Confirmed with Link: Flyers trade Cutter Gauthier to Anaheim for Jamie Drysdale and 2025 2nd round pick

[GKJ]

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[Beef Invictus]

 

[renberg]

Gauthier is a natural top 6 LW and the only one the Flyers have is Farabee.

IMO, Farabee, TK, Tippett, Forester and possibly even Brink would be ahead of Gauthier. Gauthier doesn’t seem to be a game mover and his defense isn’t stellar. It’s probably why Celebrini won the Hobey Baker and he didn’t. He may not believe it but he has a lot to learn in order to excel in the National.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Honestly, I'd 100% take Smith over Gauthier right now.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

I hope he has repeated failure after repeated failure in his career.

This is the pettiest I will likely ever be.

 

[Lindberg]

There seems some downplaying of Cutter's skills because people are upset at how all this went down. The guy has a bit of an ego and I'm sure that rubs most NHL fans the wrong way.

I won't be the least bit surprised if this ends up being a terrible trade for the Flyers.

 

[Pet Charles]

There seems some downplaying of Cutter's skills because people are upset at how all this went down. The guy has a bit of an ego and I'm sure that rubs most NHL fans the wrong way.

I won't be the least bit surprised if this ends up being a terrible trade for the Flyers.

The only way it becomes "terrible" is if Drysdale's injuries are a trend rather than an anomaly. If he's healthy, Gauthier would have to be a perennial first-team all-star to make me feel the Flyers blew that trade, particularly considering the circumstances as they went down between March 2023 and the trade. Even then, unless there's some information that comes out to the contrary, I have a hard time faulting the Briere regime for how they handled him considering how Gauthier handled the Flyers. Going silent then not addressing why you did that (when you seem to have a propensity to like to talk) seems like grade-school stuff.

I do agree with you that nay-saying of Gauthier's skills feels like denial. Then again, it's not as though Gauthier doesn't have some warts. Will he stick at center, are the issues expressed through the silent treatment thing then pre-finals trash talk a trend or an anomaly? He's not Michkov when it comes to projection of his ceiling, as one example.

 

[Magua]

Didn't see it mentioned but Briere confirmed Drysdale needs a core surgery. Kind of sounds like a sports hernia or something, which can be any degree of messy, but I'm just guessing. He missed most of 2 months with the Ducks due to a lower body injury. Based on Briere calling it a season-long injury, it's likely the same injury.

Been about as clear as I can be with seeing it as a mulligan season. But he needs to make exponential improvement next year beyond the physical stuff.

 

[PDX Flyer]

Didn't see it mentioned but Briere confirmed Drysdale needs a core surgery. Kind of sounds like a sports hernia or something, which can be any degree of messy, but I'm just guessing. He missed most of 2 months with the Ducks due to a lower body injury. Based on Briere calling it a season-long injury, it's likely the same injury.

Been about as clear as I can be with seeing it as a mulligan season. But he needs to make exponential improvement next year beyond the physical stuff.

Don’t the Flyers medical always screw up core injuries?

 

[trostol]

Let's see if he rushes back too soon

 

[FlyerNutter]

Core muscle.

For a 22 year old who’s basically missed the last 2 seasons due to injury.

 

[Rebels57]

There seems some downplaying of Cutter's skills because people are upset at how all this went down. The guy has a bit of an ego and I'm sure that rubs most NHL fans the wrong way.

I won't be the least bit surprised if this ends up being a terrible trade for the Flyers.

Read the WJC thread from when he was still a Flyer prospect. There was plenty of talk of pumping the brakes on his ceiling. We have been dissecting his game for a few years because there are things he needs to change or his goal scoring wont translate.

 

[Magua]

Read the WJC thread from when he was still a Flyer prospect. There was plenty of talk of pumping the brakes on his ceiling. We have been dissecting his game for a few years because there are things he needs to change or his goal scoring wont translate.

Yeah lol. It was Alex Garland's Civil War discussing him before the trade.

 

[Jettany]

He looked very good last night. I see a 40-40 guy. And a wasted great pick by the flyers. I know most of the board laughed at this pick. And continued to, until he became a duck. He’s a real deal player in my opinion.

 

[Rebels57]

He looked very good last night. I see a 40-40 guy. And a wasted great pick by the flyers. I know most of the board laughed at this pick. And continued to, until he became a duck. He’s a real deal player in my opinion.

If Gauthier has 40 assists in the NHL i'll eat an entire tractor tire.

 

[Shrike]

Don’t the Flyers medical always screw up core injuries?

It’s not limited to core injuries. When doesn’t the Flyers medical staff screw up any injury?

If Gauthier has 40 assists in the NHL i'll eat an entire tractor tire.

If he scores 40, who cares how many assists he has.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

He looked very good last night. I see a 40-40 guy. And a wasted great pick by the flyers. I know most of the board laughed at this pick. And continued to, until he became a duck. He’s a real deal player in my opinion.

Based off one NHL game.
Ok then

 

[Jettany]

If Gauthier has 40 assists in the NHL i'll eat an entire tractor tire.

So you think he can score 40 goals?

Based off one NHL game.
Ok then

Noooo. Maybe his college/junior career.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

could he score 40 goals? Sure. But I would not bet money on it

 

[FLYguy3911]

If he plays with Carlsson he'll get every chance. That kid is a stud.

 

[Rebels57]

So you think he can score 40 goals?


Noooo. Maybe his college/junior career.

I do think 40 is attainable at his peak with a good Center, functioning Powerplay, and if he starts shooting from below the tops of the circles more. His shot is undeniably excellent.

 

[Striiker]

He's too dumb to become a great player.

 

[Shrike]

He's too dumb to become a great player.

Come on Striiker. You should know that plenty of morons have been great players in all sports.

 

[Striiker]

Come on Striiker. You should know that plenty of morons have been great players in all sports.

Right, but this one-trick-pony's one trick is shooting and he's too dumb to take full advantage of it.

He'll be a brainless turret and it'll be enough to keep him in the NHL, but he won't become a legit star to match the ridiculous hype.

 

[PALE PWNR]

My hunch is they thought the locker room was toxic, with the dying embers of Fletcher’s cultural revolution, and didn’t want Gauthier to be submerged in that. Is that moronic for a 10 game sample that will be a blur? Yes, assuredly.

I’m not absolving the Flyers for also being inept because lord knows an unhealthy chunk of my life is dedicated to that topic, but there’s no explanation where Gauthier doesn’t come across as being irrationally arrogant too. Offense was taken at other things besides his ELC, like the notion of AHL time (which was reported).

I gotta be honest I just think he got overlooked because the team was going through so much change and transition. Didn't his season end like the same day Fletcher got fired? I just feel like he wasn't a huge priority at that time which is reasonable and fair tbh.

 

[Magua]

I gotta be honest I just think he got overlooked because the team was going through so much change and transition. Didn't his season end like the same day Fletcher got fired? I just feel like he wasn't a huge priority at that time which is reasonable and fair tbh.

I don’t think they overlooked their #1 prospect. Flahr remained AGM; Briere was already AGM too. It wasn’t a full scale front office change.

I just think Gauthier took imagined or real offense to several things.