Giuliano up, Gauthier down
Here are Crawford's thoughts ...
``We think Gabe really progressed well but this is not the role for him -- the fourth line grinding center playing on a line with Raitis and John Zeiler. That guy has got to be a strong, abrasive, hard person to play against. Giuliano has played that position before. Giuliano gives us more of penalty killer than Gabe.
``Gabe’s made a nice step. We brought him up because he showed he's been the best center down there and deserved to come up. We havent given him the opportunity to show what he really does well, which is to play down low, be creative in offensive zone, maybe get an opportunity on a power play. There just wasn’t an opportunity to afford him those things. We sent him back with the understanding he's got to keep trying to find that step and speed. We sent him down with the info that when he gets an opportunity like this next time – and he will, he’s a quality player – you’ve got to recognize what the situation is and bring what situation calls for. If in an offensive sit, bring your offensive game. If in a position like we thrust him into, you've got to show some abrasiveness, some competitiveness, some ability to play solid defensive hockey.
``We like Jeff because we’ve got confidence he can kill penalties at this level. We're always concerned about trying to limit the amount of ice on penalty kill given to people like O'Sullivan, Kopitar, Brown and even Handzus.''
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