The Cutter Gauthier trade caught everyone by surprise, which meant everyone speculated on why the Flyers would trade away one of their top prospects before he even made it to the NHL. Now, insiders Elliotte Friedman and Pierre LeBrun have revealed that Gauthier was traded for personal and family reasons.
Here is what LeBrun reported on Insider Trading.
This is a break from the current narrative, and if it is because of personal reasons, no one on the Flyers side of things had mentioned that before.
Elliotte Friedman offered a different potential reason for the trade earlier this week, stating that there could have been a miscommunication over the signing bonuses in Gauthier's contract which could have caused a rift between the two camps.
Either way, now that the trade is done, Gauthier will get a new start on the West Coast, though he will likely have the date when the Ducks play the Flyers circled on the calendar.
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