A few days later and I am still shocked this even happened. I feel like when I wake up in the morning, it was all a bad dream and it's just going to be another normal day, the upcoming hockey season on the horizon and I'll get to see Johnny and Monny back together in Columbus. Honestly, it's not that I would ever watch a bunch of Columbus games, but I'm thinking it would still pretty cool to see highlights of them together and I hope they rip it up a bit for nostalgic reasons.
Still heartbroken for the family. I don't know if we'll ever see Guy and Jane on TV again, don't blame them if they never want that, but this dark cloud will definitely be hanging over them and that's not f'ing fair at all. #### the loser who did this.
Anyways, my favorite Gaudreau story is probably the one when Hartley was the coach and Johnny, Monahan and I think Bouma were late to practice (or a game) after a night of partying. I believe they were
suspended by the team for the next game. Hartley said no one is above the team and it's about setting a standard that all players must adhere to. The universal consensus was the coach was right and since the team was still going through a rebuild, that this was the right way to go about things.
Yet, I found this immensely hilarious. Just goes to show that these guys aren't puppets or video game robots going about their business for our pleasure. These are real human beings with real lives and they screw up like the rest of us. Who here hasn't pounded back a few too many and either showed up late for work, or called in sick? I mean, props to them for even showing up.
Just thought it was such a humanizing moment for them and made them seem more relatable than just blank-faced hockey players throwing pucks at a net for the fun of viewers. These are guys living the dream, went hard the night before and paid the price the next day. Always got a kick out of that story. Johnny had a bit of a party reputation in his early days but it was so cool to see him mature into the family man and father he became.
I'll also admit, I don't know a lot about his brother Matthew other then they were super close and he played a few games for the Heat a few seasons ago. Hope to learn a bit more about his life in the upcoming days.