Of course, there was no question.
There were no other options.
Johnny Gaudreau was, indisputably, the best player in the entire NHL throughout all of December. Accordingly, he has been named the NHL's first star of the month.
Through 13 games in December, Gaudreau scored 12 goals - including two hat tricks - and 18 points. That's a 1.38 point per game pace, which would translate to 114 points over a full 82 game season if he could keep it up over the course of a full season. Which he probably can't.
... Yet? This is only his second season, after all, so who knows what he's really capable of?