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BREAKING: Corey Crawford Will Not Re-Sign With Blackhawks

Stan Bowman announced today that longtime Chicago Blackhawks’ goalie Corey Crawford will not re-sign with the team this offseason.

by
Jonnie Nonnie
October 8, 2020

Corey Crawford Won't Sign with Blackhawks

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Ahead of 2020 NHL free agency, Stan Bowman met with Chicago media to discuss some of the pressing issues facing the Blackhawks.

He came out firing by dropping the bombshell news that longtime goalie Corey Crawford will not be re-signing with the Blackhawks.

BREKAING: GM Stan Bowman announces #Blackhawks will not be re-signing Corey Crawford.
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) October 8, 2020

Whether the Blackhawks will search the market for another goalie or not isn’t clear just yet, but Bowman followed up his comments by placing faith in Rockford IceHogs netminders Collin Delia and Kevin Lankinen.

Bowman: "We've got some young goalies in Chicago that we believe in…in Lankinen and Delia that we haven't given big opportunity to." Compares the situation with Crawford taking the starting job in 2010. https://t.co/YbPbJRoHdc
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) October 8, 2020

This news is certainly a tough pill to swallow for Blackhawks fans, as Corey Crawford has been the mainstay in goal for Chicago over the past decade. The 35-year-old netminder won two Stanley Cups with the organization and posted a 260-162-53 record, .918 SV%, and 2.45 GAA in 488 games over 13 seasons with the Blackhawks.

The Blackhawks reportedly offered Crawford a contract exactly one month ago, but obviously the two sides weren’t able to come to an agreement. This news certainly marks the end of an era in Chicago and perhaps the start of a larger-scale tear-down.

Jonnie Nonnie

BS-Broadcast Journalism - University of Illinois 2016 | Engagement Director for SoxOn35th.com | Editor-in-Chief at OnTapSportsNet.com | Panelist on Four Feathers Podcast and Sox On Tap

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