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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
So you would be have patted him on the back in August 2021 if he signed a small player who was pacing at 60 points the past 3 seasons to a 8 year deal at 9 million per season?
Or would you have thought it was mistake at the time? This is prior to him having everything come together with his 115 point season.
It wasn't just his on ice performance that sucked, his off ice commitment to training and everything else has been questionable.
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Yes. Johnny at 8x$9M in 2021 would have been a steal, because the problem with Gaudreau was in no small part rooted in Monahan aging 18 years in 18 months.
Which was obvious to everyone going back to the Peters season, and even more obvious once Tkachuk and Lindholm were put on his line.
Johnny Gaudreau has been one of the ten most offensively gifted players in the league since he entered it.