Possibly the Biggest Big Boy (so far)

When Corey Crawford came down with an "illness" early last week that was reexplained as an "Upper Body Injury" it became anyone's guess how long The Hawks would be without him.  All we knew for sure was that Antti Raanta would have to step in and play some minutes.

Maybe it's just as well that Raanta was less than dominant against St. Lewis (cannot even bring myself to type the words properly) and the man who was brought in to back up the young Finn was granted his first NHL start on Sunday.

At 6'6" and 232 lbs Scott Darling is surely the largest Big Boy so far.  The 25-year-old behemoth gets The Belt for his 33-save performance in The Hawks' 2-1 win over the less than dominant Senators.  This fifth-year pro who has fewer than 30 AHL starts under his belt jumped the queue in The Hawks' goalie depth chart, usurping both Mac Carruth and Kent Simpson during training camp and now he has his first big-league victory.  Nice.

                                   There is some net back there; now try to find it.