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Poll: Turco vs Osgood
Wednesday · Apr 2 · 2008 | 10:05 AM PDT |  | |
TURCO | OSGOOD |
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| Poll opening date Wed Apr 2 | Poll closing date Sun Apr 6 |
Reader Comments (15)
You have to love the simplicity of Osgood's mask but at the same time, he could have pulled a Hasek and at least went to a vending machine and got some Red Wings decals to slap on there - Turco in a landslide!
I think the only reason Osgood still wears that contraption is because he's been hit in the head with so many pucks and hasn't had the proper protection that he doesn't know there is a modern alternative. He and Hasek look like idiots in todays NHL. It's 2008 fellas!!
Osgood could at least wear a Mage (Mask+Cage Combo) similar to Tim Thomas and look half decent. This is just plain silly.
I remember Dan Cloutier mentioning that the modern masks made his ears ring. He tried to adapt to one several times, but kept returning to his old helmet/cage combo. Not that Dan Cloutier is a bastion of progress and success when it comes to goalies, but I suspect when it comes to goalies, many of them are creatures of habit and hate to change things they feel they've had success with. Hasek is as goofy as they come, so that explains a lot.
Cloutier's ears are still ringing after the Detroit goal from center ice in 2002.
osgood and hasek are ballin'...everybody has the newer mask, and it's cliche now "oooh, look at my pretty art work...oh jeeze, look at my crappy save percentage" the mask doesnt make the goalie, 2008 or not Hasek and Osgood shouldnt change a thing. It's worked well enough to get them a william m. jennings award
@ darryl
Yes, that is a valid point that this has no relation to save percentage, but this is a goalie mask tournament, not a goalie save percentage tournament.
"oooh, look at my pretty art work...oh jeeze, look at my crappy save percentage" the mask doesnt make the goalie, 2008 or not Hasek and Osgood shouldnt change a thing.
as i see it, this site is about art work. not the team , but the team logo or jersey...not the goalie, but the art on the mask.
this should not be a popularity contest or whom you think should win the vezina. i think that is why chirs grayed out the goalie, so we can judges solely on art work.
that is my two cents (although, i think it is about $1.25)
as a young goalie, it pains me to see NHL goalies who dont take the opportunity to wear the coolest piece of equipment in all of sports which they can have custom painted .. for FREE!
and about Hasek and Osgood being so solid back there... im pretty sure if even cloutier was on the red wings he would have a decent GAA and a winning record
so much hate for the old school
goalie mask
i like it a lot myself. i still play golaie in my leageue and i cannot goal with anew mask it jsut doesnt feel right and i also feel taht it restric my vison a lot.go old school mask..i still voted for turco btw since this is an art contest.
While this is a goalie mask tournament, that still isn't a reason to slag a guy for not using the modern masks. They're don't care what they look like and they certainly don't care about whether or not they win an artwork tourney.
I think Osgood's is awesome. Simplicity rules.
Osgood. I have no idea what the stuff on Turco's is supposed to be.
I always wore a mask similar to Osgood, complete with cat-eye cage. That said, in a mask design contest, he's obviously a loser.
Osgood actually does have a mask with a wizard airbrushed on it. He just doesn't wear it, and I believe it's on display at Hockeytown Cafe in downtown Detroit.