Philadelphia Flyers
Flyers trade Cutter Gauthier to Anaheim Ducks for Jamie Drysdale
We have some breaking NHL news, folks. The Philadelphia Flyers announced Monday, during the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, that the club would be trading Cutter Gauthier to the Anaheim Ducks for Jamie Drysdale and a 2025 second-round pick.
NHL insider Elliotte Friedman shared that the Flyers had trouble meeting with Gauthier during the 2024 World Junior Championships and that the belief was the 19-year-old did not want to play in Philadelphia. Therefore, Flyers GM Danny Briere made the move to trade Gauthier while his value was at its highest.
Drysdale, 21, was drafted by the Ducks 6th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, but has struggled to stay healthy for most of his NHL career. In 10 games this season, the Flyers’ newest defenseman has scored one goal, four assists, and five points. Drysdale signed a three-year, $6.9 million contract extension with the Ducks on Oct. 5, but GM Pat Verbeek has clearly decided to go a different route just a few months into the new deal.
It’ll be interesting to see how Drysdale fits into the Flyers’ defense. Sean Walker and Rasmus Ristolainen have manned the right side behind Travis Sanheim, who is a left-shot defenseman. Egor Zamula recently solidified his place in the Flyers lineup, and Nick Seeler has munched a lot of minutes for the Flyers as well. One of those guys is going to end up being the odd-man out. We will have further clarity on this in the future and after Danny Briere speaks to the media regarding the deal.
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A soft college playes with thin skin out .Flyers get a good puck moving defenceman who’s actually played in the NHL.
Very good trade. .Now, if Columbus would retain 98% of Johnny Gaudreau’s salary , then maybe .
I said it numerous times in this forum and other media comment sections that I believed that Gauthier didn’t want to be here and I based it off of his relationship with Kevin Hayes.
If he was close to Hayes, that could explain a lot about why he didn’t want to be here. So, good. The brat can enjoy a last place team and high taxes in California.
Probably did not get good words on Torts, from Hayes.
Torts is here to stay for awhile.
Torts even said…you do not want to be here, we do not want you.
Then said I want to talk about Jaime.
A good trade under the circumstances. His value is highest now after the WJC and before it got out that he didn’t want to be here. Briere obtained a young, right-shooting defenseman who was a high draft pick, can move the puck and put up some points. People have commented that he has solid character also, so we get all that for a whining, unproven teenager who thinks he’s good enough already to dictate where he plays.
At that draft, I wanted the Flyers to pass on Gauthier and take defenseman David Jiricek, who went sixth to Columbus. Drysdale may be better. There have been many players who could score in college and against other 19-year-olds; this may be another reason to stay away from USNDP players at draft time.
So he pulls an early another Jonathan Drouin….Tampa wasted little time also with Drouin.