Gauthier
Crawford said the move of sending Matt Moulson down and bringing up Gauthier was a matter of getting a fourth center. Moulson was brought up because of injuries at left wing. Now all the left wingers are back and he had been moved to right wing. Gauthier will play with Zeiler and Ivanans.
``It felt better to have a center here to give the guys a little more consistency in line groupings,'' Crawford said. ``That's why we made the change. It was not a reflection on Matt Moulson's play. (Gauthier) has played with Zeiler before and played well with him. He's had a great season in Manchester and been one of the leaders down there. We're looking for him to be energetic and play a step better than he did last year when he got his call.''
Gauthier said he is coming up with more confidence than last year because of the way he has been playing in Manchester, where he was tied for the team lead in goals and second in points. His parents, who live in Torrance, haven't seen him play in person all year. They had a trip planned for Manchester later this month but will instead get to see him tonight at Staples Center.
Here's what Gauthier had to say about what the coaches expect from him: ``A lot of energy. A lot of communication on the bench playing with Ivanans and Zeiler, two energy guys. They'll get in and put some pressure on the D. I just got to be the high forward, act as a third defenseman and let them do their work and hopefully get some chances. I'm not afraid to do the dirty work. People say to try to get a hit in your first shift or get hit. I like that mentality.''
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``It felt better to have a center here to give the guys a little more consistency in line groupings,'' Crawford said.
Now that was funny!!!
OK I can see where this makes some sense, BUT wouldn't you bring up a grinder type instead of a scorer for a 4th line guy?
Just asking a question here.
Also someone with physical play that can knock heads around if he needs to would be good right now...this team is playing soft.
Maybe some day we could call someone up who actually possesses testes. I know someone like that wouldn't fit in with the current group of girlie men, but you know, maybe someday.
blah blah blah
wow, i'm impressed... with what i don't know.
Wake me up when we trade Crawford for Melrose.
I wouldn't call Gauthier a scorer. He's more like one of those energy players whose grit at the AHL level translates to points.
I think this is deserving of it's own post...Simmonds, Bernier, Hickey named to Team Canada Roster for Under 20 World Junior Championships next year in Helsinki!
http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/14990/la_id/1/season_id/228/team_id/772/ss_id/21712.htm
I'm going to pray to Jesus that if the Kings can't find a way to beat this Oiler team who played last night, that Crawford finally gets canned!
WHO'S WITH ME??
It's nice to know were in december and crow has decided that the team should have 4 centers. What a breakthru there huh?
HE'S 5'9"!!!!YEAH THIS IS WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDS....unbelievable......
Simmonds, Hickey and Bernier named to the preliminary roster for the under 20 WJC in Finland!!!!
I definitely concur that this team needs to get bigger and a whole lot meaner. We simply make it too easy for our opponents to play against us.
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