Many excellent posts in this thread. My thoughts have been echoed throughout.
Only thing I'll add, it really hurt when he made his decision to leave in free agency; I didn't handle it well, and made a real ass of myself instead of accepting his decision with class. I feel really bad about that. He deserved for us to be gracious for the years he played here and for all the great memories he created.
Thank you Johnny Gaudreau! You will be missed, both from a hockey and from a humanity perspective.