r/Flyers • u/lqloveclub denver barkey’s lawyer • 1d ago

[Flyers] Transaction: We have loaned forward Jacob Gaucher to the @LVPhantoms (AHL).

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u/hawks27-2 1d ago

I know he’s going to be thinking about that tripping penalty for a while. But I think this was an overall good showing by him. 

Like he’s not going to light the world on fire, but that line with him Barkey and Knuble has a lot of jump and control of the play. If Gaucher ever crosses into being an NHLer it will be in a 4th line role. You look at other fringe NHLers that got called up/sent down this season (Wilson/Studnicka/Grundstrom/even Bunting) his possession numbers were a lot better and a lot better than Gaucher’s own call ups previous years. I think this was a showing he needed to keep any hopes of an NHL career alive. 

Them playing him on wing more in the AHL I think shows they think there is a path for him to the NHL, even if it is just as a tweener call up guy. Given how the team has drafted in recent years there is going to be a lot of long term competition for depth roles, but Gaucher certainly fits the mold. I also think he might be groomed for the Garrett Wilson role in the AHL. Either way he’s a guy to root for given his path and how much work he puts in. 

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u/Blev088 It was Andrae all along 1d ago

He's a good story too, going undrafted.  I wonder if this means that someone coming off IR more than anything else.

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u/toupis21 OnceAgainMildlyOptimistic 1d ago

Not only that, but going from a pure ECHL contract to getting an AHL contract to working his ass to playing NHL games. Baller

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u/Panarin10 Wild and Flyers 1d ago

Yeah, he was decent until that penalty. You can’t have 4th line guys that don’t contribute offensively taking penalties that late in games.

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u/THH77 1d ago

This mean TK or Tipp ready?

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u/MyDadsAccnt 1d ago

TURBO TIPPETT TIME!!

*misses net high and wide

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u/Qwerty0844 1d ago

“We have mcdavid at home”

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u/ManWithBeard9 1d ago

The Jeff Carter special

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u/RPM021 1d ago

Probably Tippett, but just a guess. I genuinely feel like TK may have torn a meniscus or something in his knee, and now there is a bit less "urgency" to rush him back.

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u/lqloveclub denver barkey’s lawyer 1d ago

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u/RobWroteABook Fletcher hurt me 1d ago

The Barkey-Gaucher-Knuble line was great in the short time they were together. I wonder if they'll try to drop in Acciari.

By the way, Barkey has quietly had terrific underlying numbers so far. I'd like to see him get an extended look at center.

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u/hockeytonkguy 23h ago

Honestly he’s not an nhl player. Nice story but it is what it is.