He finished with a goals-against average of 2.20, 8th best ever, and his save percentage was .922. American-born centre Mike Modano leads the other new candidates and is the most likely to be inducted, ahead of three-time Cup-winner and first-ballot dark horse Mark Recchi.Forsberg, who began his career with the Quebec Nordiques following the blockbuster Eric Lindros trade with the Philadelphia Flyers, went on to win two Cups with the Colorado Avalanche. The NHL had 26 teams when Hasek won his first Vezina and 30 when he earned his sixth. That summer, he announced his retirement, choosing to spend more time with his family. He became the first goalie in NHL history to win the Hart twice. The most vehement Hasek opposers, of course, will tout Roy or Brodeur as a better choice for the greatest ever. He won two Cups with Detroit (one as the starter) and, before that, got to the final by dragging along a Buffalo team that boasted Mike Peca, Miroslav Satan and Jason Woolley as its best players. Hasek was the Czech netminder for a silver medal at the World Championships in 1983 and bronze in 1987, 1989 and 1990, winning best goaltender award in 1987, 1989 and 1990. In 1996-97, Hasek again won the Vezina Trophy and also took home both the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most valuable player as selected by the players. Wearing the winged-wheel, Hasek posted a career-high 41 wins to help Detroit finish first overall. Buffalo Sabres Goaltender. That season was eliminated through a season-long lock-out, so Hasek returned to the Senators for the 2005-06 season.
Now it's time to ask where he belongs on the all-time goaltending list. Legendary goaltender Dominik Hasek puts on the jersey of Spartak Moscow, in Moscow on June 7, 2010 after signing a contract to play for the club. His 81 shutouts placed Hasek in 6th place all-time. He wound up traded to the Buffalo Sabres and even then didn't get the starter's reins until 1993-94. Look no further because you will find whatever you are looking for in here. Dominik Hasek was a shoo-in Hall of Famer in his first year of eligibility. Our 2010 update, after Hasek's NHL career ended, bumped him to fifth, but still placed him behind Sawchuk, Roy, Brodeur and Jacques Plante.So why go against the experts? He would run scramble drills in practice. More than anything, Korn said during Hall of Fame weekend, Hasek learned to be patient and make shooters react first.
Acrobatic Dominik Hasek did whatever it took to stop pucks from entering his net, and in doing so, earned the nickname 'The Dominator' and a reputation as one of the most dominant players, all positions included, of the 1990s and 2000s. Two of his three Cups, and 244 of his 688 wins.So, comparing the three if they became starters at age 28:By no means is that a perfect argument. Plante also won all his Vezinas when the award went to the starting goalie of the team with the lowest goals-against average, so Hasek has the most Vezinas under the "real" system, in which GMs vote on the league's best goalie.Hasek won a hilarious, ridiculous five Vezinas in a six-year stretch at one point in his career. He became the first goalie in NHL history to win the Hart twice. He won his third consecutive Vezina Trophy in 1998-99 with a career-best 1.87 goals-against average and a save percentage of .937. No goalie in the history of the league has accumulated a resume like his. Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond.
We knew it and we heard it in Bob Cole's voice: Shanahan was not scoring.
He was the best in best-on-best action. But maybe it's more interesting in Czech? At the age of 46, Dominik Hasek was still playing hockey. Bobby Clarke, David Poile and Luc Robitaille were appointed to the committee for the first time.Clarke's addition raised the question of whether Lindros would stand a better chance of being elected.
After his contract with Detroit expired, Hasek expressed a desire to win a Stanley Cup, and during the summer of 2004, he signed with the Ottawa Senators. Hasek took his nation on his back in 1998, posting a 0.97 GAA and .961 SP for the tournament. A 1992 trade to the Buffalo Sabres gave Hasek the opportunity to emerge as a number one netminder, although he began as understudy to Grant Fuhr, but following an injury to Fuhr, Hasek positioned himself as a starter and never let go.