Chris Osgood

Globe and MailRed Wings' Babcock says Predators forwards the difference in seriesDetroit Free PressDetroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard (35) leaves the ice behind teammates following their 2-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series on Friday, April 20, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn.Predators knock out Red WingsBend BulletinPredators prove they're a Stanley Cup threatUSA TODAYPredators advance, ousting Red Wings 4-1 in seriesBoston.comNew York Times...Read Full Story

Kukla's Korner Hockey Previous entry: Respect for Bettman by lsefton on 08/03/11 at 09:34 PM ET Comments (0) First, let me say I am really happy that there’s a 3 year waiting period for election to the Hockey Hall of Fame, since that gives everyone a better chance to cool down and reflect on a career, rather than operating on emotion. That said, there’s still a lot of discussion going on, and some alleged pundits must have had “No Way Osgood Gets Into the Hockey Hall Of Fame” columns stored...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Regner: Red Wings will announce Ty Conklin signing on Wednesday by George Malik on 07/20/11 at 05:33 AM ET Comments (0) The Red Wings have all but telegraphed every move they’ve made over the past year or so minus signing Ian White and Mike Commodore, and just as it’s been obvious for over two weeks that the team would sign Ty Conklin to back up Jimmy Howard later today, as much as those of us who believe that Chris Osgood is a Red Wings Hall-of-Famer...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Chris Osgood talk becomes ‘of course the Red Wings goalie’s to retiring’; on Datsyuk’s hockey camp by George Malik on 07/19/11 at 12:04 PM ET Comments (15) Updated 3x at 1:21 PM: Per the conference call Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood and GM Ken Holland are conducting with the media, Osgood is officially retiring. He will mentor the team’s young goalies and help the team’s amateur scouts evaluate potential draft picks… Update #1: Holland says they’ll sign...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Red Wings Alumni Association president Shawn Burr bests leukemia by George Malik on 07/19/11 at 03:53 AM ET Comments (2) Oh, boy.  The Free Press’s Helene St. James believes that the Red Wings will announce that Chris Osgood is returning for at least one more season in the Red Wings’ net, and that makes sense to me given that the Wings haven’t signed anyone else already [edit: and NHL.com’s Adam Kimelman’s citing a “report” suggesting that St. James is...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Subtle retaliation? Pleiness’s seven reasons why Chris Osgoods’s a Hall-of-Famer by George Malik on 07/24/11 at 03:52 AM ET Comments (1) I guess that if there’s one thing you can say for certain about Chris Osgood, he won more often than his competence was questioned, which is pretty good given that people questioned whether he was good enough to do the job from the moment he was called up from Adirondack way back in 1994. Now that he’s retired, the...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Next entry: Regner: Red Wings will announce Ty Conklin signing on Wednesday Previous entry: Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood officially retires by George Malik on 07/20/11 at 12:13 AM ET Comments (5) The debate came up again and earned its usual amount of passionate and all-too-partisan (at least in terms of the people who can’t stand the man because he stuck around like a bad penny) arguments: now that he’s retired, can we truly say for certain whether Red Wings goalie...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Impressions from day five of the Red Wings’ develompent camp, mid-day news & Datsyuk, watch salesman by George Malik on 07/11/11 at 04:23 PM ET Comments (1) This would usually into “unnecessary post” territory, but given that we’re talking about Red Wings free agent signings in July and Chris Osgood’s future, both KK’s comments and Twitter are blowing up like a hot air balloon fueled by a Brian Burke since the Red Wings signed Joey MacDonald to a two-year...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Ken Holland had a very important appointment today by George Malik on 07/12/11 at 06:27 PM ET Comments (5) Red Wings GM Ken Holland became a U.S. citizen today, but he did so with one foot out the door. With Jim Nill watching over the prospects in Traverse City, Holland headed to his off-season home in Vernon, British Columbia, where the Macomb Daily’s Chuck Pleiness reports that Holland will meet with fellow Vernon off-season resident Chris Osgood to...Read Full Story

The Malik Report Previous entry: Commodore computers’ modern maker wants to cash in on Mike Commodore’s number by George Malik on 07/13/11 at 07:03 PM ET Comments (1) In the feast-or-famine time for Red Wings news that is the middle of July, ESPN’s Scott Burnside provides a few new insights while revisiting the topic that is Red Wings coach Mike Babcock’s decision to hire Jeff Blashill and Bill Peters as his assistant coaches, starting with something we’ve heard before: Babcock was...Read Full Story