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Rangsey

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Forum: NHL TradesJan. 9 at 12:28 a.m.
Thread: (ANA/PHI) - Drysdale, 2025 2nd (ANA) for Gauthier
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rangsey</b></div><div>Can someone educate me on who Cutter Gauthier is? I feel like I don't know enough about him, it seems like a clear Philly win.</div></div>

He is former top-5 draft pick now in his second season at Boston College, where is a top-10 player in NCAA. He probably a top-20 prospect over all NHL pipelines and maybe as high as Top-6 or 7 among those not yet appeared in NHL games. Offensive center with some size. Skates well….but not a burner. Smart player, can play both ends of ice. While he is big, he is not a traditional power forward….more of a bigger skilled center. Good shot. Plays well in interior. He is coming of a Gold Medal performance the IIHF World Junior tournament, where he was the leading scoring and one of real stand-one prospects.

I guess after going to World Championship in May 2023, he returned and said he did not want to sign with Philly (he grew up a Pens fan). The Flyers tried to move him at 2023 draft for a top-5 pick, but we’re unsuccessful.
Forum: Tampa Bay LightningOct. 9, 2023 at 6:06 p.m.
Thread: 2023 Lightning Offseason Discussion
Just putting this here cause I thought it was cool, from Chris Kenn "For everyone asking, the #Bolts did have 23 on the roster when it was submitted to the league. They accomplished this with a paper transaction that sent Merela to Syracuse as he doesn’t require waivers. Now, he’s back on the roster &amp; corresponding moves will follow in short order"

Tampa's being praised on twitter for the watson contract and how they maximized LTIR space which I didn't understand initially. The Watson move was to maximize Seabrook's cap hit not Vasilevskiy's. They sent Merela down so it was Watson, ABB and Fleury as the extras with Tomkins in and Vasilevskiy on IR. This left them was $2 cap hit left thus successfully maximizing whatever space they could of Seabrook's LTIR pool. Then they moved Vasilevskiy to LTIR and quickly recalled Merela back up. I guess since during the season they don't have to be right at the ceiling, when Vasilevskiy comes back they could just send Merela back down and have the +2$ left or if they really like Merela they send down two of ABB/Watson/Fleury