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Originally Posted by PRStoetzer
Osgood was trying to protect Rafalski behind the net. Every goaltender does the same thing Osgood did.
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Originally Posted by PRStoetzer
Not just at the end of the game. You'd have to watch a lot of games closely, but goalies do this regularly during games to impede the progress of opposing players.
You could barely see it in real time during the broadcast and most often nobody really notices it during game play. It is interference (and/or high sticking if the stick does get up), but is rarely called (and wasn't last night). If we want to talk about dirty goaie play - Turco's slew foot of Filppula was more dangerous than the Osgood play.
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No matter how much you whine about this, it is not going to change. Obviously, the NHL saw what Osgood did and recognized without his stick butt, the incident would not have occurred. Face it, you were wrong about this last night. Happens to the best of us.