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I would have liked to see a star handed out to Osgood. He made some fantastic saves to keep Dallas down early. A quick goal would have allowed the Stars back in with some confidence, but with Ozzie playing his game tonight, Dallas had no shot. He made big saves, ordinary saves, and well-timed saves. He's becoming the playoff goalie Detroit has needed the past couple of years.

Good call, Herbie. Ozzie has been playing very,very good.

Agreed. Perhaps the most underrated goalie in the league. Sure, he's got a great team in front of him, but hockey is a game played on the margins -- one goal can change everything.

I can't figure out why Osgood hasn't been in the discussion for Conn Smythe.

7-0 record
1.46 GAA
.939 SV%

Tops in the playoffs in all three.

Remember, Hasek started the playoffs between the pipes and the Wings looked highly vulnerable to another early playoff exit. Osgood stepped in and flipped that vulnerability into invincibility.

Conn Smyth has never gone to someone who wasn't in the finals. That trophy will start to come up in conversation in the next round.

The hit last night in the second was clean - only after Kronwall hit the player were his feet in the air. That is because the Dallas player tried to minimize the impact by shrinking away from Nik at the last second.

And if Ozzie is one of the three stars, who would be left out? (Homer?, Korny?, Franzen?) When you have more than three players with exceptional games, the three stars assignment doesn't mean as much.

Actually, Brave Sir Robin, the Conn Smythe has been in discussion by media outlets the moment the final four were decided. Sports media spend more time speculating future outcomes than reporting past outcomes.

See:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/rank?versionId=1&listId=121

Of course, that link actually included Osgood as a candidate. I just made myself look like an idiot.

Allan Muir, along with his four other SI.com hockey buddies, predicted the Conn Smythe April 9th.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/allan_muir/04/09/playoff.bra cket/index.html

Sorry guys but Joe Thornton [3 votes], Chris Pronger and Ryan Getzlaf are watching the conference finals from their yachts.

He is still considered a back-up which shouldn't matter but it does. he also had a great regular season. GO OZZIE!!!!!

He is still considered a back-up which shouldn't matter but for some reason it does, plus he had a great regular season. GO OZZIE!!!!!