Red Wings

[DanO]

"What a heckuva career the kid had for the Wings."
----------------------------------Ya a HOF one. :-)

GO LIONS "11" !

[FCRhodes]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/wings/2011-07-18-chris-osgood-returning-to-detroit_n.htm?loc=interstitialskip

USA Today thinks he is coming back

[chemiclord]

"What a heckuva career the kid had for the Wings."
----------------------------------Ya a HOF one. :-)

GO LIONS "11" !

Red Wings Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

NHL Hall of Fame? Ehhhhh... no.

[chemiclord]

USA Today updates with the news that Osgood is going to retire.

[jaadam4]

Thank goodness! I saw it on ESPN bottom line saying he was going to return. Time to hang'em up.

[jaadam4]

"What a heckuva career the kid had for the Wings."
----------------------------------Ya a HOF one. :-)

GO LIONS "11" !

NOPE!!!

[froot loops]

I don't think you guys realize how many people are in the NHL Hall of Fame. This isn't the baseball Hall of Fame, Osgood has the stats and is better than some of the goalies in there. Dino Ciccarelli is in that Hall of Fame for goodness sakes.

[chemiclord]

Oh, I'm sure Osgood will be, froot. But he would not get my vote.

I tend to be very picky about what I think HoF worthiness is, though.

[froot loops]

Osgood is definitely what baseball folks like to call a compiler. They normally do it with disdain. A guy who stuck around long enough to amass stats, but not really ever the dominant player. They use it as something against someone for a Hall of Fame candidacy. To me, being able to stay around for a long time is underestimated.

What I think a Hall of Fame should be, I probably wouldn't vote for Osgood. But if I was a voter and I saw who was in the Hall of Fame, I would have to vote for him.

[chemiclord]

Well, there is a sliding scale when it comes to "compilers".

If you could argue that a player was one of the best for a stretch of years (was considered for end of season awards, was a finalist a few times, a handful of All-Star appearances), then yeah, a long career can give those compiled stats meaning.

But if the guy had mediocre numbers and just happened to play 20 years, no, that's not enough.

In Osgood's case, he kinda falls right in the middle. He had some good years... a few awards (although the Jennings trophies he has are shared with Vernon and Hasek respectively)... a couple All-Star appearances... but really, his career was good, not great, when you look back on it.

Now, he was definitely one of the best Red Wing goaltenders they've had (Hasek's best years really were in Buffalo, and one could argue Vernon's best were with the Flames), and what Osgood did to step in and take over in net in the 2008 playoffs was gutsy and showed incredible poise. If we were talking about the Red Wings Hall of Fame, he would absolutely get my vote hands down, every time.

[Malto Marko]

He definitely has the numbers to get into the HOF.

I will agree however, he did not strike fear into the opponents or the opponent fan base.

He has the numbers and the Cups to get in.

Rumor has it, he was going to ask Jaadam to introduce him on induction day.

[froot loops]

But if the guy had mediocre numbers and just happened to play 20 years, no, that's not enough.

Thats not the case with Osgood however.

[lions&tigers&wings...yea]

He got 30 wins playing for the Islanders and Blues each during the early 2000's...he was a really underrated goalie in his prime

[Niffla]

Oz was a great wing. Sad to see him go, but yeah, it was time.

[Drew]

Thanks Ozzie. Good luck to you.