[meredithgaudreau_ via IG] Thank you for the best years of my life.

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  4. The way his face lit up in photographs when he was looking at his daughter was really getting to me yesterday. How cruel and random a world we live in, that those kids are going to grow up with no memory of their father, and that Matthew never even got the chance to meet his kid. I’ve got a kid under two and I just keep crying every time I think about it. This death really hit me a lot harder than I expected it to.

  8. Absolutely devastating. To think that just two weeks after this picture, this family would be robbed of Johnny forever. I’ve also noticed that Johnny and Meredith’s wedding anniversary would have been in a couple of days, on Sept 4th. I hope the family supports each other through this, I can’t even imagine having to deal with something like this

  9. Man there has been some gut wrenching posts but this one takes the cake. All because of a drunk driver.

  11. It’s so clear what an impact Johnny had on his family.

    Meredith would be easily justified in talking about how her family is shattered, but is instead chosing to commit to making Johnny proud.

    That’s how a person achieves immortality. Not by achievement but by example.

  13. Fuck…

    This is so painful and heartbreaking to read through. I can’t imagine the pain she’s in right now. You can how much they meant to each other and how much their kids meant to them. To have this taken away in such a needless way is just so tragic.

    May Johnny and Matthew rest in peace.

  14. His smile really lit up the room. And his little girl looks just like him.

    Heartbreakingly beautiful words from his wife. “I am still the luckiest girl in the world to have been yours” 💔 So much strength in those words.

    They will absolutely be making him proud.

  17. Gut and heart wrenching. I knew Johnny was a great person, but the more posts I see supporting his already amazing character hurts more than it should. Both loved/hated him as an Oilers rival. Rest easy Johnny and Matthew.

  18. There is such an underlying theme of resounding strength in her words.

    Something in her words makes me feel that somehow, some way, their family will be ok.

    I am praying so hard for them and for the support system around them that will help support this family.

  19. Christ. I just can’t imagine what that family is going through right now. I’ve been torn up about it and I don’t even know them, or cheer for any of the teams he was on. Such an avoidable, senseless tragedy.

  21. I truly don’t know how people who have suffered such tragedy have the strength to get on social media and post about their loss a day or two later. If I lost my wife, I’d be inconsolable for I don’t know how long.

  22. Alright. This post did it for me. I’m passed the denial phase of grief and into anger now

  23. It’s not fair, man. Good people get taken away in a senseless tragedy by a terrible excuse for a human. It’s just not fair. His children and wife didn’t deserve this.

  24. It absolutely kills me that some dickhead who couldn’t put his keys down has made it so moments like in this photo can never be experienced again.

    From the bottom of my heart, burn in hell Sean Higgins.

  25. Fuck man I hate this so much, just feel her pain through this post and it breaks my heart

  27. It makes me so happy to read that love.

    That said I hope the driver who killed him and his brother is tortured in hell…..

  28. I give her all the credit in the world for not only being able to put these words together, but to share them with the public.

    I know if I were in her shoes, I would be broken beyond repair.

  30. I don’t know how to properly put this, but while some people were shocked that Gaudreau signed with CBJ at the time, I learned that this was mostly a family decision so Meredith could have the best career in her domain.

    You can correct me but that’s what I heard on the radio at least. That said, I’m not sure how often this happens in the league.

  31. So heartbreaking 🙁 we lost a great human being. Prayers to Meredith and the rest of the Gaudreau family ❤️

  34. Not the most pertinent point but these tribute posts, videos and pictures really hit home how young these guys are. Weddings and parties and road trips, god. The fact that a 30 something year old women is now facing raising two children without their father because of this is so heartbreaking

  39. I think im moving past denial and sadness now (it’s just to much to see these pictures and videos of him and Matt) im slipping into anger/rage the more I read about thus POS Sean Higgins.

    Probably my defense mechanism to not feel destroyed and instead channel anger. So be it.

  40. This is just so devastating and it makes it harder to swallow by the fact that if that drunk idiotic POS just called a fucking Uber, Johnny and Matthew would’ve still been able to make it to their sister’s wedding and live out their best lives. Fucking gut-wrenching and sickening.

    Don’t fucking drink and drive, and learn how to share the road without being a selfish, aggressive, impatient prick. It’s really not that hard.

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