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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
...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.
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That is true. I think what makes people especially optimistic about Gaudreau's chances, and his potential to translate his game at the NHL level is realising what he has overcome and already accomplished to get to this point. He was TINY when he was drafted, and there were concerns already about him being able to play in college. It's not just that he is small but dominant, it is that he is EXCEPTIONALLY small and EXCEPTIONALLY dominant. It took him all of a month or two to adjust to playing in the NCAA, and since he figured it out, he has been absolutely tearing up that league. He was only registering about a 0.5 point/game through his first 20 college games, so from his 113 points total in 88 career games, about 100 of those were scored in his last 65 or 70.