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

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For Gauthier, how many 18 year old freshmen burn their ELC? If you're born after January 1st, you need the 10 games to burn it as a D+1. If you turn 20 in the year you sign, you only need 1 game. Mittelstadt, for example, burned an ELC year as a freshman, with only 6 games, because he was a November birthday. Keller played 3 games his freshman year but his ELC slid.

For sure, the Flyers had the rare chance to burn a year with how their seasons worked (e.g. Farabee signed in March as a freshman, but the Flyers had < 10 games remaining so didn't play). But can anyone tell me the last 18 year old freshman to burn their ELC that spring? I can't find one, so it's interesting that this made Gauthier choose the nuclear option. It would've been a luxury peers and betters didn't get. It was his right to demand it (again, something was off with communications), but it's not as commonplace as it sounds.
 
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Magua said:
@FLYguy3911 -- I was just thinking about the Flyers wanting to trade Gauthier for the Montreal pick to select Reinbacher. Chances they even asked about Hutson (+)? I wouldn't even have to think how I'd rank the 3 players.
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Could you also imagine if they actually did what Charlie said and got cute taking Reinbacher at 5 and someone traded up for Michkov at 6?
 
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MayonnaiseOreo said:
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“We think that this is just a private matter and needs to stay private,” said Gauthier’s advisers. “But, on the other hand…when a college player is drafted by an NHL team, there’s no entitlement by that team.”

“People will be upset with Cutter for his whole career. But as you know, in pro sports, you can’t please everybody.”
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www.inquirer.com

Cutter Gauthier’s advisers ‘moving forward’ after trade sends the former top Flyers prospect to Anaheim

The Inquirer also learned that former Flyers winger Kevin Hayes had "absolutely" no involvement in Gauthier's decision.
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That’s a bizarre statement. I genuinely have no problem with Gauthier, or any prospect, not wanting to play for the team that drafted them — have thought that forever and said so every time these situations happen. But I think it’s clear that they didn’t even provide it to Briere, and that seems insane to me. It’s OK if the reason is “I’m a Penguins fan and I hate you guys”. But just communicate that!
 
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Our advisors. Gauthier's advisors. Street fight.

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The Flyers front office was made for this.
 
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Hollywood Cannon said:
I don’t see anything weird about that statement. It’s fluff and it gets the point across that they’re not going to give the reason to the public.

I also don’t really believe that the Flyers were never told the reason why. That just seems too far fetched.
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There were reports they would put out a statement to clear the air
 
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Here are some more exact quotes from the article:

We think that this is just a private matter and needs to stay private,” said Gauthier’s advisers, who requested anonymity. “We understand why people are upset, and people are allowed to be upset and make their own judgment.


“But, on the other hand, along the same lines, when a college player is drafted by an NHL team, there’s no entitlement by that team, nor is there a requirement by the player to have to sign there. Like, as you know, as recently as Adam Fox with Calgary and Carolina.




“It’s been interesting how the Flyers brass has handled it. We just want it handled with integrity, and we know people will be upset with Cutter for his whole career. But as you know, in pro sports, you can’t please everybody.”
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There is a good relationship with Flyers brass, according to Gauthier’s advisers, and there was a meeting between the sides in December when the team was in Colorado and recently in Sweden. The advisers also confirmed that there was “absolutely” no involvement from former Flyer Kevin Hayes regarding Gauthier’s decision.
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“And under the CBA, players have the ability to make some choices in their career, and they are people that are allowed to change their minds. And I know it upsets some people, which is totally understandable, but the way the system works, it’s not like anyone is cheating the system here. It’s just part of the process.”


The advisers added there is “not a rearview mirror here” and that “it’s just time to go forward.”


“From our perspective, speaking for everyone, there’s nothing but respect for the Flyers and the organization and the city,” they said. “So whether or not people want to believe that, that’s up to them, but there’s nothing but respect for that.

“... We’re grateful that the Flyers took the opportunity to leverage the situation and get a great asset and the assets that they received, and we’re happy that they were able to do that. And one of our intentions all along was to keep this private and give them the opportunity — without the media finding out — to have a chance to move Cutter as an asset to get good assets.


“So I know they’ve mentioned that they wanted to keep it quiet to protect the kid, and we wanted to keep it quiet to protect the integrity of the trade process. ... So, you know, there’s two sides to that story, but those are the facts. And we have a very good relationship with management. There’s no animus from our perspective, whatsoever. So we’re just moving forward, and we hope over time that the Flyers will too.”
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Hollywood Cannon said:
I don’t see anything weird about that statement. It’s fluff and it gets the point across that they’re not going to give the reason to the public.

I also don’t really believe that the Flyers were never told the reason why. That just seems too far fetched.
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The Flyers themselves have been quick to bury this kid, so if they were told, they don’t see it as legitimate. Ain’t nobody wishing him good luck.

Otherwise, they say it’s a personal matter, without saying what that is, I don’t see a reason to think it’s anything other than what we do know:

-He was not happy that he didn’t turn pro when he perhaps wanted to.

-He grew up hating the Flyers, like a good Penguins fan would.

One or both of these things made it a bridge too far.

Lesson learned I guess. Ohio State don’t trust people from Michigan. The Flyers shouldn’t bring in Penguins fans. Or at least use high draft picks on them.
 
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GKJ said:
The Flyers themselves have been quick to bury this kid, so if they were told, they don’t see it as legitimate. Ain’t nobody wishing him good luck.

Otherwise, they say it’s a personal matter, without saying what that is, I don’t see a reason to think it’s anything other than what we do know:

-He was not happy that he didn’t turn pro when he perhaps wanted to.

-He grew up hating the Flyers, like a good Penguins fan would.

One or both of these things made it a bridge too far.

Lesson learned I guess. Ohio State don’t trust people from Michigan. The Flyers shouldn’t bring in Penguins fans. Or at least use high draft picks on them.
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He will have to live with the Flyers sizzle reel modeling the uniform and cap. Bad fan.
 
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