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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
I didn't want to tell this story when Gaudreau was here, it's not overly salacious or criminal or anything just felt like it wasn't appropriate but now I might as well tell it. It was 2016 I'm pretty sure, my friend and I ran into Gaudreau and Bouma at National. The Flames were on a roadtrip at that time but they were both injured and didn't go with the team. Gaudreau had broken his finger, dont remember what Bouma's problem was. My friend asked for a pic and Gaudreau said no problem, but just asked that he not post it anywhere because he was instructed by the team to not go out and party while they were on the road. I'm only a little older than him but even at the time I thought it was pretty stupid of him to risk being out like that, couldn't he at least take a couple of weeks off going out at the request of his employer making him a millionaire? It's not that hard. I jump through way more hoops at my job. It just rubbed me the wrong way, and a lot of stuff has piled up since that makes me think the guy is in it for the money and points but not really winning, and borderline had a bad attitude. He never added much mass to make him tougher to play against, had a notorious terrible diet, some other stuff which may or may not be true, folding in the playoffs every year...I took a lot of heat for claiming that Gaudreau wasn't a true champion that hated to lose and took things seriously, and this seems to be the ultimate confirmation. I don't hate him, don't think he's a bad guy or anything because he's definitely not and I wish him all the best. But I'm not sad to see him leave.
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Appreciate you sharing your story, and I believe it. But honestly, just sounds like an ask from him to try and stop pics of him out partying ending up on social media, because we know how those all pan out.
Seems more like his social media training likely provided by the Flames kicking in and it’s just how he articulated it too you.