Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood picked up his 400th career victory after an overtime win over his arch rival, the Colorado Avalanche. He is now the 10th goalie in NHL history to reach this milestone. Chris Osgood just went from knocking on the door to the Hall of Fame to kicking it down with full force! The Red Wing great now holds an overall career record of 400 - 216 - 95, a 905 save percentage (.916 in playoffs), a 2.49 GAA (2.09 in playoffs), and what should have been a Vezina trophy from 1995 (39-6-5, .911, 2.16) over 17 seasons with Detroit, St. Louis, and the New York Islanders. On top of all his success individually Ozzy has been apart of 5 teams, all with Detroit, to reach the Stanley Cup Finals and 3 to hoist sports oldest trophy (2 as a starter). He may not be in the class of Hasek, Roy (did beat his ass though), and Brodeur, however, Chris Osgood based on the criteria absolutely belongs in the hockey Hall of Fame. It wasn't always pretty but he more often then not got the job done and usually with the Hockeytown pressure to do so.
I can not wait for this guy to retire just so I can write up a retrospective and fully win this debate. Here are my past retrospectives from a couple other recent retired hockey legends: A King Among Legends; The Rob Blake Story. & From Devil To Duck, Always A Champion, The Scott Niedermayer Story.
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