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MacDonald is not better than Osgood. No way.

theres no way... MacDonald hasnt even played yet this season. And honeslty. How many of you would be more comfortable with Joey in the net? Not me. For all the bashing Osgood has taken, whether he deserves it or not, i would much rather have Osgood in net. and im sure the majority here would agree.

With comments like this, I wish we still had the minus ratings.

You're an idiot.

And I'll bet you and Mindfly are the ones who wrote in the last GDT... "Osgood in? GAURENTEED LOSS"

Lilja at the Ducks has played 7 games and has 1 assist with a -3 rating and a ave of 17.15 min ice time. Hossa at the Hawks has 7+4 in 11 games with a +4 rating and ave of 19.33 ice time. Kopecky has played 12 games for the Hawks and has 1+8 with a -1 rating. Tomas is getting 18.35 of ice time. How times change eh? Quincey is having a quiet start, after having 2 good season's he is pointless in 11 games and is -4 ave 19.39 min ice time. Ex prospect Matthias has played 7 games for the Panthers has 2+2 with a +3 rating and is ave 11.48 on the ice. Avery at the Rangers has gained 1+6 in his 10 games to date amassing 25pims and a +3 rating within his 14.18 of ice per game. Leino at the Flyers has played in all of their 11 games to date collecting 2+7 with a +2 rating and ave 15.29 out on the ice. Whitney has played 8 games for the Yotes collecting just 3 assists with a -4 rating and also has been getting 15.29 ice time. Ritola has been involved in 4 games for the Lightning and has 1+1 with a -2 rating and ave 9.27 mins on the ice. Lebda at the Leafs has played 4 times so far and is pointless with a -1 rating to go with his 13.43 mins of ice time. Samuelsson at the Nucks has got 1+5 in his 9 games but has a -2 rating. He has been getting an ave of 17.07 mins out on the ice. another ex prospect Fleischman has featured in all 11 of the Caps games and has 3+2 with a +5 rating and 14.25 ave ice time. Still going strong at the Caps as well is Knuble with 1+3 in 11 games a -1 rating and 18.13 mins out on the ice.

Funny coming from the guy that just called someone else an idiot based on what he wrote on the same internet. And every goalie in every league in every game makes 'some good saves'.

Osgood had a solid game against Nashville. And a very solid game against Chicago. Joey has bounced from team to team, including ours twice. Nowhere during any of his stays (even when on a Vesa Toskala driven Maple Leaf team) did anything think he was a recognizable piece. Even with the Islanders he couldn't secure a backup role. Now he is back here simply as a depth goaltender to keep our prospects from coming up too early, and somehow you think he has any projections to improve past where he is now? Come on. I'm not in denial about anything. I don't think Osgood is going to carry this team, or even that he is a suitable starter at this point. You on the other hand are making baseless assumptions and crapping on Osgood because it is in your nature to be negative about anything and everything. You are a joke.

When have I been living in the past? Joey is not a solid NHL goaltender. Never has been, never will be. Osgood's past has nothing to do with the fact even at his old self he can still do better than MacDonald can at this point. I never used 09 as a reason to say Osgood is better than Macdonald right now. The reason I posted that video was to respond to the assertion that Osgood hasn't done anything since 09 (and I figured it included the 09 season considering it would be asinine to use half a season to judge anyone's overall ability, especially when they play 10 games in that time). I mentioned Macdonald's lackluster career as a goaltender in the NHL to say Osgood is better. How did you get so far in life with all this negativity?

Wow that is a dramatic overstatement. lol.

What's your point? He is a backup based on circumstance. That means nothing. Osgood has been playing and is two years removed from his last SCF. Roy is a HOF goaltender who's last SCF was 9 years ago. I'm not surprised you are exaggerating my point to cover your own ass.

ROFL. And LOL... someone else showed this picture of the Tennessean's football coverage a couple of weeks ago: Ahahahah...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggXmKPMaHMo

You're right, that game cemented MacDonald's status as a bonafide Hall of Famer.

I to the above 3 posters... I just have a different opinion. I didn't slam Holland for this, I didn't say I hated Miller and I sure didn't say that keeping Ritola was the answer to all our problems. Whats wrong with wanting to see a home grown kid get a chance? Its like you can even have a different view on this board with out getting the gears for one thing or another. I just would have liked to see what he could have done and it would have had to come at someone's expense...that someone for me would have been Miller. Its my opinion, I'm not asking you to like it.

But the real question is... what is Yves Racine doing these days?

There, fixed that for you

Incredible. I might expect this from an Atlanta paper, but our central division rival? I know they know who Datsyuk is, he only dekes out thier whole team 6 times a year. This is embarrassing.

Maybe they got Datsyuk and Fedorov mixed up?

i voted for low scoring... you know, 5-0 detroit, 4-1 detroit, that sort of thing

1-0 games are best when they are the exception rather than the norm.

I don't like PC answers, but I don't care much about the score in terms of numbers, and I don't think artificially inflating goals will inherently make a better product. Certainly the NHL is better without the clutch and grab era that bogged the game down in the several years preceding the lockout, and it was their fault in the first place for not enforcing rules concerning clutch and grab, but I'm highly confused at the notion that more goals = exciting game. More often than not, from experience, I've tended to like higher scoring games because they were exciting and back and forth, showcasing a lot of talent, but that was due to both teams' strategy and not rules made to artificially up a score. On the other hand, some of the best games I ever saw were like 1-0 or 2-1 or 3-2. I think the NHL would be better off simply doing a better job marketing their game with the product they now have on the ice instead of constantly changing making big changes to a sport they didn't invent to begin with. If anything, the more big changes they make, the less I want to watch the NHL.

I dread the day he retires. Last season wasn't his best but he was and is better than 98% of the defensemen in the league and it's debatable about the other 2% .

It shouldn't be Hunter's fault that Meszaros is a *****.

I'm actually a pretty cool and funny guy believe it or not.