Due to the health restrictions put in place in Montreal, Quebecer Julien Gauthier set sail for New York earlier than expected. He found an ice rink and gymnasium there to continue his preparation for the next season in the NHL.
Gauthier is very excited about the promising future of the Rangers, who are full of excellent young players. He is likely to spend a lot of time with the most promising of them, Alexis Lafrenière.
“We trained together, we skated,” said Gauthier in an interview with the Dave Morissette show live on Wednesday night. He’s quite a hockey player, but he’s also a great guy. I already have fun with it. “
“We will probably live very close this year. Obviously, we won’t be able to go out, but we will be able to hang out together, do a couple of activities. “
The former Val-d’Or Foreurs sees the deal that took him from the Carolina Hurricanes to the Rangers as a blessing.
“It went from black to white,” he said. Things were going well in the American League, but I wanted a change. The fact of arriving in a young team which gives me my chance and who wants to see me evolve [dans la LNH], it is a mark of trust that feels good. “
“And we won’t hide it, we really have a bright future with the Rangers. We have a good group that will continue to move forward. We will have a winning team very soon. “
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