Post by OrsonSwelles on Oct 9, 2020 8:44:20 GMT
I never got the sense that Crawford was a top end goalie-- he just happened to be the starter for Chicago's last 2 Cups. He seemed to get way more respect than Antti Niemi did as the starter for Chicago's Cup a decade ago.
Looked them both up quickly and Crawford is a couple years younger, but statistically they seem to have fairly similar career numbers.
Pittsburgh traded 2 time Cup winner Matt Murray to Ottawa. Weird how he fell into disfavour. Just a few years back he lead the Pens to a Cup as a rookie and in the second of their back to back championships the switch was made to him once healthy, even though the previous long time starter Fleury had been playing well.