Crawford is the franchise's only goalie to win multiple Stanley Cups (2013, 2015) and multiple William M. Jennings Trophies (2012-13, 2014-15) as the netminder with the fewest goals against in the regular season. He owns franchise records for playoff wins (52) and regular-season save percentage (.918, min. 100 appearances). He is second in 30+ win seasons (6), third in regular-season wins (260) and sixth in regular-season shutouts (26).
The Châteauguay, Quebec native also appeared in two NHL All-Star Games (2015, 2017) and represented his country in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, helping Team Canada to the gold medal.
"The message to Corey and to everyone else today is that we've decided we have some young goaltenders here in Chicago we believe in," Bowman added. "Much like Corey needed that opportunity when he came up after the 2010 season … we have a couple young goalies in (Kevin) Lankinen and (Collin) Delia who we haven't given a real opportunity to. With where we're headed, the NHL is relying more and more on young players. We're going to embrace that going forward."
Bowman added that the team is also hopeful to re-sign restricted free agent Malcolm Subban to create a three-way competition of young netminders heading into next season.