Gaudreau back in Saddledome as a Blue Jacket
Johnny Gaudreau returned to the NHL city that accelerated him to league stardom for the first time since he left.
“It was funny,” Gaudreau said after the pregame skate. “Just lightened the mood a little bit. I could barely stickhandle I was laughing so hard going up and down the ice.” “I wouldn’t change anything,” Gaudreau said. “I knew how special this place was to me. It was a really long time figuring out what I was going to do. It was super, super hard on me. A long month there figuring out if I was going to go or not.”He posted career numbers last season with 40 goals and 75 assists in 82 games.Gaudreau added three goals and 11 assists in a dozen playoff games.
“He’s a puck possession guy. Not only a transporter, but he’s a guy that did a lot of changing the tides of games.” “Going into free agency last year, it sounded like he was more positive staying and wanted to maybe re-sign, but at the same time you always knew he wanted to go back to the U.S. and play there at some point.”
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