Gaudreau had 18 goals and led the Flames with 43 assists and 61 points last season. He also had 16 power-play points (four goals, 12 assists) and three game-winning goals. In 2015-16, he led Calgary in goals (30), assists (48) and points (78, tied for sixth in the League).
"[Wayne] Gretzky was probably the best ever of knowing where the puck was going to be and knowing where everyone else was on the ice," Lindsay said. "Johnny Gaudreau has that ability."
The 24-year-old has at least 61 points each of his first three NHL seasons and has made the NHL All-Star Game in each. Gaudreau has 204 points (73 goals, 131 assists) in 232 NHL games and won the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player in the League last season, when he was assessed two minor penalties in 72 games.
As with any list, the order is debatable, but that's great company. Slow summer Monday.
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LOL at Taylor Hall 20th. IF this was a couple years ago, the Oil fans would be apoplectic. Now they would say "yeah, about right, but where's the Looch?"
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He's clearly top ten, so where would you put him? I can definitely see a case of Tarasenko ahead of him, but you're talking about the highest scorer on the best line in hockey last year.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
He's clearly top ten, so where would you put him? I can definitely see a case of Tarasenko ahead of him, but you're talking about the highest scorer on the best line in hockey last year.
Before last season his career high was 60 points. And he's ahead of talent like Ovechkin and Benn. He is not close to top 10 based on his career in general and at his age it will be difficult to continue to top those stats when he had his best season at age 29. Sure, based on last season he's high up there and I'd put him in the 8-10 range going into this season, but he needs to have another big season to prove his worth as the 3rd best winger in the world