The Career of Dominik Hasek

Let's start a new series and start with a goalie since I have been talking about them so much lately.
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[@Mach141]

I just heard a interview with Bryan Trottier .....he recalled Jagrs reaction when Hasek stepped in for Belfour during the Pens cup run. He said no one knew anything about Hasek, except for Jagr, who in broken English, was screaming to everyone that they were in trouble, and Hasek was the greatest, as he knew of him being a fellow Czech

[@JackCallSports]

Best goalie of all time “He did it the Dominik way”

[@JackCallSports]

St Kr Lol

[@JackCallSports]

St Kr I hate the Brodeur enterprise commercial

[@patch8376]

St Kr Yes! I love that commercial (and I didn't like Hasek at the time).

[@robocock475]

How many Cups does this overrated hack have compared to Marty Brodeur; just one with the already stacked Detroit Red Wings superteam. How many after that? This POS is a bum and choke artist in the playoffs. Brodeur is miles better than this coward

[@11DNA11]

@@robocock475 Fucking LOL. Brodeur played behind an ultra defensive team, with 5 defensive defensemen and 1 offensive, who still knew how to defend. You could put ANY NHL backup in the net, and he'd still have 500 wins from it. Brodeur never faced shots. Overrated as all hell. Not even top 10 in all time goalie lists. Hell, not even top 20. Only reason he ever won a Vezina Trophy, was because Hasek got old. And still didn't win as many of them as Hasek did. Brodeur never could've dragged an average team to a Cup final. Hasek did. Brodeur never was the best PLAYER in the league. Hasek was for 2 years straight.

[@av7725]

Been a Sabres fan for 30+ years and that man is what made my life revolve around that team. In my eyes he was and every will be the greatest goaltender ever to play in the NHL. Eventhough I'm a Sabres fan, I really enjoy listening to your unbiased videos. Thank You for what you do!

[@UwishUwereM3]

I love Hasek. He was so amazing when he played. I have so many signed pictures and gear of his. He is one of my favorite players of all time. I am so glad you decided to cover his career.

[@trevwings9438]

UwishUwereM3 Best goalie of all time

[@Alexander-kc8nx]

That 98 olympic tuornament in Nagano. Hasek played so well in there. Alltime greatest. What a career!!!

[@kallebaah0]

Hasek was insane in the Olympics

[@mcleanF1]

Best goalie ever. It is not even close. If he was on an above average team during his heyday, they would have been a dynasty.

[@shreddingupontheshore]

"not even close" Roy's 11 all-star appearances, 4 stanley cups and 3 conn smythe trophies beg to differ. Those three conn smythes are also a record for a goalie. Him. Not Hasek. Roy also revolutionized the position.

[@mcleanF1]

@@shreddingupontheshore If you are talking awards, it is Hasek's two Harts, two Pearsons, and 6 vezinas to Roy's 3 Conn Smythes and 3 Vezinas. I say that is a win for Hasek. When it comes to numbers, Roy only posted a save percentage over 920 three times. Hasek posted over 930 five times. Hasek was also a 6 time first team all star compared to Roy's 4 times as a first teamer. Obviously Roy has more long term stats like wins because he played 300 more games and had much more in his prime as Hasek was late in arriving, but Hasek still leads in shutouts 81-66 which one would think the goalie with more longevity would win out on. Also, the only head to head in the playoffs was in 2002. Roy imploded in games 6 and 7 losing the series for the Avalanche. Hasek posted two shutouts, and did this past his prime days. Not to mention one of the most improbable gold medals ever in 1998. Like I was saying, it is not even close.

[@shreddingupontheshore]

Patrick Roy revolutionized goaltending, bud. He was the first of his kind and the first "modern" goaltender in the NHL. Greatest clutch goaltender of all time.

[@roccoanthony8930]

Hitman604Actual lol Roy blew HUGE games as well lmao. And it’s not like Hasek “wasn’t” a clutch goaltender. He carried terrible teams on his back for years, which Roy NEVER did it in his entire career.

[@roccoanthony8930]

Hitman604Actual No, Roy never “revolutionized” goaltending lol. If you mean “play style”, yes, but that’s because his was duplicable. Hasek’s was unorthodox. Hasek got the starting role in his near 30’s...had he arrived at 19 in 1983 during Cold War, this wouldn’t even be a conversation lol. And even if you exclude the “what if’s” (which is valid for guys like Hasek and Stastny imo), Hasek’s superiority in regular season is so dominant (like Gretzky/Orr-level dominance for his own position), that it’s a stretch to claim that Roy is better than Hasek due to Playoffs...the difference isn’t THAT far off. Had Hasek played for a team like Montreal and Colorado, he would have won Smythes...hell, he was the finalist in Buffalo and Detroit. This whole “playoff” thing is overrated. Roy blew MANY critical games as well...lol.

[@PancakesAndHammers2426]

Greatest of all time! Not a matter of fact. It's just my opinion. I love him to death as a goalie and I think the world of the guy as a hockey player in general.

[@steelassault262]

I agree. The Dominator was amazing.

[@onebuffalo5402]

no no, its a fact. You had it right the first time.

[@bradtitsenpolo3931]

I always wondered if Buffalo would’ve relocated if not for trader for the dominator

[@XaviRonaldo0]

He had absolutely excellent regular season numbers and his playoff numbers were even better. Absolutely the GOAT IMO

[@JeremyCuddles]

Hasek was to Buffalo what Lebron was to Cleveland.

