Well, Crawford's been skating with the team, and the Hawks don't play again until Saturday, either. My guess is Raanta starts Saturday and Crawford starts Sunday. Darling? I still think he is better than Raanta, and I think maybe the team thinks so, too, but...maybe they just don't think Darling's ready to step up permanently just yet , or at least want him in a position where he gets some regular work in the short term.

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Not a mult.

I trust Darling more than Raanta at this point.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I do, too, but you can't deny that Raanta is fighting for his NHL life here. He and Darling have played about equally well in December. I suppose for the time being, tie goes to the second-year guy who didn't drunkenly bounce around the low minors for years. I think we can all agree that Darling is going to supplant Raanta in the long run, however. You can't teach size.

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Who said that???


They definitely are building a nice team, but I've never heard anyone say anything resembling them being better than the Hawks anytime soon.

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Hossa actually fanned on the shot which is probably teh only reason it went in. His offensive game has fallen off a cliff.

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The real Bowman move would be to get rid of Crawford.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Going to have a hard time getting a team to bite on a $6MM goalie, going to have a hard time getting him to waive a no-move clause. The only scenario I can think of would be to leave him unprotected in an expansion draft, and I don't know if the no-move clause automatically protects him in an expansion draft (I don't believe NMCs existed in 2000)

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