Crawford on Ersberg's future status

As Marc Crawford makes clear, rookie Erik Ersberg won't have the pressure of being a No. 1 goaltender for ``a long ways.''

``Right now, we’ve talked to Erik and said enjoy what’s happening right now,'' Crawford said. ``Come with a real strong work ethic, don’t take anything for granted and play as well as you can. I think that’s a pretty good way for a goaltender to be. He’s a long ways away from being a guy that should wrestle with the burden of being a No. 1 goalie on a good team. First of all, we’re not a good team yet. Second of all, he hasn’t put enough of a body of work together to get that distinction. That’s no slight on him. We like what we see. He’s got some great characteristics. Of all the goalies we’ve had of the young variety, he shows the most promise right now. We were talking as coaches and we said this is the same feeling we got with (Jonathan Bernier) at the start of the year. Very efficient in their movement and very efficient in saves and execution they go through. As far as the other things that make goalies great, it’s experience and knowing and having a book on people, and he definitely doesn’t have that yet, nor should he be expected to.’’