This is off topic but I just saw The Athletic article about the North America / Sweden game and enjoyed these quotes about Johnny:
https://theathletic.com/578949/2018/...uture-arrived/
Quote:
GRONBORG (Team Sweden head coach): Gaudreau was probably the best player on the ice that game.
TROCHECK: He’s different. You’ll get one of him in an era, basically. He’s a completely different player than the normal star you see in the league. He’s obviously quick, he has a phenomenal set of hands. He’s a little guy who is extremely shifty. He has his own way of making do with what he’s got.
NATHAN MACKINNON: I was playing with Johnny Hockey and (Ryan) Nugent-Hopkins and we were awesome together. I’d love to play with Johnny Hockey on a line. He’s amazing.
TIPPETT: Johnny was really good the whole tournament. He was a sleeper. All the other guys were getting the attention. Johnny was just dynamic in games. He’d control games. The other teams would focus so much on McDavid and Johnny would get lost in the shuffle and he’d play against the lower end, then bottom end players, and he would just control games.
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