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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Gaudreau's stock started to skyrocket after his freshman year at BC. Despite looking like a 14 year old kid out there, Gaudreau got better and better as the season went on. By the time they got to the Frozen Four, he was becoming their best player. And in the National Championship game, he dominated. (and remember, they had Kreider in his senior season on that team).
I don't think there is any comparison between Fox' s rookie NCAA season and Gaudreau's freshman season. Gaudreau was electrifying, and became the best player on the team by the end of the season of the NCAA champs.
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I would definitely agree with that, and of course you add in the obvious caveat of comparing a winger to a defenseman, both in terms of development track and the much better history of good forwards coming from the NCAA - there are very few elite NCAA defensemen currently playing in the NHL. Frankly, if you put Gaudreau from that year in a time machine, he'd have a strong case for "best forward" placement on that list.