Flames prospect Johnny Gaudreau scored a goal in Team USA's 5-2 win over Team Finland yesterday at the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp! The U.S. is in action again today, taking on Team Sweden.
Johnny Gaudreau just put Team USA up 2-1 over Sweden at the #NJEC. Kid is a machine.
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More and more I read and see him I think he just might be the real deal. Hope he continues to progress and develop the rate he has and he might just be ready to make the jump.
The pure battle in the kid (with how much smaller he's been than his competition to date) really leads me to believe he's a pure winner. He has an undeniable nose for the net and looks like he's going to be a pure sniper.
I don't think the Flames have ever had two kids coming through the system that were truly worth getting excited over. Baertschi and Gaudreau both seem like the real deal, and it's extremely exciting.
I don't think the Flames have ever had two kids coming through the system that were truly worth getting excited over. Baertschi and Gaudreau both seem like the real deal, and it's extremely exciting.
No doubt, and if the stars align and Janowski proves to be a top line player we'd have a great youth trio of star forwards in a few years.
It's a longshot they all pan out as top players but fingers crossed!
I don't think the Flames have ever had two kids coming through the system that were truly worth getting excited over. Baertschi and Gaudreau both seem like the real deal, and it's extremely exciting.
After this season, you may as well put Reinhart in there as well because he's going to be the real deal as well. Trust me.
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After this season, you may as well put Reinhart in there as well because he's going to be the real deal as well. Trust me.
here's a question for you how many kids make the team in 2014? and how many spots should the flames leave open? i'm thinking the youth movement is gonna come in a big way year after next.
neimisz, reinhart, sven, brodie, bouma, horak, irving
then one more year away
gaudreau, jankowski, sieloff
John Gaudreau — For the full game today, Gaudreau looked great. He hadn’t really had a complete game yet, but I think he did today. He worked well with Vince Trocheck at center and was able to create with his great puck skills and vision. Though Mike Reilly gift wrapped the puck for him on his goal, Gaudreau still had a tough angle to get that shot away, and he did it in stride. It was one of the prettier plays of the day.
The bleeding continued thanks to Tyler Biggs. Catching Sweden in transition, John Gaudreau carried the puck across the offensive blue line, stopped near the top of the right faceoff circle, drawing a defender to him, and sent a perfect tape-to-tape pass to the hard-charging Tyler Biggs. From in tight, Biggs was able to take the puck to his backhand and beat Lundstrom clean on a pretty move.
From the Finland game:
John Gaudreau — Relatively ineffective again at the start of the game, Gaudreau turned it up in the second half and looked like the guy that was a USHL Rookie of the Year and point-per-game freshman at BC. Showing that shiftiness, vision and general offensive creativity, Gaudreau was able to score a goal and nearly had a second if not for a highlight-reel save from Ullberg. Despite the lack of consistency so far, Gaudreau really hasn’t done anything for me to back off my stance of him being a certifiable lock for the final roster. http://unitedstatesofhockey.com/
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