Red Wings overnight report: Chris Osgood’s Hall of Fame candiacy, the flavor of the month

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 questions of the week involve Osgood’s lasting legacy and whether 401 wins and 3 Stanley Cups are Hockey Hall of Fame-worthy numbers for a goalie who was very, very good but never really considered among the greats of his generation. Some very positive and incredibly negative arguments for and against Osgood’s candidacy have rolled in over the past three or four days, and two ever-present Sunday columnists weigh in this morning with varying degrees of subtlety. The Toronto Sun’s Steve Simmons suggests that the arguments against Osgood’s candidacy aren’t personal… Continue reading "Red Wings overnight report: Chris Osgo...