The first thing you notice about Julien Gauthier is his size. He is, after all, “the man child,” as his Twitter bio says. At 18 years old, Gauthier is already a stout 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds. At the 2016 NHL Draft in Buffalo, his thighs were practically bursting out of his blue suit pants. Two weeks later at Prospects Development Camp in Raleigh, he dwarfed fellow lanky teens.
See, Gauthier hails from a family of athletes and body-builders. His dad, who’s now a chiropractor and hosts various strong man competitions, was crowned Mr. Canada.