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Osgood Understands His Backup Role
by Paul on 01/30/10 at 08:35 PM ET
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from BBob Wojnowski of the Detroit News,
He’d still love to play more, and he won’t say it, but I will: Anyone who writes off Osgood is plain silly.
But that’s not the issue right now. Howard has earned the right to start, and if he keeps playing so well, making 46 saves in a victory over Nashville on Friday, he’ll be in net if (when) the Wings open the playoffs. He’ll be in net when the Wings play the Penguins on Sunday.
And the veteran mentor will be ready to do whatever he can to make it work.
“I’ve played a ton of games, and sure, I still want to play,” Osgood said Saturday, before the Wings departed for Pittsburgh. “But I owe it to Howie and the team. It’s kind of like the past reclaims itself. We’ve not totally switched roles, but I had guys—Mike Vernon, Tim Cheveldae, Vincent Riendeau—who helped me. There’s no way I could’ve been here by myself, without the older guys’ help. It’d be selfish of me to act any other way.”
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