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The CBC and TSN rock!!!

Not your typical "Osbad" topic. I was just sitting here thinking all the flak this poor guy gets because he's not on the same level as Broduer, Roy, Lundqvist etc etc... Seeing as how the other teams are starting to catch on to Hollands mind set with goalies (Stacked defense and goalie to get the job done) without success, it makes you wonder. Is Osgood as bad as most people say he is? Think about it. Not many, if at all, teams make it far, let alone the play-offs, with a "cheap" goalie. They just cannot get it done. Ozzie being one of those "cheap" goalies just to get the job done, and looking at his success', even in the regular season (past couple years been hard on him...can't beat the clock) he seems better than just a cheap option. Is he elite? Nope. But He's a damn good goaltender in my book, especially looking back the last 4-5 years with how other teams adapting to the stacked D and servicable goalie. He probably wont get it now, but I sure how the man gets his due respect after he retires. The guy has been hazed hardcore.

Jason Williams is the entirety of Episode 2.

This guy is scum, I like grit, but not in this case.

Hey, look; NBC thinks the League's schedule begins on New Year's Day again. Fools!

Obviously Grant Fuhr, since back in the 80s he was the only black guy ever seen in the galaxy.

"Tomas Holmstrom is Chewbacca: Another character in the saga that nobody can understand when he talks, Holmstrom is big, hairy, mean, and gets in people's way. He also gets unfairly handcuffed more times than anybody else in the entire saga." lmao Homer for Christmas? My link

No Abdelkader must clear waivers in order to be sent down, abdelkader will get picked up. He's in a red wing uniform this season for sure.

Alright, thats gold right there.

I think some people have a short-term memory issue of the last successful playoff run. Osgood had an up and down season and when Hasek was replaced, someone named Chris Osgood stepped and well Not to take away from Howard's play last year, but I want to see how this season turns out. Sophomore year for a rookie tender can go south quick.

meh,Chicago Rent-a-Hawks

Chicago Blackhawks: Builders of Goodwill to all.

Yeah thats cool and being the biggest Ozzie slappy in here is as well so you would be blinded by the save. I picked a random video and you are over analyzing the dog crap out of it. But then again I realize you will pull out a statistical thread which will be about 4 pages long and I will still not be convinced that this guy isn't anything but our franchise tendy. Pump the brakes and realize the guy got us into the playoffs and played amazingly during a stretch when we had no one. Had 1 real bad game in the playoffs as a rook. I will take it. Next bashing reply coming right up......

ROOKIE of the year finalist, top 5 in GAA and save percentage rookie year, yup, no other team would be interested. I would hope to god howard has some things to work on because if he didn't i would be afraid hes a magical warlock since hes only a F***ing ROOKIE. GO WINGS, GO HOWARD

Laughing out loud at all 3 of you... What's going to be even funnier is all of you will probably be so serious in your responses like, "WHY WON'T YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE BELIEVE ME?!" or "YOU'RE SO STUPID!" or "NICE RESPONSE *rolling eyes*" Thanks for making my morning!

I'll settle for him having been Detroit's Messiah this season.

Howie ownage Nabokov was on the team that won the series but did nothing to impress me at any point. And is currently getting owned by the Hawks. No consistent attack equals no tough saves made by Nabokov in that series really. videos don't really prove my points but its a Howie love fest here

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Nope. He's pretty much like you stated. Probably won't ever be recognized as elite. Sure, he had offensive-minded Wings help him out to a degree to get his wins. But he didn't make saves and get wins by accident anywhere he played, and he's done something right to get to 400 wins which he should finally crack this upcoming season. He's not as bad as some people portray because of a combination I think of Red Wings fans (generally speaking) being idiotic and beyond stupidly anal when it comes to goaltendeners, partially because he let in soft/long goals from the year 1203 (late 90s), and that as he went back to the Wings for his second go-round, he was never really the clear-cut number one starter those years and was probably considered the back up goalie when Hasek came back and definitely last year as time went on. More often than not, he's gotten the job done, and when it has counted most in the postseason when the Wings or other teams got eliminated earlier than usual, I can't really pin any playoff year elimination solely on him. Again, not elite and maybe not always consistent, but it's no accident that he's won a lot more than he's lost. Despite last year being bad, I'm glad he's still around. EDIT: On the big-money goaltenders, you really I think can only do so and get away with it for the best of the best (i.e. Roy, Hasek, Brodeur, etc.). Luongo is probably portrayed as the biggest salary goaltender of the present NHL but he hasn't gotten the job done the past few postseasons. Hell, Vancouver hasn't even been to the conference finals yet when he's been their goalie. He's definitely a solid goalie, but is he that worth the hype (yet?) to justify that salary? I think managers and fans alike are learning that goalies can only take you so far sometimes by themselves (fair/not, bad defense or lack of offense or whatever), and that bigger salaries need to be doled out firstly to defenders or offensive stars.

he threw his fair share of cheap shots when he was in Philadelphia, but he's really developing into a force. He does everything out there. 22 goals, 208 PIM, and he's just getting started. He's one of the very few true power forwards in today's NHL, like i've said.

One of the league's very few true power forwards. More than 20 goals and over 200 penalty minutes. A rare breed indeed.

Am i the only person in the world that has never seen a star wars before? Who knew i would ever feel like a loser having NOT seen them haha