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What Happens If Osgood Cannot Back-Up Howard?
by Paul on 03/23/11 at 01:42 PM ET
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from Ben Kuzma of The Whit Towel,
Troy Passingham was sitting at his girlfriend’s house in Windsor, Ont. when the phone rang. It was the Red Wings calling. It was no joke.
With the Red Wings resting four injured forwards for Wednesday’s clash with the Vancouver Canucks, the club loaned goaltender Joey MacDoanld to Grand Rapids to create enough salary cap space to recall winger Jan Mursak from the AHL affiliate.
added 11:45am, via Dan Murphy tweet,
Wings have signed an OHL goalie to back-up tonight so Babcock can dress 12 forwards. Hudler is probable + Mursak re-called.
added 1:53pm, Things have changed… See The Malik Report.
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P2H ?
Enjoy the ride Troy!
Posted by Rumbear from Top O the Hasek, sipping rum, tanning, chillaxing on 03/23/11 at 02:18 PM ET
I’d really like to know why Ozzie is still not back. There’s something not right there. Quite frankly for the playoffs, if Joey Mac has ot backup Howard I’m ok with it. But for right now, his continual delay returning is causing real issues.
Posted by Primis on 03/23/11 at 02:35 PM ET
Passingham went 9-10-3 with the Sarnia Sting this season and had a 4.76 goals-against average and .879 saves percentage. He also played with the Windsor Spitfires and went 9-5-2 with a 3.24 GAA and .898 GAA.
WOW.
Posted by some kid on 03/23/11 at 02:42 PM ET
I’m happy to say Joey Mac has surprised me this time in Detroit. To the point where if he’s the backup going into the playoffs, I wont be crapping my pants because of him.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 03/23/11 at 02:55 PM ET
Let’s give Passingham a look-see; he’s 6’4”. For once, it’s nice to see a big goalie in net for the Wings.
Posted by SYF from a viewing moratorium of NBC's hockey coverage on 03/23/11 at 03:29 PM ET
Per Malik via Khan - Osgood is riding pine and Joey Mac is back to back up.
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 03/23/11 at 05:00 PM ET
I’d really like to know why Ozzie is still not back. There’s something not right there.
did you read the Malik Report link?
Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood has suffered another setback in his attempt to return from sports hernia surgery on Jan. 11, as the club today placed him on long-term injured reserve, retroactive to last week./quote]
so, what’s not right is his hernia surgery didn’t go as well as they had hoped…or his recovery is not. I’m starting to think he’ll never play between the pipes for the Wings again.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 03/24/11 at 12:08 PM ET
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What an awesome story for the kid. I’d bet he’d play just for the game worn jersey to remember the opportunity.
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 03/23/11 at 02:02 PM ET