This is the "sweet" interview, which is different from the "every kid" one:
https://www.phillyvoice.com/johnny-h...phia-gaudreau/
I agree, this isn't that earth shattering. I just don't think the assumptions about loving it here are any more well established. I don't think he has really settled in like a Stone or Hamonic, and it's perhaps a bit different for American players, too.
Players get traded, or even sign elsewhere after long careers. Ones who don;t are the exception. We make assumptions about how Flames love it in Calgary and have deep ties here, and couldn't play anywhere else. But look at Iggy. He was a die-hard Flame, but was pretty quick to adopt new surroundings, and in fact preferred to live in Boston post-career.
Gaudreau signed for 6 years, and I don't know whether that was his choice or simply a term that made the money work. I don't think we should make any assumptions about what's going to happen in year 5. But that year is creeping up.