Most likely he gets traded fairly soon, don't think he is known for a strong 2 way game or PK ability.
Reminds me of Marcel Hossa.
I'm afraid you may be right about him being traded...but i couldnt disagree with that more, esp if its a howden the team sticks with over him. I sort of get the marcel hossa comparison...esp in how they look on the ice, but ultimately do think they are very different players. hossa was just a little too slow in like everything...but he definitely looked the part and watching him in warmups you'd think he was a superstar. the thing with gauthier is his hockey iq isn't great, but he's huge, can fly, and has good puck skills / shot, will play physically though i think that will be something he has to bring more of to break through...but whereas for a lot of the all the tools no toolbox guys who try to play a finesse game when they can't process fast enough at this level to do much - this kid knows who he is, esp w/ the puck. he's got those cy young stats for a reason. he gets the puck going up ice hes challenging the d man wide almost every time, although he does have pretty good hands one on one when he does mix it up, but he's fearless dropping that shoulder, a beast of a kid, and he just takes the pile to the rack and can finish...i'll take one of those guys all day every day. the fact he's so willing to engage physically in protecting the puck and driving through contact it makes me confident he'll have no problems adding more of that and becoming more involved on the forecheck. as a final note...should mention, granted small sample size, one of the most overlooked things to come from the bubble flow was how much better gauthier looked. kakko got all the attention and rightfully so for his improvement, but gauthier was right there with him. i'd say they were probably our two highest impact forwards in terms of driving and creating offense...obviously a low bar in those 3 games, but it was a small positive. we'll see how it plays out. funny seeing who becomes the lightning rod guys for the fanbase...gauthier appears to be securely in that camp with the split on opinions.