People thought he would be picked earlier or end up in Washington, but Daniel Briere made the decision after Michkov told him that he absolutely wanted to play for the Flyers.
It's a good thing that they got a great prospect in the last draft because last year's first-round pick decided not to come to the Flyers' development camp.
During a press conference, Daniel Briere revealed that Cutter Gauthier, selected fifth overall in 2022 by the Flyers, decided to skip the development camp that started a few days ago.

Here are the GM's comments:
Even though the circumstances are kind of mysterious, Briere isn't worrying too much about it.
It doesn't bode well for Gauthier or the Flyers. Even Briere doesn't know why he skipped it.
Unless he's injured, which he would've disclosed, there aren't many reasons explaining why he wouldn't go to dev camp, considering it's a major step to reach the NHL.
Do you think Gauthier will play for the Flyers?
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| POLL | ||
JUILLET 5 | 223 ANSWERS Philadelphia Flyers First Round Pick Mysteriously Absent at Training Camp Do you think Cutter Gauthier will play for the Flyers? | ||
| Yes | 104 | 46.6 % |
| No | 119 | 53.4 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
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YESTERDAY
MAY 2, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Logan Stankoven | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mike Reilly | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Taylor Hall | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | - | - | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Denver Barkey | - | - | - | |
| Alex Bump | - | - | - | |
| William Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Noah Cates | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Sean Couturier | - | - | - | |
| Jamie Drysdale | - | - | - | |
| Christian Dvorak | - | - | - | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | - | - | |
| Tyson Foerster | - | - | - | |
| Luke Glendening | - | - | - | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||