[News] Confirmed: Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matt have passed away

[Matty81]

Really upsetting news... getting killed by a drunk driver makes it even worse. wish the media outlets would call that part out in their headlines. I hope that if nothing else this is used to raise awareness around drunk driving and saves somebody else down the line. Rip johnny

[Makarov]

Originally Posted by BigThief

https://twitter.com/user/status/1829519694812033431

I expect we'll see something similar at the Saddledome...

[Hemi-Cuda]

A wonderful mother and father lost 2 sons, a sister loses her brothers right before her wedding, and 2 beautiful children will never know their father because of one drunk impatient #######. This world is way too ####ing unfair sometimes

[PaperBagger'14]

If any of the 800 people in the thread right now are drunk drivers I hope this is a ####ing wake up call.

[greyshep]

Love to the Gaudreau family at this unimaginable time. Losing two children in this way is just so unbelievably sad and unfair.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

A wonderful mother and father lost 2 sons, a sister loses her brothers right before her wedding, and 2 beautiful children will never know their father because of one drunk impatient #######. This world is way too ####ing unfair sometimes

The sad thing is this happens all the time. I was a witness to a drunk driving crash and seeing those families in court still sticks with me.

I don't know how you make people smarten up and stop drunk driving or just driving like idiots.

[GioforPM]

Damn - tried to attach a pic of JG with my boy. Can’t figure it out.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

I think it's appropriate to say don't drive like a lunatic a#$hole in general as well. I've seen a lot of near misses in and around Calgary that sound just like this, and putting the actions solely on drunk driving is almost too much of a pass.

Condolences to the entire family. This one really hits hard.

Yeah. Driving aggressively in general isn't worth it. Intoxicated or not. If you take away the time to react with a risky maneuver, then that will be irrelevant.

And how much time are you saving really, a few minutes? Not worth it. It's worth thinking on.

[You Need a Thneed]

Ryan Leslie's story on the Fan 960 - Johnny would continue to watch Flames games after going to Columbus. He would text Leslie to work in certain random words into his intermission speech - with a promise of a steak dinner if he did.

So he gave the word "popsicle" to Leslie - and Ryan said he said something like "Rasmus goes in and scores.. popsicles all around!" and immediately, Johnny texts Leslie to thank him.

[Azure]

This is so sad. All Flames fans have a big connection to Johnny, going back to his college days.
His parents were so involved with his career as well, and his dad especially endeared himself to all Flames fans.

Words cannot explain what his parents are going through. Losing both sons, sister supposed to get married today. So sad.

How many more innocent people need to die because of drinking and driving? An act that is so easily avoided.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Makarov

I expect we'll see something similar at the Saddledome...

Yeah people on reddit are talking about doing it at the West doors at the dome

[Azure]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1829506192303092047

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Ryan Leslie's story on the Fan 960 - Johnny would continue to watch Flames games after going to Columbus. He would text Leslie to work in certain random words into his intermission speech - with a promise of a steak dinner if he did.

So he gave the word "popsicle" to Leslie - and Ryan said he said something like "Rasmus goes in and scores.. popsicles all around!" and immediately, Johnny texts Leslie to thank him.

Definitely feels like he should have still been a Flame

[Monahammer]

Is Johnny the biggest athlete death in height of career, potentially ever? I'm struggling to find parallels to this

[calf]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Ryan Leslie's story on the Fan 960 - Johnny would continue to watch Flames games after going to Columbus. He would text Leslie to work in certain random words into his intermission speech - with a promise of a steak dinner if he did.

So he gave the word "popsicle" to Leslie - and Ryan said he said something like "Rasmus goes in and scores.. popsicles all around!" and immediately, Johnny texts Leslie to thank him.

That pretty much confirms one of my suspicions that the players had a challenge for working in certain phrases into their interviews. Pucks in deep, "big two points" during the playoffs. What a guy

[robertsfan]

Devastated and numb. I feel awful for his family, the fans and I hope Sean Monohan is ok as well.

He brought the joy back after Iginla left and he brought me back to Flames hockey.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Flamesfan05

I think he was angry and tried to pass

In your situation, most people slowed down and carefully moved forward on the right. If there was an accident, it would not be as bad

I agree. I don’t know this road - I looked it up and it’s a highway of sorts. But even when people have to go around me, there’s a clear view, they usually slow down, it’s not an issue. So even if that was in his head, you make sure you can do it safely.

Needless to say even if the guy was under the limit, having a drink or two in him would have made him less sharp.

[Buff]

My wife and I are once again reminded of how lucky we are. Our oldest son was t-boned by a drunk driver about 18 months ago. He wasn't hurt but the car was written off. Now we share the news with him that his hockey hero was killed by a drunk driver.

He would emulate Johnny's pre-game warm-ups by trying the same stick work, flipping the puck as high as he could and catching it. It's a hard day today

This is an exception to Bob Johnson's quote, it is not a good day for hockey.

[Neeper]

I’m absolutely devastated. I could barely open my eyes a few minutes ago only to cry as soon as I saw confirmation.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Is Johnny the biggest athlete death in height of career, potentially ever? I'm struggling to find parallels to this

For Hockey the closest I can think of off the top of my head was Pelle Lindbergh.