How do the Blackhawks save the season if Corey Crawford is done?
Corey Crawford
If  Corey   Crawford âs âupper-bodyâ injury keeps  him  out the rest of the season  which was a possibility indicated by Sportsnetâs Elliotte Friedman  then the Blackhawks will have a âlower-standingsâ issue.
When  Crawford  was placed on the injured list on Dec. 27  the Hawks were two points behind the Wild for the second wild-card spot  but held two games in hand.
Without  Crawford   the Hawks have gone 5-4-1 and find themselves three points behind the eighth-seeded Kings  who also have a game in hand.
To recap  their lot without  Crawford  has become worse  and it could get a lot worse if  he  continues to suffer from vertigo again as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
 Crawford  has been the Hawksâ best player this season  and itâs not even close.  He  won a lot of games by  himself  when  his  teammates proved inept or inert.  His  play had been Vezina Trophy-worthy  and even now  his  .929 save percentage ranks third in the league while  his  2.27 goals-against average stands fifth overall.
It seems impossible to imagine the Hawks trading for  another Crawford  and they donât have an extra one handy. Jeff Glass has a better backstory than a future as a playoff goalie from what Iâve seen. Anton Forsberg seems earnest and talented  but his goals-against average is more than a half-goal worse than Crawfordâs  which is a bad thing for a once-dominant team that sadly sometimes canât score even a half-goal a game. See Sundayâs shutout-loss-tank-job against the dreaded Red Wings at home on Sunday.
The long-range view goes only to Feb. 26. Thatâs the trade deadline. The Hawks will play 18 games before then and have a little more than five weeks to get some good news on  Crawford .
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If  Corey   Crawford âs âupper-bodyâ injury keeps  him  out the rest of the season  which was a possibility indicated by Sportsnetâs Elliotte Friedman  then the Blackhawks will have a âlower-standingsâ issue.
When  Crawford  was placed on the injured list on Dec. 27  the Hawks were two points behind the Wild for the second wild-card spot  but held two games in hand.
Without  Crawford   the Hawks have gone 5-4-1 and find themselves three points behind the eighth-seeded Kings  who also have a game in hand.
To recap  their lot without  Crawford  has become worse  and it could get a lot worse if  he  continues to suffer from vertigo again as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
 Crawford  has been the Hawksâ best player this season  and itâs not even close.  He  won a lot of games by  himself  when  his  teammates proved inept or inert.  His  play had been Vezina Trophy-worthy  and even now  his  .929 save percentage ranks third in the league while  his  2.27 goals-against average stands fifth overall.
It seems impossible to imagine the Hawks trading for  another Crawford  and they donât have an extra one handy. Jeff Glass has a better backstory than a future as a playoff goalie from what Iâve seen. Anton Forsberg seems earnest and talented  but his goals-against average is more than a half-goal worse than Crawfordâs  which is a bad thing for a once-dominant team that sadly sometimes canât score even a half-goal a game. See Sundayâs shutout-loss-tank-job against the dreaded Red Wings at home on Sunday.
The long-range view goes only to Feb. 26. Thatâs the trade deadline. The Hawks will play 18 games before then and have a little more than five weeks to get some good news on  Crawford .
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