Before he joined the team, I made this chart.
Which prompted this great response...
Spoiler!
Quote:
Originally Posted by saXon
I'm not even going to attempt to decipher this wireframe abstract art project. But I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the blue line that shoots way up above everyone else is none other than Gaudreau.  |
After he joined, I was at the Dome for one of his early games, before people were really certain how his game would translate to the NHL. I think it was against Nashville. On one play, he had the puck near the middle of ice, skating towards Nashville's heavily defended blueline. And he just skated towards the net, in almost a straight line, without being touched, through a combination of deception and audacity. One moment he was by himself facing a blueline wall, the next, the wall was behind him. That one play killed any doubt I might've harbored, and from the sounds the crowd made, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who suddenly
knew we had a great player.