Danny Flynn coached Julien Gauthier, Spencer Smallman and Callum Booth last season with the Saint John Sea Dogs, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The coach’s opinion: all three Carolina Hurricanes prospects have the potential to play in the NHL.
[For Hurricanes, Julien Gauthier could be a problem-solver]
[Hurricanes take Martin Necas with 12th pick of NHL Draft]
[Hurricanes use all their picks on second day of NHL Draft]
[Anatomy of an NHL draft pick: How Canes landed budding star Jaccob Slavin]
Another opinion: all three probably would be best served by first playing for the Charlotte Checkers, the Canes’ American Hockey League affiliate.