Daily News | NHL draft: Meet the newest Flyer, Cutter Gauthier
Gauthier becomes the team’s highest draft pick since the Flyers selected center Nolan Patrick No. 2 overall in the 2017 draft. But who is he? Here’s everything you need to know about the team’s first-round draft pick:What position does he play?
Center. At 6-foot-2 and 189 pounds, Gauthier played center and wing with the United States National Team Development Program. According to former Flyer and ESPN analyst Brian Boucher, the Flyers view Gauthier long-term playing down the middle. That said, there are some questions over whether he could move to the wing at the next level.Gauthier played last season with the U.S. NTDP but he is well-traveled.
“I started playing golf right-handed, then when I saved up enough money to get my own lefty clubs I went back to lefty,”. “But I can always go out and have a good time on the course righty. I’m much better at lefty, but I can put up a pretty good round with righty clubs.” He can also play with sticks of both sides in hockey, although the natural lefty would never play with a right-handed stick in a game.Yes, his dad, Sean, played professionally both in North America and in Sweden. While Sean mostly played in the ECHL and AHL, he did get into one NHL game with the San Jose Sharks in 1999 before later moving to Europe and playing four seasons in Sweden. Sean played 23 games for the Reading Royals in 2001-02.Not right away.
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