Hasek retires

[JR]

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Let's see how many I can name... I'm sure some of these have retired.

Crosby, Sakic, Forsberg, Chelios, Hasek, Roenick, Modano, Osgood, Giguere, Brodeur, Ovetchkin, Sundin, Lecavalier, Lidstrom, Gomez, Kariya, Iginla, Selanne, Foote, Simon, Shanahan, Draper, Hejduk.

Now, I'll duck when I find out how many of those have retired...

Can anyone tell that the last time I covered a NHL game was 2002?

Yes, but do you know first names? ;D

Sidney Crosby, Dominik Hasek, Chris Chelios, Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Chris Simon, Jerome Iginla, Milan Hejduk, Teemu Selanne, Paul Kariya, Brendan Shanahan, Kris Draper, Scott Gomez, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Chris Osgood, Jeremy Roenick, Nicklas Lidstrom, Martin Brodeur, Alex Ovetchkin, Mats Sundin, Vincent Lecavalier, Adam Foote...



I'm far from positive all those are right and I know I don't know what teams they all play for.

I think Shanny hung up the skates. Five others are Wings and a lot of Avalanche, or former Avalanche players. Your list looks like a 2001 roster.

Shanahan is still playing for the Rangers

Hasek is the only one of the group Mizzou mentioned who has retired --and it wasn't announced until after his post.

Chelios is like the old guy playing beer league hockey with a bunch of 20 something's who think that they can skate circles around everybody.

They're dashing around, doing end to end rushes and the old guy just takes the puck away from them while realising you can move the puck out of your zone faster by passing than skating with it. They're spent after 30 second and he keeps going for a couple of minutes. It's called brains.

He's a freak of nature and I hope he comes back for another season.

 

[mustangj17]

Re: Report: Hasek to retire

Gordie Howe played with arthritis in his hands and wrists from his early 40s until age 52, and probably scored 300 goals during that time.

Gordie Howe could kick Chuck Norris' ass. He's like super human.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

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.

I had felt this way as well.

No knocking Patrick Roy or Martin Brodeur. But for quite a few years, I don't think anyone held a candle to Dominik Hasek.

I know that one time my SE was doling out assignments for Whalercanes games. He offered me one of the Western Conference teams pretty low on the totem pole or Buffalo. With Hasek there, that was among the easiest choices.

He played so well in that game that even Paul Maurice was shaking his head in the post-game presser. Thanks, Mr. Hasek.

 

[JR]

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.

I had felt this way as well.

No knocking Patrick Roy or Martin Brodeur. But for quite a few years, I don't think anyone held a candle to Dominik Hasek.

I know that one time my SE was doling out assignments for Whalercanes games. He offered me one of the Western Conference teams pretty low on the totem pole or Buffalo. With Hasek there, that was among the easiest choices.

He played so well in that game that even Paul Maurice was shaking his head in the post-game presser. Thanks, Mr. Hasek.

Sam, they did a thing on TSN last night. Who was the best goalie of their generation? Hasek, Roy or Brodeur.

If I remember (I wasn't paying all that much attention) Roy was #1, Hasek #2 and Brodeur #3.

Based on longevity, Cup wins and Conn Smythe trophies, Roy would be my choice as well although both Hasek & Brodeur won Olympic Gold.

 

[Armchair_QB]

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.

I had felt this way as well.

No knocking Patrick Roy or Martin Brodeur. But for quite a few years, I don't think anyone held a candle to Dominik Hasek.

I know that one time my SE was doling out assignments for Whalercanes games. He offered me one of the Western Conference teams pretty low on the totem pole or Buffalo. With Hasek there, that was among the easiest choices.

He played so well in that game that even Paul Maurice was shaking his head in the post-game presser. Thanks, Mr. Hasek.

Sam, they did a thing on TSN last night. Who was the best goalie of their generation? Hasek, Roy or Brodeur.

If I remember (I wasn't paying all that much attention) Roy was #1, Hasek #2 and Brodeur #3.

Based on longevity, Cup wins and Conn Smythe trophies, Roy would be my choice as well although both Hasek & Brodeur won Olympic Gold.

And you could argue that Hasek won his gold damn near by himself.

 

[JC]

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.

I had felt this way as well.

No knocking Patrick Roy or Martin Brodeur. But for quite a few years, I don't think anyone held a candle to Dominik Hasek.

I know that one time my SE was doling out assignments for Whalercanes games. He offered me one of the Western Conference teams pretty low on the totem pole or Buffalo. With Hasek there, that was among the easiest choices.

He played so well in that game that even Paul Maurice was shaking his head in the post-game presser. Thanks, Mr. Hasek.

Sam, they did a thing on TSN last night. Who was the best goalie of their generation? Hasek, Roy or Brodeur.

If I remember (I wasn't paying all that much attention) Roy was #1, Hasek #2 and Brodeur #3.

Based on longevity, Cup wins and Conn Smythe trophies, Roy would be my choice as well although both Hasek & Brodeur won Olympic Gold.

And you could argue that Hasek won his gold damn near by himself.

No doubt about that.