QOTD: Are you changing your Gaudreau ceiling?

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by BloodFetish

I honestly see a 600+ goal scorer in him. And 1300+ points.

This joke is so old it should be taken out back and shot

[BloodFetish]

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by foshizzle11

From HF Oilers:

Posted by CornKicker (aka Glenn Healy)

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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Coming into the season, I thought he had a chance to be the biggest sports star the city of Calgary has ever seen. If he could get his game to translate.

His game translates. My opinion has not changed, only calcified.

Biggest sports star in Calgary history. He's unique.

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

^That's a bit much. Kid is not going to be Jarome Iginla.

CHL, I think you're wrong and GL is right.

Based on the facts that Gaudreau has dominated at every level he's every played at and the fact that he's dominating the current crop of NHL rookies, I also think he has the potential to be the biggest sports star that the city of Calgary has ever seen... and yes.. that list includes Iginla.

No one can dispute that Gaudreau has the highest level of talent of any player that has ever put on a Flames uniform. He can consistently do things with the puck that no one before him has been able to do. Some before him have had flashes of brilliance but nobody has performed at his level consistantly.. and I've been watching the Flames play in this city since the day they've arrived.

This kid is a threat every time he gets possession of the puck. In some ways he reminds me of that guy who used to play in Oilerville. His puck handling skills are fantastic, his vision is superb, and his hockey IQ is off the charts.

[Jay Random]

In one sense, CorsiHockeyLeague is right: Gaudreau is not going to be Iginla.

Just as Iginla was not Theo Fleury.

And Fleury was not Lanny McDonald.

And McDonald was not Kent Nilsson.

But for the foreseeable future, Johnny Gaudreau is the face of the Flames. Of all the players listed above, the one he resembles most is Nilsson; but where Nilsson was afraid of his own talent, afraid to stand out too much, Gaudreau seems level-headed enough to achieve consistent success.

Peter Maher has said that Nilsson was horrified by the suggestion that he might be as talented as Gretzky. If Gaudreau happens to win the Art Ross Trophy during his career, he won't be afraid of the limelight, and he probably won't let it go to his head either. If anything, he'll probably figure it's partly the other players' fault because nobody else stepped up their game to beat him.

He's a keeper.