Jerome Gauthier-Leduc: News, Stats, Game Logs

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The smooth-skating offensive defenseman improved his point total by just three points in the 2013-14 season, which also featured a short 8-game demotion to the ECHL. In 51 games in Rochester, Gauthier-Leduc scored just 10 points. A third-round pick from 2010, the Sabres have collected a strong group of prospects since then, and Gauthier-Leduc’s slowing development is pushing him to the sidelines. He’s entering the final year of his entry-level contract so he has plenty to prove, and he’ll start by attempting to secure a regular spot in the lineup with Rochester.

Gauthier-Leduc played 48 games as an AHL rookie last season, posting 7 points and a minus-9 rating with the Sabres’ affiliate in Rochester. He was an offensive dynamo from the blue line in junior hockey, but didn’t receive much power-play time with the likes of T.J. Brennan and Brayden McNabb ahead of him on the depth chart. With Brennan leaving the organization and several counterparts graduating to the big league roster, there is an opportunity for Gauthier-Leduc to provide more offense in his second AHL campaign.

Gauthier-Leduc had a terrific campaign with Rimouski of the QMJHL last year, racking up 74 points in 62 games in his final junior season. The Sabres selected the offensive defenseman in the third round of the 2010 NHL entry draft, and he will begin his first season in professional hockey with Rochester of the AHL. Remember his name in keeper leagues, as he has potential to produce once given a regular role.