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Conventional Wisdom: Takeaways from Blackhawks convention

With the 11th annual Blackhawks Convention in the books, here are some of the things that stood out most to me.

Corey Crawford didn’t look or sound like a goalie who will be ready for the start of training camp. Beyond saying that he wasn’t 100 percent healthy, Crow looked like a guy who is still on the road to recovery. I can still remember Crawford talking to reporters back on February 12 in Arizona.

It was disturbing and scary to see him pause and search for answers that day. While Corey didn’t struggle like that at the convention, he didn’t leave you with the feeling that a return to the crease was in his immediate future.