Corey Crawford.....Holy Moly!!!

[Champ Kind]

Corey Crawford signs for 6 years, $36M.  Yowza, that's a big number for a better-than-average goalie.  I'm not sure he'd be considered a top-10 goalie in this league, at least not yet, yet the Hawks have rewarded him with elite money. 

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=431002

One thing is for sure, Henrik Lundqvist is going to get PAID.

 

[Kin]

Hard to argue with the year he just had, I suppose.

 

[Jalili]

Corey Crawford signs for 6 years, $36M.  Yowza, that's a big number for a better-than-average goalie.  I'm not sure he'd be considered a top-10 goalie in this league, at least not yet, yet the Hawks have rewarded him with elite money. 

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=431002

One thing is for sure, Henrik Lundqvist is going to get PAID.

Wow, that is a lot. Would of guessed $4-5M...

Deals like that are gonna be what really cuts into Chicago's depth, down the road.

 

[Champ Kind]

Hard to argue with the year he just had, I suppose.

No doubt about that.  But that's big dollars and big term for a great year on a really great team.

 

[Kin]

Wow, that is a lot. Would of guessed $4-5M...

Deals like that are gonna be what really cuts into Chicago's depth, down the road.

Maybe but they do have guys signed to pretty reasonable deals for the most part. If they can get Toews and Kane re-signed and only give them each raises of 1.5 million or so they won't be in bad shape if the cap continues to rise.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Ray Emery had an essentially identical GAA and SA% as Crawford last season with a better W-L ratio in 9 less games played. And he signed a 1-year deal for $1.65mil.

 

[Kin]

Hard to argue with the year he just had, I suppose.

No doubt about that.  But that's big dollars and big term for a great year on a really great team.

Sure. But he's not just getting paid for that. He had a pretty good rookie year too. So aside from a season that you might dismiss as a sophomore slump he's looked pretty good. It's a lot of money but because of his age, you know, they are going to be paying UFA prices.

 

[Deebo]

Ray Emery had an essentially identical GAA and SA% as Crawford last season with a better W-L ratio in 9 less games played. And he signed a 1-year deal for $1.65mil.

I think that only shows that stats are of less importance when assessing a goalie. Look how Bernier and Reimer's stats look next to each other but prevailing opinion from the hockey world seems to be that Bernier possesses greater upside.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Ray Emery had an essentially identical GAA and SA% as Crawford last season with a better W-L ratio in 9 less games played. And he signed a 1-year deal for $1.65mil.

Ray Emery has a history that I think he's still trying to escape.

Crawford won the Stanley Cup...Emery observed Crawford win the cup and got a ring for it.