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by Paul on 04/08/08 at 08:31 PM ET
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from Roy MacGregor of the Globe and Mail (Wed. edition),
Welcome to the fourth season.
There are actually five in hockey, by a measure once offered up by no less than Wayne Gretzky. There is the exhibition season, which means nothing. There is the regular season, which runs quietly until the trade deadline. Then comes the stretch season, which ended rather dramatically last weekend. Now begins the playoff season, leading up to the Stanley Cup final, which Gretzky always considered a separate season.
As season No. 4 gets under way tonight, perhaps a playoffs primer is in order:
Goaltending: Some say the position has become too dominant and requires a hockey equivalent of the lowering of the mound in baseball.
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NIce dig on Chris Osgood, there, Roy. Two-time Cup winner, two-time Jennings winner, number 1 GAA in the NHL, 2007-2008, 363 career wins (creeping up on 400, and franchise record, btw), 47 career shutouts, 2.24 career GAA in the playoffs…
Yeah, Osgood really sucks, Roy…
Posted by mudshark from Divetown, Colorado on 04/08/08 at 10:14 PM ET