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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve
Baertschi is a good, recent example of this. I was as guilty as anyone of falling victim to the hype on that kid. It's not fair the road he's had to travel, he's produced quite well at the NHL level and many fans feel like he's been some kind of disappointment, when in reality, he's one of the better-performing kids the Flames franchise has produced in many years.
If he had never played those 5 games... what a difference it would have made for him.
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Baertschi is a terrible example. Baertschi never performed any where near this level. Gaudreau is dominating against players the naysayers were certain he would fail against. It's funny, but some of you are just finally waking up to something those of us who have watched a lot of Boston College have known for the past two years. Johnny Gaudreau is a special player with a skill set not seen in years. When people talk about generational talent, Gaudreau's skill set is what they are talking about. The only problem is the size of the package this talent comes in. For our sake, Gretzky was small and skinny too, and he did okay.