The Blackhawks have repeatedly stated that they expect Corey Crawford to be 100 percent healthy and ready to go by training camp after missing the final 47 games of this season with an upper-body injury.
“None of us can predict the future, wholesale nfl jerseys so I’m not going to get into the, ‘How do I know’ anything,” general manager Stan Bowman said. “We have expectations that he’s going to be the same goalie that he’s been. I think if you look back at the last probably three to four seasons, Corey’s been getting better every year. You look back at where he was in 2013 and I think there’s no way we win the Stanley Cup that year or in 2015 [without him].”
Crawford was 16-9-2 with a .929 save percentage in 28 appearances before going down. J-F Berube, Anton Forsberg, Jeff Glass and Collin Delia combined to go 17-30-8 with a .902 save percentage in Crawford’s absence. The drop-off was noticeable, especially when it came to quality scoring chances allowed.
Since 2012-13, Crawford has the third-best high-danger save percentage (81.48) at 5-on-5 among goaltenders who have appeared in at least 250 games over that span, according to corsica.hockey. Only Sergei Bobrovsky (83.18) and Carey Price (82.63) are above him.
That’s great company.
“Stan mentioned the importance of him and what he has been to our team and our organization,” coach Joel Quenneville said. “You can just see from the way things went this year how valuable he really is. That stuff will all be discussed as we’re going forward here.
“He’s on the right track. official nfl jerseys cheap He’s close to being ready to go. Several more months now to prepare for the season. Knowing that ingredient to our team is certainly a big piece to our success and our team as well. But we look forward to that being in place and Crow ready to be a part of it.”
Another factor to consider is that Crawford will turn 34 in the middle of next season. Clearly, he’s not getting any younger. Nobody is.
