Was searching to see if I could find anything on Johnny's brother because of this video:
Johnny mentioned the fact that he is really excited to be playing with his Brother at a high level so I was intrigued to see if I could find anything on his brother and his game but ended up finding a really great article on JG.
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At first, almost everyone overlooked Gaudreau. Northeastern recruited him early, assistant Albie O’Connell spotting something in a kid who looked as though he would never make it at the college level. By 16, Gaudreau was signed.
York had barely heard of him.
Even Greg Cronin, then the coach at Northeastern, had his doubts.
“I said, ‘How the hell is this kid going to play college hockey in a couple years?’ ” Cronin recalled. “He clearly was a really weak-looking kid, very small, very boyish-looking.”
Then Cronin saw him play.
“That’s the first time I actually said that I would pay money to see youth hockey,” said Cronin, now an assistant coach with Toronto. “He was that dynamic in the game. I couldn’t believe how skilled he was, and how extremely competitive.
“His competitiveness was visible right away, and he reminded me a little bit of Wayne Gretzky. That’s a really, really far reach, but in the game I watched, he made plays that you would see once in a decade.”
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I'm sure this must have been posted before be there are some really great things in this article on top of that quote. Really excited to see his game progress even further this year, I think he is the legit lock for the Hobey Baker this year if he continues on his current progression.