. When you're 6 inches shorter and 50lbs lighter than a guy coming at you on skates, it's going to hurt whether you've got a six-pack or not.
Expecting guys like Gaudreau to be able to defend against getting thrown around is ridiculous. In Gretzky's era, he had guys like Semenko out there beating the crap out of anyone that even looked at him the wrong way. This is a completely different era now, though, so his only two options are for refs to call the game according to the rules (a slash is a slash, and a cross check is a cross check), and a linemate that is so busy hitting everything in an opposing jersey, that the other team is too worried about their own asses to worry about what Gaudreau is doing.
Seriously, people. In the NHL hockey world, Johnny Gaudreau is literally a midget, and there is nothing inside a gym that is going to change that.