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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue
I never really thought Osgood was the reason the Wings lost in 2000 and 2001. I actually thought he was one of the better players in both years. 1999 wasn't his fault either, because he was injured and only played after Ranford totally imploded. The problem with Osgood is that he's prone to let up a soft goal from time to time and to give up the untimely goal. I think he's a decent goalie. THen again it's true that I never felt 100% comfortable going into a playoff series with him in net.
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Obviously not everyone can have Roy or Brodeur between the pipes. But with the money you guys threw around, there was no excuse to have a goalie who was average at best. If you're going to build for the cup, you've gotta have a top 10-type goalie, one of those guys who is solid and can take over games (as opposed to the aforementioned two, who you just know will take over games).
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