McTavish is one of many, if not the best young prospect in the Ducks long line of up-and-coming talent, and with how the Ducks seem to be dealing with the McTavish contract situation, they are underappreciating him massively. Coming out of his entry level deal, McTavish is a player who Ducks fans would probably have expected to have signed by now, but whether it is term or just salary, the deal is nowhere near being done.
Henry Thrun falls under the category of newly acquired players, and also will be fighting for a spot on a blueline that already has many bodies. The Leafs traded for the 24 year-old defender in exchange for forward Ryan Reaves. Thrun is in the final year of his contract, and will be expiring as a restricted free agent at the end of the year.
If you look at (Gushchin's) goals per games played, it's pretty high. Obviously, he didn't play all of the games for us. But a threat on the flank, on the power play, a threat 5-on-5...
