The Anaheim Ducks have traded Jamie Drysdale, and a 2nd round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for Cutter Gauthier. I give my thoughts on the trade from a Ducks fan perspective. Who do you think won the trade?
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35 Comments
I’m really bummed about this trade. Hope he does good in Philly. Beside’s that the ducks have a young core. This trade sucked but now we have a bright future.
Glad I got a Gudas jersey. Sad to see him head out!
I hope we didn’t just trade away another Shea Theadore.
Gonna miss Drysdale RH D are great but if they arent playing due to injuries, gonna be a good move IF Gauthier signs. Epic troll if he doesnt.
Bring up Zellweger
Mintyukov Luneau
Zellweger Warren
Lacombe Helleson
Call up zellweger
Let's hope this pays off. Going to miss Drysdale though.
How can you trust Gauthier at this point.. he completely snubbed an entire organization..
What a great trade injury prone drysdale to a absolute beast in cutter dude killed it in the WJC we have enough d man we need more wingers
The fun part of me wants to connect the timing of this trade to the Nylander extension.
Doesn’t really bother me that much – Drysdale is injured a LOT and there was bad blood during the last contract negotiations. On top of that we seem to have a lot of talent on the blueline.
So makes sense I suppose.
Scoring goals is way down for the organization (NHL/AHL), this needed to be done if we're in major rebuild. This draft needs to be a solid pick on a sniper type score less set up. Even if the kid European/Russian.
I dislike players that don't want to sign with the team that drafted them. Anyone know what his reason is?
I literally found out about this trade a bit late while reading/commenting on your other video from earlier. Wow! I really liked Drysdale and he is going to be a legit top end Defenseman in the NHL for the entirety of his career more than likely….but, Gauthier might be the young forward the Ducks have been desperately needing! I think anyone who follows hockey knows his upside and how high his ceiling is! That and of course a lot of articles will be talking about how stacked the Ducks are with young D talent…which is true, but the Ducks are also going to draft in the top ten this year and most likely somewhere between 4 and 8, unless they finally get lucky with those ping pong balls. This years upcoming draft is loaded with high end defensemen and after the first three picks the next three or four, where the Ducks are likely to pick are those very same D-men. As of right now, Drysdale will be missed for sure but this trade looks amazing! Let's hope I am singing that tune in two years.
heard he is refusing to play for ducks as well haha. zegrass is next up on the chopping block
This sucks
"They say hockey is a business." Maybe the NHL! Also "business" like "professional"! Fake ass terms! USA! USA! USA!
More than likely, Cutter is going to have an average hockey career, which is typical for players with bad attitudes.
Is this a Shea Theodore situation? Did we just give up a long term good one?
😭😢
Idk if Drysdale fits in Philly but time will tell. Cutter Gauthier in Anaheim is a perfect fit
Ducks are building a powerhouse. If i was philly i try to move drysdale for more picks and a bigger defenseman
You Ducks fans better hope he signs. Dont forget the Canes tried this and it didnt work out with Fox. Also, this is a major wtf. He ghosted an NHL team, thats a massive red flag. The ducks are gonna get their ass kicked for a few more years, lets see how it goes
I can see the swap but why the 2nd rounder; flyers have less leverage.
The crazy thing is I was watching the world juniors wishing Gauthier was on the ducks and lamenting the fact the flyers had his rights already…this was just a few days ago so the fact this happened is mind blowing rn 🤯
https://youtu.be/pIOaG_BxgrM?si=5DIqOKAdOj2rcyVv
As a PHI fan was stoked for cutter. Clearly has a very big ego/entitlement mindset. If he pans out he'll fill the net esp w/Zegras & Carlsson. Hope Jamie stays healthy for us.
Next Season:
Young Forwards:
Zegras
MacTavish
Carlsson
Gauthier
Solid Experienced Forwards:
Terry
Vatrano
Henrique
Strome
Killorn
Young Defenceman:
Mintyukov
LaCombe
Luneau
Zellweger
Warren
Helleson (?)
Solid Experienced Defenceman:
Fowler
Gudas
Lyubushkin
+ 3 draft picks in the 1 and 2 round – I think atleast 1 of them will be starting the season…
All in all – it doesn't look bad at all. 🙂 I like very much Drysdale and it hurts after Lindholm/Montour/Mahura/Theodore to see another good drafted D goiing but with those injuries…and this contract fiasco…I think it was inevitable…
I wish him good luck!
I get the emotional attachment people have with Drysdale, he and zegras were sold as the next generation of ducks but come on guys. We are stacked with defenseman and really thin on forwards, great deal by verbeek.
Curious if contact negotiations had anything do with the decision
I believe it was a dumb trade
From a Rangers fan, I think it will hurt to lose a right handed defenseman but Gautier is a stud. Hoping it ends up being a win win for both teams 😊
Need to bring hellson since they trade Josh for that prospect zellweger is not ready quite yet maybe next season
Can't help but think Anaheim got taken advantage of due to recency bias. Big possibility this player is as toxic as they get. You never trade a sure thing for a possibility. Trading a stud D man, and a pick for a problematic, immature, toxic player reeks of failure. The kid refused to talk to his bosses, even after they flew to the tournament to see him. The kid is toxic af.
Flyers got a steal