Scott Darling was assigned to AHL Rockford on Thursday, ESPN Chicago reports.

Darling was assigned to AHL Rockford on Thursday, ESPN Chicago reports.

Analysis:

Though Darling performed well during his three-game stint with the Blackhawks (2-0-0, 1.44 GAA, .948 save percentage), the team decided that Antti Raanta's larger sample of production at the NHL level made it more worthwhile to keep him around as Corey Crawford's top backup. Moving Raanta to the minors also would have been more costly by virtue of his larger NHL contract, sealing the club's decision to demote Darling back to the AHL.