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Now this, this was so appropriate. Chris Osgood had just broken Terry Sawchuk's Red Wings record for postseason wins, and he was the one who brought it up in the postgame press conference. It is possible that nobody else in the room would have asked. Osgood was not the story Monday night. When the Wings win, he never is. Let's give the man his due. But first, let's give him his stage. "That ... [link]

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Osgood's enough
Published 5/21/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
Whether Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood is the Wings' strength or "weakness" in net will be debated over the next few days as the hockey world prepares for the Stanley Cup Finals, but as far as the Free Press's Michael Rosenberg is concerned, Detroit's tabbed the perfect man for the job: May 21, Detroit Free Press : "There has always been this perception that we won because of our skill and lost because of our goaltending," Wings general manager Ken Holland said. "He's gone eyeball-to-eyeball now with Marty Turco. Everybody was raving about (Jose) Theodore going into that ...

NHL Morning Papers: Stanley Cup Finals Edition (Wednesday)
Published 5/21/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Richard Pollock) at IllegalCurve.com
... Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press thinks Chris Osgood does not get enough respect. This is about as good a Cup Finals ...

Chris Osgood gets no respect
Published 5/21/2008 by Fraser at The Hockey Herald
via Detroit Free Press: Now this, this was so appropriate. Chris Osgood had just broken Terry Sawchuk’s Red Wings record for postseason wins, and he was the one who brought it up in the postgame press conference. It is possible that nobody else in the room would have asked. Osgood was not the story Monday night. When the Wings win, he never is. Let’s give the man his due. But first, let’s give him his stage. “That was one of my goals, among others,” Osgood said of the record. “It was a ...

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