I wouldn't say it's not 100% effort so much as he takes some hopeful opportunities to fly the zone when he might do better to pick up his man. Not a big deal when you're playing Merrimack and like others have mentioned, his reputation in the D zone is pretty good. Maybe my impression will change once the games are more meaningful for him.
Not shilling for anyone. Both this trade and the Gaucher pick could easily turn out to be misses. I just think it’s silly to act like subsequent transactions have any bearing on whether a pick in the 20s is a good one or not. Once you get to that point in the draft all a player really has to do to satisfy me is become an NHL player, expecting any more than that doesn’t make much sense. I also don’t at all think that selection and this trade have anything to do with each other anyways, PV liked Gauthier and saw an opportunity to acquire him and jumped on it. He clearly believes in his ceiling, which is far enough above the guys you constantly reference to where it doesn’t matter. No GM who is serious about winning is going to pass on acquiring a (potential) top line player they like because they have someone with top 6 potential in the system
| Cutter | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Season | League | Games | G | A | Pts | ppg |
| 2021-22 | D+0 | USHL | 22 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 1.27 |
| USNTDP | 54 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 1.20 | ||
| WJC-18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | ||
| 2022-23 | D+1 | NCAA | 32 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 1.16 |
| WJC-20 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1.43 | ||
| WC | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.90 | ||
| 2023-24 | D+2 | NCAA | 21 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1.43 |
| WJC-20 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1.71 |
| Snuggerud | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Season | League | Games | G | A | Pts | ppg |
| 2021-22 | D+0 | USHL | 26 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 1.00 |
| USNTDP | 59 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 1.07 | ||
| WJC-18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.17 | ||
| 2022-23 | D+1 | NCAA | 40 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 1.25 |
| WJC-20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1.86 | ||
| 2023-24 | D+2 | NCAA | 24 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 1.04 |
| WJC-20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.33 |
Lmao. Sure, we’ll go with all of that. I don’t know shit about the prospects available in the 20s of each draft, nor do I care if they make it or not. Verbeek has no long term plan for this team and your understanding of opportunity cost is spot on. If only we had taken Snuggerud we wouldn’t have been forced into making this trade.
Assuming that if Snuggerud was drafted, the Drysdale/Gauthier trade wouldn’t have happened is pure speculation. Verbeek saying we needed a top 6 scorer means nothing. Snuggerud making Gauthier unnecessary is more guesswork.
His cousin played for Omaha for three years. My local college team is in their conference, and I've gotta say, at no point did it ever start to sound more like a real name.
