▁re called ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 5 . ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 3 , ▁after ▁playing ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁nine ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁N HL ▁during ▁which ▁he ▁scored ▁one ▁goal , ▁G auth ier ▁was ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Mar lies . ▁He ▁competed ▁with ▁the ▁Mar lies ▁during ▁their ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁Cal der ▁Cup ▁play offs ▁run ▁where ▁he ▁helped ▁them ▁cl inch ▁the ▁Cal der ▁Cup . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁G auth ier ▁signed ▁a ▁two - year , ▁two - way ▁contract ▁extension ▁with ▁the ▁Map le ▁Le af s . ▁However , ▁after ▁making ▁the ▁team ▁out ▁of ▁training ▁camp , ▁G auth ier ▁stayed ▁on ▁the ▁N HL ▁ro ster ▁for ▁the ▁entire ty ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁G auth ier ▁played ▁ 6 2 ▁games ▁for ▁the ▁Map le ▁Le af s ▁before ▁suffering ▁a ▁foot ▁injury ▁in ▁March ▁which ▁kept ▁him ▁out ▁of ▁two ▁games . ▁He ▁recovered ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁post - season ▁debut ▁with ▁the ▁Le af s , ▁playing ▁in ▁all ▁seven ▁games ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁against ▁the ▁Boston ▁Bru ins . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 ▁season ▁would ▁eventually ▁be ▁delayed ▁due ▁to ▁COVID - 1 9 , ▁G auth ier ▁started ▁the ▁season ▁strong . ▁He ▁part ook ▁in ▁sk ating ▁less ons ▁with ▁Le af s ▁coach ▁Barb ▁Under hill ▁and ▁captain ▁John ▁T av ares ▁spoke ▁highly