[djsFlames]

Interesting new article and interview, including quotes from Johnny's dad:

http://www.courierpostonline.com/sto...-four/7236109/

"This year, fortunately I got the chance to do both at the same time at one Frozen Four," Gaudreau said in a phone interview Wednesday. "That's what I was kind of hoping for throughout the whole year was to make sure I got my team to the Frozen Four and not just get myself there."

"My wife and I, we've argued about it quite a few times," Guy Gaudreau said. "As a father, and her as a mother, we'd love for him to go back for his senior year and get a degree. As a hockey person that knows the game, it would be better for him if he wanted to eventually make the NHL to go sign with Calgary."

Of course, if he does, he'll stop his quest for a communications degree a year early. He will only have played with his younger brother Matthew, a freshman on B.C.'s roster, for one season.

"It's made it very, very fun this year getting to be around him the whole year and be on the ice with him every single day," Johnny Gaudreau said. "It's gonna be tough to make a decision whether to stay or leave. I came to B.C. with my brother, and we always wanted to play with each other, and I got to do that this year."

If he were to go pro, Gaudreau would start a new chapter in his hockey career. Like most others, it will probably start with talk about him being too small.

"If the management they had there before was there, like (former general manager Jay) Feaster, the ones that drafted him, I'd be really comfortable letting him go," Guy Gaudreau said. "I know that (Calgary president of hockey operations) Brian Burke likes big boys, big hockey players. My son is not a big hockey player. He's made it clear that he likes him or whatever, but I don't think he's sold on him. That's been John all his life, wherever he tried out. It's always been, 'He's got to prove himself, prove himself, prove himself.' He's done that over and over and over."

"I never thought I would get the chance to do something like this growing up," Johnny Gaudreau said. "I was just playing AAA hockey and high school hockey for my school and everything kind of escalated from there. "

Sounds like Burke needs to come out and make it clear to them that he'll be offered every chance to make the team. Family doesn't sound entirely sold on Burke, though.

Despite these quotes, I'm still not worried. It is still Johnny's decision.