Confirmed Trade: [ANA/PHI] Cutter Gauthier for Jamie Drysdale and 2025 2nd round pick

[Sniperberg]

Oh boohoo, 99% of people in the world has had a bad boss. That's life, you just deal with it. You don't start to cry like a little bitch about it. Grow some balls.

Wrong. If you have a coveted skill you just tell your boss to f*** off and find a new place to work.
Thats how life works in the fast-lane.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Oh boohoo, 99% of people in the world has had a bad boss. That's life, you just deal with it. You don't start to cry like a little bitch about it. Grow some balls.

Nope, you take advantage of whatever leverage you can and try and improve your situation. Welcome to the real world.

 

[pekka55]

Nope, you take advantage of whatever leverage you can and try and improve your situation. Welcome to the real world.

He has zero leverage. He's a nobody.

 

[WarriorofTime]

He has zero leverage. He's a nobody.

Well that's just flat out incorrect.

 

[HanSolo]

He has zero leverage. He's a nobody.

A nobody who just got his old team a pretty talented young defenseman and a second round pick? Interesting take.

 

[eramosat]

Guess I'll just wait until Spittin' Chiclets figures out Gauthier's reasoning for us all (I mean, Haysey is getting implicated, so somethin's gotta happen, right!), and then I can read about it here.

Pretty interesting swap.

 

[flyerslducks]

The question will be if he can consistently do it to be a #1 guy.

if he can consistently do it **and not get injured**

 

[flyerslducks]

TBH I don't think Drysdale will be a top pairing D and I don't think Gauthier will be a top line forward. This is the type of trade that gets a bigger reaction on HFBoards because shiny toys still have their luster.

I agree I think both will play 2nd line/2nd pair with spot starts here and there on the top line.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Gauthier was shopped at the 2023 draft from what the rumor was, this didn't come out of left field. It's spin cycle by the Flyers because they got hand tied with a guy they knew was walking in 2 years and it probably got out within the GM cycle as much as it didn't want to be made public. If they landed the 5th overall last year and got Reinbacher, no one cares about this story and it's obviously viewed as a prospect swap.

 

[jani]

I really like this for Philly! Not bad for ANA either. Good trade.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

He has zero leverage. He's a nobody.

-random guy talking on a hockey forum talking about a guy who's gonna make the NHL as a nobody, that's delicious irony if I've seen it

 

[JaegerDice]

People in this thread seem pretty split over whether Cutter or Drysdale is more overrated, so that makes me think the trade is about even. I give the edge to Philly since their guy wanted out and they got value.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

I'm impressed that Briere and Jones made lemonade from lemons instead of acting foolishly, and risking getting nothing in return for the 5OA pick they invested in Gauthier.

Ducks at Flyers will be a can't-miss game every year. Come to think of it, he'll probably be roundly booed by the hordes of Flyers fans at the Honda Center as well. Make that two can't-miss Ducks-Flyers games per season.

Whatever the backstory here, Gauthier, like every other drafted player, cannot be compelled to eventually sign with the team that drafted him. If you have a beef with that, please address your concerns to the NHL and the NHLPA, whose legal teams drafted the CBA.

Sure livened up the day on HF. Great fun!

 

[VaporTrail]

C'mon bro, where's the brotherly love ?

 

[mr figgles]

Oh boohoo, 99% of people in the world has had a bad boss. That's life, you just deal with it. You don't start to cry like a little bitch about it. Grow some balls.

If you just deal with it you’re a sucker. If your boss is bad at his job and an asshole, you take your talents elsewhere.

 

[93LEAFS]

Oh boohoo, 99% of people in the world has had a bad boss. That's life, you just deal with it. You don't start to cry like a little bitch about it. Grow some balls.

He's likely to deal with way more crap asking out of a city like Philly than he would have if he took the path of least resistance.

We don't know the details of why it went this way. It's likely related to them not agreeing to burn his ELC last year, when they could have signed him.

They aren't his boss, he hasn't signed a contract with them. If he signed his ELC and pulled this its a different story. At this point, it's someone using the little leverage the CBA grants them to get himself in a preferred scenario. And, he didn't publicly say there is no chance he would sign with Philly, which would have killed all of the Flyers leverage.

 

[Zobitembois]

Wow ! Pretty out of nowhere but at the same time makes sense for both teams right ?

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Cauthier pulls the reverse Lindros.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I found the reason

 

[pbgoalie]

He has zero leverage. He's a nobody.

And yet, he’s gone, for a valuable asset to a team that desired him

 

[M Ace]

This Cutter kid looks like the WJC USA winning team as whole. Imature, arrogant and a really bad attitude.

His welcome to the NHL will be warm atleast next season in California!

 

[Eternal Leaf]

If the Ducks add Celebrini to this, it's going to be a dynamite core. Even the other top 4 picks are great value.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

This Cutter kid looks like the WJC USA winning team as whole. Imature, arrogant and a really bad attitude.

His welcome to the NHL will be warm atleast next season in California!

Ducks could use a little arrogance to be honest.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

He has zero leverage. He's a nobody.

Clearly he did have leverage and clearly he is a highly coveted player.....what are you even trying to say? Sounds like you have zero experience as a skilled worker and have no idea how the "real world" actually works.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Kreider

Not a good comparison at all.