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Originally Posted by northcrunk;5267836[B
]Except none of them knew who Johnny Gaudreau [/B]was and they said many many times that Draistaidl was a better player (than Bennett, even passed over Bennett in favor of Leon). Neither of them was really 'overhyped' to the extent McDavid is. Bennett has pretty much always been overhshadowed by the McDavid hype from playing on his line for so long. McDavid is just flashy, that doesn't always transmit to the NHL game and sometimes it does. One thing I'll say about McDavid though is he always wants to win, just like bennett. That is one of the biggest intagibles these days as the skill level between players isn't the same as it used to be (even from 2001-now)
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are you talking about casual fans or actual fans that post on boards like this?
because as the Hobey Baker winner, a kid that led them to the National Championship and a kid that lit it up at the WJC, I am pretty sure that there were plenty of Oiler fans that knew who Gaudreau was...
Oiler fans were salivating over Morrison, a virtual unknown from Western Michigan, so i am pretty sure that many knew who johnny gaudreau was...