Chicago Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford: A Post-Lockout Stat Glance

I’m here again defending Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford. Why? Because it constantly needs to be done in today’s NHL landscape.

NHL fans can be a fickle bunch. A player can be popular with them one minute and a leper the next. Perhaps no player exemplifies this better, at least across the Chicago Blackhawks fandom, than goaltender Corey Crawford.

Crow took over in net after Antti Niemi‘s departure following the 2010 Stanley Cup win in Chicago, and he’s seemingly faced an uphill battle to gain anything resembling full fan respect ever since. This despite being part of two Stanley Cup runs himself to go with a pair of Jennings Trophy tie wins and finishing within the Vezina Trophy…