Hasek retires

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Hasek is a sure-fire Hall of Famer.

Another guy who was pretty much overlooked--10th round, 199 overall and was Eddie Belfour's back-up in Chicago before he was traded to the Sabres.

When he was with Buffalo, he was--and this is inarguable--the best goalie in the world.

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Actually, none of those have retired.

Except for Hasek now. There's a rumor that Sakic might this offseason.

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

And loads of a goalies picked up a lot of bad habits trying to emulate his style. There was only one Dominator.

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Yup, because they didn't realise that his flopping around and swimming in the crease was all calculated.

I saw him play a couple of times and what you don't see on TV was how technically superb he was --hardly ever out of position.

But in the tradition of Gump Worsley, he just stopped pucks.

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Fixed.

Is that a better shot??

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Really? For some reason I thought Roenick had. Cool... I can name 19. Not bad for someone who hasn't watched one second of hockey in six years.

I don't dislike the sport, I just haven't been interested in it.

 

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Most of them anyway...

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

NO GOAL.

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

;D

 

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Hey, I'm not even a Sabres fan. Just figured I'd save them the trouble ...

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Classic Bettman moment.

Institute a stupid rule, zero tolerance for the entire season except for well, the Cup winning goal.

And then change the rule the following year.

Incompetence par excellence.

 

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

As I recall, Don Cherry called it. He railed all season against the rule and predicted it would be an issue in determining the legitimacy of a Stanley Cup-winning goal.