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Sportsnet Gaudreau interview:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/t...hnny-gaudreau/

SN: How tall are you?
Gaudreau: I’m five-foot-nine.

SN: A lot of articles say you’re listed as a “generous” five-foot-nine. So I thought I’d ask. But you’re sticking to it.
Gaudreau: [Laughs.] Yeah, five-foot-nine.

SN: Did you pound protein powder as a kid to try to get bigger?
Gaudreau: Yeah, definitely. My dad tried feeding me four, five meals a day, making me different protein shakes. And whenever I wanted something to eat, he’d go out of his way to make it, just so I would eat. That was the trend growing up in my household.

SN: How about today? Do you eat constantly?
Gaudreau: I still eat as much as I can to try to gain weight. But I don’t have my dad around as much because I’m living by myself now. It’s a little bit harder to get meals whenever I want.

SN: Even you underestimated yourself?
Gaudreau: Yeah, I think so. You always gotta believe in yourself, but there’s that thought that you may not make it. I wanted to make sure it was in the back of my mind so I wouldn’t get too upset if I didn’t make the team right out of the gate.

SN: Let’s hear about your idea for the NHL skills competition.
Gaudreau: Me and Gio—[Mark] Giordano—were getting ready to go to the rink, and I wasn’t sure what I was gonna do. We thought about how we played for the Flames—something with fire. He said he’ll bring a bucket of gasoline up to me, I’ll put my stick in, he’ll light it on fire and I’ll go down and shoot. Player Safety said we needed to practise it a few times first. We didn’t really have time to do that, which kind of stinks. But they said maybe next time.

SN: Have Johnny Hockey and Johnny Football ever spoken?
Gaudreau: Nope, never.

SN: We should set that up.
Gaudreau: Yeah, that’d be pretty cool. Maybe we could.

SN: What are the differences between you and him?
Gaudreau: I’m sure there are a lot of differences.

SN: You’ve never lit money on fire at a strip club or ridden an inflatable swan, have you?
Gaudreau: [Laughs]. No, I’ve never done any of those things. Thankfully.