We’ve finally arrived at the first Detroit Tigers home game in over 300 days – can you believe it?
The Tigers are set to take on the Kansas City Royals in their home opener of the shortened 2020 season tonight at Comerica Park – and their sports brethren from the Motor City will be watching.
The Detroit Red Wings posted a special video message for the Tigers ahead of tonight’s game:
Happy Home Opener, @tigers!#DetroitRoots pic.twitter.com/lSBcvnUMtt
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 27, 2020
Always great to see teams from the Motor City support one another!
BONUS CONTENT: CHRIS OSGOOD’S CASE FOR THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
here’s been a debate amongst Detroit Red Wings fans since the man simply known by the affectionate moniker of “Ozzie” decided to hang up his pads in July of 2011 after a 17 year NHL career.
Does he deserve to be enshrined in Toronto?
We can go ahead and put an end to that debate by declaring that yes, in fact – Chris Osgood absolutely has a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
With 401 career victories to his name, Osgood ranks 13th all time in NHL history – ahead of his former teammate Dominik Hasek, who is widely regarded as the NHL’s greatest netminder. Of course, there are those two Stanley Cup rings on his hand as a starter, with a third as backup to Mike Vernon in 1997.
Now, the main knock on Osgood’s career is that his numbers were inflated by playing on some pretty great teams. Never mind of course that plenty of his Hall of Fame counterparts such as Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy, Ed Belfour, and Vernon all played on some pretty great teams as well.
With six seasons of 30 wins or more, the two-time All Star was also the recipient of the William Jennings Trophy in 1996 (shared with Vernon), and was also second in Vezina Trophy voting as the League’s top goaltender.
