from Phil Thompson of the Chicago Tribune,

Bowman said Crawford’s replacement will be a competition among Subban, Collin Delia and Kevin Lankinen and will play out throughout next season.

Each contender likely will get several starts regardless of how well his rivals play.

“When we made the decision we’re not going to bring Corey back, we (knew we) have these young goalies,” Bowman said. “They’re never going to get a better chance than this to prove they’re the No. 1 guy. They don’t have a guy that’s blocking them out or that is going to get the majority of the starts.

“Whether it’s Delia or Lankinen or Subban, they all have a lot of potential, and we want to translate that potential into actuality.”

Coach Jeremy Colliton added it’s difficult to develop young goalies when they’re mostly relegated to spelling the starter in the second game of a back-to-back.

“You don’t get many consecutive starts,” Colliton said. “Over the course of the year, you may get 10, 15, 20 games. It’s always when your team is traveling, the No. 1 guy will get the first game and the backup — in this case Malcolm — they just don’t get much of a chance to get into a rhythm.

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