Hmm then there's a chance he might not be your guy... he works hard and has skill but his metabolism issues might keep him from really growing into the physically strong forward he's aspiring to be to play a 200-foot game. The team favored Brandon Sutter for his more responsible two-way style and took Gaudette out of the lineup against bigger teams like the Wild/ Blues/ Knights. I like his skillset as a player but he might have issues if he's not a Dave Bolland two-way type nor an elite skilled guy.
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GROWING ADAM GAUDETTE
No matter how much you try to diet, you do not want Adam Gaudette’s weight-loss program.
For years, the Canucks centre has been trying to add weight to his lanky six-foot-one frame. Diet and exercise often did not do it. The 24-year-old struggled to eat full meals, sometimes struggled to keep the food he had consumed in his stomach. He just wasn’t hungry.
Gaudette figured it was metabolism, just the way he was. But last fall, as his weight declined again despite Gaudette eating and training as a professional athlete should, the forward from Braintree, Mass., was finally diagnosed with the help of a nutritionist.
“I discovered I had some sort of stomach problem that prevents me from eating full meals,” Gaudette told reporters before the Canucks’ full scrimmage Wednesday night. “I would get sick in the mornings randomly. And this has been going on for years. And it’s always been a struggle for me to put weight on. But my nutritionist has caught it. We’re attacking it, we’re working with the doctors here in Van. I’ve got a great team around me, supporting me right now. And it’s going to take a pretty long time to get back on track and get to where I want to be. But we caught this thing now and I’m thrilled about that because I just feel much better.
“The best way to describe it is it’s like a yeast infection in my stomach. It… makes me feel nauseous, sick, not hungry. I’ve been like this since high school. I just thought I was always a kid who never really liked to eat, would never get hungry, but it turns out I had something wrong with me. It’s just such a relief that we figured it out. My whole world has changed for the better.”
Gaudette, who did not name his medical condition, has never missed a game due to his stomach problems. But adding weight to support his increasing strength has always been a problem.
He was listed at 170 pounds when he was selected in the fifth round of the 2015 entry draft, but may have been lighter than that. He got stronger at Northeastern University, where his game blossomed and he became a Hobey Baker winner and U.S. college scoring champion, and in two years of professional hockey had worked his way up to 186 pounds last season.
“(I’m) not as much as I weighed last year, but I definitely got stronger throughout the off-season, quicker,” Gaudette said. “I have the numbers and the weights to prove it in the gym, and I feel it on the ice. But I’m definitely lighter than I want to be.”
Gaudette won an NHL lineup spot last season and had 12 goals and 33 points in 59 games despite modest nightly ice time of 12:23. He is playing at training camp on a line with Antoine Roussel and Zack MacEwen.
