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Flyers Trade Cutter Gauthier To Anaheim for Jamie Drysdale

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After the news of the William Nylander signing, the Anaheim Ducks and Philadelphia Flyers made a blockbuster trade. The Flyers traded Cutter Gauthier to the Ducks for Jamie Drysdale and a 2025 2nd Round Pick.

Gauthier was selected by the Flyers in the first round, fifth overall, in the 2022 NHL Draft. He has yet to make his NHL debut. Gauthier spent the last two seasons with the Boston College Eagles and he is coming back from Sweden after winning Gold at the World Junior Championships with Team USA.

This was a surprising trade but Gauthier did not want to be a member of the Flyers anymore.

Flyers General Manager Daniel Briere: “Looked at us at the draft and told us he was built to be a Flyer, wanted to be a Flyer, and, and maybe a few months later told us that he didn’t want to be a Flyer didn’t want to play for the Flyers. So in our mind at first we said we have to protect him. We have to because if he changes his mind again, when it’s out there that he doesn’t want to play, it’s going to be tough for him to put the uniform on. But when we realized that they refused to talk to us now it’s been months and he didn’t want to be a Flyer or didn’t want to be in Philadelphia. It was time to make it happen.”

Briere also thanked the teams they had spoken with not to let the news get out there.

Drysdale was selected sixth overall in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft. In 10 games this season with the Ducks he has five points (one goal and four assists). Through 123 games in the NHL he has 45 points (eight goals and 37 assists).

Recall Drysdale had a contract dispute with the Ducks before the season started. They resolved it as he inked a new extension. Now he is off to Philadelphia.

The Flyers are getting a young defenseman with so much potential upside that can play in the Top Four.

The big issue with Drysdale is he is injury prone. He missed most of last season with a a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Drysdale has already missed time this season as well.

But now the Flyers have a nice corps on the backend.

 

 

 



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