Doing the combat math: Red Wings not signing a goalie + #30 available = Osgood redux

Okay, so the Red Wings announced that they would hold a conference call featuring Chris Osgood, GM Ken Holland and the media at 12 PM EDT tomorrow via their Twitter feed, and after I blathered about it via my first penned-while-in-the-car-on-my-phone blog entry, Bill beat me to the punch while I was stuck in Wal-Mart (vacations must be preceded by vacation clothes shopping with the 61-year-old parent who loses track of time), noting that the Free Press’s Helene St. James posited the following: The Red Wings have scheduled a conference call for Tuesday to announce goaltender Chris Osgood will be back for another season. Osgood, 38, spent much of last season injured, unable to play past January after undergoing sports hernia surgery. The Wings explored bringing in a new backup goaltender when free agency began July 1, including making an offer to Tomas Vokoun, but were unable to find anyone. That prompted them to reconsider Osgood.Continue reading "Doing the combat math: ...