Gawdin was actually drafted by Calgary (4th round 2015), not signed as an undrafted player.
yea he wasnt drafted by the flames. he just chose to sign an ELC with them. and hes way better than dryden hunt. i dont get why players like that never wanna take advantage of the no sales tax especially on what might be the only contract they ever get. plus floridas a nice place. i guess the dumpster fire really does scare them away cause floridas one of the best places to live. just annoying.
You're right about Gawdin's draft, my mistake. Anyway my point was that he is producing in a junior league as a 20 y.o. soon to turn 21 overager... which is still very nice but doesn't necessarily mean much moving forward.
Way better without playing a single game of profesional hockey? You need to really stop with the wide brush strokes.
hmm outscored hunt in every junior yr by a mile, is the captain of the best team in the whl, is leading the entire chl in scoring, and has pretty much a better skillset in every way to hunt. and hunt was pretty whatever in the ahl and nhl. what wide brush strokes im using. r u serious? theres not a person on earth besides u that would take hunt over gawdin. u cant be real here. i dont believe in u.
The numbers are correct but Gawdin was injured for a lot of games.
yaaaaay so the one guy who picked us is hunt? maybe that's cause he blows and we were the only roster he thought he could crack. and dude if u think gawdins production is just based on his linemates u clearly didn't see him take it to a whole new level when both were gone for much of the season. he's leading the chl in his own right. he deserves the scoring title. and I don't know that hepo will catch him while playinf on his line for the few games that r left since he'll factor in on a lot of hepos remaining points. if hepo takes the crown it will be a squeaker. had hepo plaued the whole season then obviously his ~160 pts would've demolished everyone. but gawdin based on the eye test and his numbers vs hunt is a ridiculous comparison. 2 ppg and likely 60 goals is insanely diff. than 1.5 ppg. this really shouldn't be a debate.
It's 1.88 ppg compared to 1.61 ppg - while Gawdin plays with 2.30 ppg Hepo and 1.96 ppg Steenbergen.
It’s not completely pointless. He clearly has a big weakness and his game at the moment will not translate to pro. This isn’t some 5 game slump. This is juniors and he isn’t some 16 year old. He needs another dimension to his game before he turns pro imo.
It's not a big weakness. He scored during the regular season. High offensive IQ players with good puck skills with a history of being playmakers tend to overpass. Huberdeau had this problem. Barkov had this problem. Literally all he needs to do is shoot more instead of always pass. He's always passing.
He’s not dominating juniors tho. He has 0 goals in the playoffs. That’s a big concern. He should work on this in a development league like juniors. Instead of adjusting to men and a different game in Europe where he might be just surviving instead of rounding out his game. 0 goals isn’t dominating. Playoffs matter when the competition is more on par. This isn’t just overpassing. Even huby a notorious overpasser/playmaker put up almost a goal per game in playoffs. And goal to assist ratio was close. Hepos isn’t close. And it’s a big concern. Major red flags. Doesn’t mean he’s not a good prospect. Means he isn’t really close and has a lot to work on
It's just not a concern.
He's not ready to play against men. He needs to stay in Juniors for another year and get stronger. Continue playing on the smaller rink.
