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Significantly Insignificant said:Nik the Trik said:Highlander said:A lot of people are not hot on Gauthier, I am. He is 6'5", he is a specialist. Will be probably a very good 3rd line Centre, if he can keep developing his offensive game he may make #2. I like his size, his strength and his presence.
With the old Top 6/Bottom 6 model dying a slow death I think there's less of a divide between the #2 and #3 centre spots than you're making it out to be. Good teams nowadays will have three centres who can fairly regularly contribute offensively to the tune of 40+ points a year.
The question with Gauthier is going to be whether or not he can hit that level or if he'll exclusively be a defensive specialist which, right now, is probably more accurately described as a #4 centre.
Gauthier reminds me a lot of David Steckel.
He's a better skater than Steckel but I think it's actually an extremely fair comparison.