Two-time Stanley Cup winner with Chicago Corey Crawford ended his career the day after taking time off in his new New Jersey location for personal reasons.
The 36-year-old Canadian goalkeeper signed a two-year, $ 7.8 million contract with the Devils in October as a free agent, but his only place in the NHL will eventually remain the Blackhawks.
“I wanted to continue my career, but I feel like I’ve given everything to hockey. I decided it was time to finish,” Crawford said in a statement today, missing three training sessions in the first week of the training camp. In New Jersey, he was to cover the back of Devil number one MacKenzie Blackwood.
Crawford played 13 seasons in Chicago and helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2015. This season, William M. Jennings also scored for the goalkeeper of the team that received the fewest goals in the regular season of the NHL. In 2016, he was a member of the winning Canadian selection at the Toronto World Cup.
In the regular season, Crawford picked up 260 wins in the Blackhawks jersey and added another 52 in the playoffs, a club record.
Barzal will be the highest paid player of Islanders
Canadian hockey striker Matthew Barzal has agreed on a new contract with the New York Islanders as a protected free agent and joined the preparatory camp today. The club did not disclose the terms of the contract, but according to Sportsnet, the club insured its most productive player for three years for $ 21 million. Together with the captain and other offensive support, Anders Lee, he will become the team’s highest paid player.
Barzal, whose three-year rookie contract ended, scored 60 points for 19 goals and 41 assists in 68 games last season due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the playoffs, he scored 17 points (5 + 12) in 22 duels.
The Islanders drafted Barzal in 2015 in the first round in 16th place. In the NHL, he has a total of 234 games and 207 points for 59 goals and 148 assists. He scored 24 points (7 + 17) in 30 matches for the Stanley Cup.
In the 2017/18 season, Barzal shone 85 points for 22 goals and 63 assists from 82 matches and won the Calder Trophy for best rookie. He has participated in the NHL All-Star Game in the past two seasons. The Islanders will enter the season on Thursday in a city derby on the Rangers’ Ice.
Pittsburgh does not train
Hockey Pittsburgh canceled today’s training due to the threat of coronavirus spread for preventive reasons. The Penguins are the third NHL club to have adjusted the program due to the covid-19 before the season approaches.
The biggest problems with coronavirus are last year’s finalists from Dallas, who announced six infected players and two members of the implementation team on Friday. The competition management had to postpone their opening two games of the season against Florida and the Stars have a closed training center.
For precautionary reasons, several Columbus players did not train on Friday. The new NHL season kicks off on Wednesday.
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