Corey Crawford has become the gold standard for Chicago Blackhawks goalies going forward. Crawford was preceeded by Tony Esposito. While there were many Blackhawks goalies in between the two, one goalie stood out to me as kid. He was my favorite player growing up. That was the team’s goalie in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jocelyn Thibault.
Thibault was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques 10th overall in 1993. After the Nordiques moved to Colorado, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens because the Avalanche acquired Patrick Roy.
Thibault came to the Blackhawks from the Canadiens in a trade in 1998.