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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
Well I can't speak for him, but if I posted that it would be to point out the fact that whenever someone is under a microscope for long enough people will find something to worry about with them.
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It has nothing to do with being under a microscope. There isn't a single player Gaudreau's size in the last 30 years that hasn't carried major doubts about his transition to the NHL because of his size. Not one.
Theo Fleury put up 129 frickin' points in 66 games playing in the toughest amateur league in the world and he was drafted in the 8th round. Then he put up 160 points the following season and Flames management (and the rest of the NHL)
still didn't think he would ever be an NHLer.
The worries about Gaudreau's size were there at day one, and they're going to be there until he proves he can be effective in the NHL. Nothing he accomplishes at the college level will dispel those doubts, because the doubts have nothing to do with his talent.