In one sense, CorsiHockeyLeague is right: Gaudreau is not going to be Iginla.
Just as Iginla was not Theo Fleury.
And Fleury was not Lanny McDonald.
And McDonald was not Kent Nilsson.
But for the foreseeable future, Johnny Gaudreau is the face of the Flames. Of all the players listed above, the one he resembles most is Nilsson; but where Nilsson was afraid of his own talent, afraid to stand out too much, Gaudreau seems level-headed enough to achieve consistent success.
Peter Maher has said that Nilsson was horrified by the suggestion that he might be as talented as Gretzky. If Gaudreau happens to win the Art Ross Trophy during his career, he won't be afraid of the limelight, and he probably won't let it go to his head either. If anything, he'll probably figure it's partly the other players' fault because nobody else stepped up their game to beat him.
He's a keeper.
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