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Toronto Maple Leafs 2013 Draft: Where Are They Now?

By Spencer Teixeira

TAMPA, FL - DECEMBER 29: Antoine Bibeau #30 of the Toronto Maple Leafs makes a save against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the second period at Amalie Arena on December 29, 2016 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - DECEMBER 29: Antoine Bibeau #30 of the Toronto Maple Leafs makes a save against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the second period at Amalie Arena on December 29, 2016 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – FEBRUARY 25: Frederik Gauthier #33 of the Toronto Maple Leafs returns to the locker room at an NHL game against the Buffalo Sabres at the Scotiabank Arena on February 25, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – FEBRUARY 25: Frederik Gauthier #33 of the Toronto Maple Leafs returns to the locker room at an NHL game against the Buffalo Sabres at the Scotiabank Arena on February 25, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Round 1 Pick 21 – Frederik Gauthier

With the 21st overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected centreman Frederik Gauthier from Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL.

Gauthier, 6’5″, put up a solid 60 points in 62 QMJHL games his draft year but clearly wasn’t selected for his production. Gauthier, per Elite Prospects in 2013,

"“Plays a very good two-way game. Works hard and is very good defensively.”"

So, the Leafs selected a large, defensive forward in the first round. That is, obviously, less than ideal, especially considering players like Andre Burakovsky, Shea Theodore, Marko Dano, and Ryan Hartman were all selected after Gauthier.

Moving on, Gauthier would spend two more seasons with Rimouski (84 PTS in 91 GP) before joining the Marlies in 2015-16.

The Laval native would score just 18 points in 56 AHL games his rookie season, which would include a 7 game stint with the last-place Leafs, where he’d tally one assist.

Over the next three seasons, Gauthier would receive more NHL time and eventually earn a full-time position on the fourth-line in the 2018-19 season (14 PTS in 70 GP).

The big-bodied centre has played 107 NHL games to date, with 19 points to his name.

Gauthier, now 24, will enter the 2019-20 with the toughest competition for a bottom six role in decades. We’ll have to wait and see if Gauthier sinks or swims this training camp.

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