Philadelphia Flyers Could Be Drafting A Jeff Carter Type Player

One player that could be very enticing for Flyers General Manager Chuck Fletcher is Center Cutter Gauthier. Cutter Gauthier is currently ranked #6 in the draft the 18 year old center from the USHL. He is a big boy at 6'3 195 pounds.

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Cutter Gauthier has the size and talent to be playing in the NHL in two years. The center/left winger is on the Philadelphia Flyers' radar. Gauthier is considered as a Jeff Carter caliber player, which is not a bad player to be compared to. Gauthier had 34 goals, and 31 assists, 65 points in 54 games for USDP.

Brock Otten who's a writer and scout, would say this about Gauthier in his evaluation:

"Gauthier is a late-season riser. For one, people are viewing him as a center now instead of a wing, and he plays a very pro-style game. It's not going to take him long to get to the NHL,» Otten said. «He's not going to need much time in college or in the AHL to be an NHL player. At the least, he projects as a very solid No. 2 or 3 center. He plays physical, he can play any role. He's kind of a Swiss Army knife. He's got a big shot and he can skate. He's not the most creative player he's a very straight-line player and I think that's why he's more a safe bet as opposed to a high-upside bet.»

Otten called him «the type of player you win playoff games with. He's hard-nosed, physical, quick.»

Gauthier is a «Jeff Carter-type, and maybe a little more physical than Carter. That would be his high ceiling, a best-case scenario,» Otten said. «I think he's the third-best center in the draft, behind only Wright and Cooley.»