— This might be Chris Osgood’s year for the Hockey Hall of Fame.
But an old adversary, and one of the rules of thumb in the NHL, could block the Red Wings’ three-time Stanley Cup winner.
Colleen Howe might get a nod, for developing hockey in Michigan and managing her husband and sons’ careers.
She would be the first woman inducted in the Builder Category, and it is the first year of voting by the selection committee since the death of Gordie Howe.
If anyone deserves that distinction more than Marian Ilitch, it might well be Howe.