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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
Personally, I'm pretty much against all of the St. Louis comparisons.
Would I like him to turn out to be St. Louis? Hell yeah. But I think of Gaudreau as more along the lines of a Steve Sullivan-like player. A player that gets goals and assists in equal proportion. In other words, where St. Louis can put the puck in the net, he's more heavily a playmaker than anything. Whereas Sullivan was a good, balanced offensive player.
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Maybe so, but I don't like always comparing players by looking at whether they shoot first or pass first. I'm just looking at the way he handles the puck, how he skates, how he creates his scoring chances, etc. Not necessarily whether he is more a goalscorer than a playmaker.
St. Louis also developed in the NCAA, so I like comparing his path to Gaudreau's (though Sullivan became an NHL regular much sooner than St. Louis, so that is promising).
I think we'd be laughing if Gaudreau ends up as a copy of either.