Detroit — If you ever want to start a long argument in a local sports bar, speak up and assert that Chris Osgood, the retired Red Wings goalie and current broadcaster, should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
There are opinions, some believe about equally as strong, for and against.
Appreciating their goalies as they often do, with considerable ambivalence, even some Wings fans are dubious.
Handicapping the annual inductions is always hazardous. But Osgood seems to be up against the odds, once again, with many thinking that Teemu Selanne and, perhaps, Daniel Alfredsson, who spent his last season as the leading scorer for the Red Wings, are favored when the announcement is made this afternoon.