I've been even going watching highlights of guys toward the bottom of our roster. Does anyone know why jurco struggled so much. In virtually all of his goals in Detroit, he's in front of the net or within about 10 ft of it. You would think that kind of work would last longer.
- Chunk

What goals in Detroit?

I'm not sure we had any other choice.
- walleyeb1

Save your words. That guy has a huge hate for Crawford. Nothing anyone says will dent his view on it.

Corey is only PAID like a Hall of Famer. The only way Corey gets into the Hall of Fame is by walking up and buying a ticket. One thing that is absolutely freakin' hilarious about the Crawford apologists is they now feel enough time has past to admit he was clearly ATROCIOUS in that horrible Phoenix Series. These same apologists would not admit it when it happened. Oh and here's a shout-out to Eddie O who was so clueless back then he stated Crawford played great - out of town hockey people asked if he was high. To which he replied "high on hair products fellas". While I'm at it to NOT hear Mike Kitchen ever again say we gotta get the puck deep or some other mind numbing hockeyism will be a welcome relief.
- Z3Hawk

So, you would be okay with signing a guy who has never had to handle the pressure of being the number 1 to a contract worth 4M+ a year?
Add in the cost of a back-up and there is no way the Hawks are saving anything but a minimal amount in cap space. All for a guy who hasn't proven he can handle it?

All that said, I hope Darling is hugely successful in Carolina. Don't undersell the fact the Canes NEEDED someone to be the starter. Ward and Lack are the major reasons why the Canes missed the playoff this season.

Save your words. That guy has a huge hate for Crawford. Nothing anyone says will dent his view on it.
- TTtime

Fivenese disappeared for several years while things were going good here - seems to be a foul weather critic.

What goals in Detroit?
- TTtime

The other 15 in his career. I'm not saying he's some amazing player, but he seems to play the type of game that normally produces points. Combine that with the skill he has and I would think there would be better results. I haven't followed him enough to know if he wasn't all that great defensively or had some other deficiency.

You are the definition of a Crawford apologist. Corey is the only goalie in hockey who doesn't have to fight through traffic, doesn't have to track pucks behind the net, doesn't have to find pucks in the crease, doesn't have to interupt slow crossing pucks, doesn't have to protect the top of his net, doesn't have to come out and play angles etc etc. Crawford is a Momentum Killer.

Crawford never out-duels the other goalie. Didn't in the Nashville Series. Didn't in the St. Loius Series before that. I'd be happy if he just matched or even was close which he was not. Remember another year we could have won the Cup. Against LA Crawford blew 2 2 goal leads in Game 7.

Pointing out the poor play of other goalies doesn't help your position. Crawford sucked bad but so did these other guys is not an argument

As the Hawks got swept by Nashville the analysis has been totally negative. What is forgotten is the Hawks actually started games strongly only to have Crawford crush the Bench by allowing first goals. I know I was tracking it. You don't want to listen to out of Chicago hockey people discuss Crawford's failings then for heaven's sake at least listen to CRAWFORD about CRAWFORD. In that Series CRAWFORD said I'm not making the saves for the boys that are needed. END OF STORY. That on top of this he takes 6M out of the Cap - Awful.
- Z3Hawk

Wow 3 days on the board and your firing away. I guess facts got in the way. Haters will hate...

The other 15 in his career. I'm not saying he's some amazing player, but he seems to play the type of game that normally produces points. Combine that with the skill he has and I would think there would be better results. I haven't followed him enough to know if he wasn't all that great defensively or had some other deficiency.
- Chunk

I think its safe to say at this point Jurco sucks. imo.

sage...not clear but I meant the guy waging war on craw is a HOF Craw Denier..

maybe not HOF yet for craw i would agree...but while Giacamon, espo, vachon had long careers they all had limited playoff success
- bogiedoc

Let me "Sean Spicer" it as - I was replying to your post, but not responding to it - just throwing my opinion in about Crawford.

Given the smal number of "modern era" goalies enshrined, I don't see anyone still playing whom I would vote in, based on the records until now.

Can't let Rinne get the puck. Nashville keeps winning until some team wakes up and realizes that.