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One thing that caught my attention from a recent Gaudreau article was that he mentioned the amazing vision and pass that Monahan made to him for his wrap around goal and it got me thinking that over the past few years, Gaudreau really hasn't had elite type talent to play with.

From his season in Dubuque where his centre was Zemgus Girgensons, who is a good prospect, but hardly a skill guy, to his two years at BC, where the most talented player other than Gaudreau was arguably Chris Kreider, who is another good prospect but more of a power forward rather than an elite skill guy.

Even on last year's US WJC Gold medal winning team, there weren't any real high end guys. He found the most success with JT Miller as his centre, a good prospect, but more of a two way guy with average skills.

I think this just all makes what Gaudreau does even more impressive, because so far his success has been generated by his talent, and not others. It is Gaudreau who is making his linemates better, not the other way around.

Imagine what he could do if he had elite talent to play with? It's arguable that Monahan might be the best centre Gaudreau has ever played with and that Sven might be the best winger that he will ever get to play with in the future. Hopefully the chance to play with highly skilled guys like that will make Calgary even more desirable for Gaudreau.