Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville had stated in pre-game interviews that starting Corey Crawford in goal was a planned move. Nonetheless, I can’t help but feel that there was more to this move than meets the eye.
The Hawks’ front office has worked hard since signing former Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco by silhouetting him in every possibly public event in the hopes of tempering the emotional ties that many Hawk fans had to Antti Niemi, the goaltender who won them Lord Stanley’s Cup.
Coach Q may well be sending Turco a message. The confidence that could have easily border on cockiness that oozed from Turco in the preseason certainly isn’t carrying over to the ice. Turco may need to click his heels and be reminded he isn’t in Dallas anymore.
The expectations Chicago had for Turco were well understood from the front office up to the 300 level of the Madhouse and while it is certainly early in the season, Turco has been consistently touted as an NHL veteran yet certainly isn’t reflecting his billing as of yet.
While so ...
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