[@onebuffalo5402]

except sadly a hockey superstar can only carry you so much when the team literally cant score any goals.... It was honestly sad looking back at how many games we lost with dom cause we couldnt even score a pair of goals in a game.

[@onebuffalo5402]

except lebron carries teams tochampions so wtf are you talking about. A basetkball player can carry 100x more than a hockey player can. Ie: Lebron just carried his team to the finals, mcdavids team was such shit he couldnt even carry them to the wildcard.

[@JeremyCuddles]

That's really what makes what Dominator did even more impressive. It's pretty much impossible to one man show your way to a Championship in the NHL, he almost did it. He made Buffalo relevant all on his own. That's what I meant by Hasek being to Buffalo what Lebron was to Cleveland.

[@buffalomafia7162]

Matt Did you forget 2016 happened

[@buffalomafia7162]

Matt Yes I do. Lebron won a title with Cleveland. Hasek did not win a cup with Buffalo.

[@Raber6411]

I'm too young so I have no idea, but the stats screams that Hasek is the best goalie ever

[@kallebaah0]

He was absolutely incredible

[@andyc9979]

Watched him every night as a sabres fan. He was ridiculous. Whenever a team had a breakaway or an odd man rush you knew they weren't going to score. If we scored 2 goals i knew we would probably win. Guys on other teams would skate back to the bench and break sticks or shake their heads constantly because they couldn't score on him. In his prime im saying. From 94-00 he was insane. He was still amazing in the early and mid 2000s as well but the mid and late 90s he was insane.

[@Losrandir]

He would stand on his head to stop the puck

[@s3rp]

Hasek had the most dominant stretch of any goalie imho. Career wise Roy is ahead of Dom but when Hasek was at his absolute best he was just out of this world. That 98 Olympics was also during his absolute prime . Probably the best Olympics hockey tournament of all time at least in my opinion.

[@rorymullins9151]

My thoughts exactly

[@BloodRain23]

1998 Olypmpics - Hasek 96,1% save percentage 0.97 GAA .... thats insane.

[@heppolo]

I was a kid and during Nagano thought "What is with those matches involving Czech Republic that always have a soccer (football) kind of score?". Little did I understand.

[@mcleanF1]

@@BloodRain23 He also had to go through the States, Canada, and then Russia in the knockout stage. Through seven periods of hockey against Canada and Russia, he allowed one goal, and no shootout goals. If you include the game against the USA, it was 2 goals allowed through 10 periods. It was not only the greatest goalie performance ever, I think it was the greatest hockey performance ever. I think you could even make a strong claim that it was the greatest athletic performance ever. Sensational stuff.

[@humankirk9196]

It's actually Tretiak who had the most dominant stretch of any goalie. For the years he played he even made HHOFer Ken Dryden look like an ECHL backup goalie. Tretiak was the most dominant player on Team USSR, one of hockey history's most dominant teams.

[@DTun-yt1bz]

He's the best goalie I've ever seen

[@JeffCfreeradiorevolution]

Best. Goaltender. Ever.... no question...

[@11DNA11]

Hasek was just plain phenomenal to watch. Other goalies were doing cool and effective butterfly. Then there's Hasek, who just made sure he was ALWAYS infront of the puck. Doesn't matter what the style was. It was effective.

[@Mega-rw8mt]

his strategy was simple: STOP. THE. PUCK.

[@thestone9134]

Hasek earned his nickname The Dominator! The only thing my friends and I could agree on when growing up in the 90`s was who the best goalie was.

[@trace6242]

Great video, but when Hasek first went to Detroit they moved Osgood to the Islanders. CuJo didn't come in until Dom's first retirement, and it was quite a controversy when Hasek un-retired. Joseph had every right to be upset, being signed as a starter and all, and all reports were that the two did not get along well. Hasek only posted those 14 games that year due to injury, and Joseph showed outstanding professionalism by giving his absolute all in a losing playoff series, for a team that screwed him over at a time no one would really fault him for mailing it in. He really deserved better. Detroit learning their lesson after that debacle is how Dom ended up in Ottawa after he un-retired yet again. And if I recall correctly, that was the year he got injured in the Olympics.

[@Tyler-xg5gz]

Oops, I posted basically the same thing without reading this. It was such a mess when Dom came back. Legace was part of that logjam, too.

[@bestmonkna7720]

Funny story, when I was like 8 or 9 I was in an ice hockey camp and one of the instructors there was Czech, his first goal in the pros over there was against Hasek.

[@artpaul8909]

That poke check was utterly amazing

[@ry4nx]

imagine if hasek stayed healthy in 06. That would have been Ottawas year

[@roccoanthony8930]

Matt “lol” at you. He would have won the Vezina in his 40’s had he not been injured.

[@MixerMadness]

It's possible but that Sabres team that beat them in 5, was a team possessed. I say they played in the playoffs better then the year they won the Presidents Trophy the next year. They rolled 4 lines, and MIller was coming into his own. Lines were Hecht-1-1-Briere-Dumont Kotalik Drury/Connolly Grier 3- Vanek-Afinogenov-Roy 4- Stafford-Gaustad-Pominville Tallinder-Lydman Campbell-Kalinen Numminen-Mckee Paetch/Sekera (Spacek and Zubrus would come next year) -Miller-Biron-Noronen with Lindry Ruff winning the jack adams.

[@scottb4540]

Industrial Technique I tend to agree. Yeah the sabres won in five but all games they won were by one goal and at least two in overtime

[@Dartzzzzz2.0]

Ottawa was unstoppable in 06 with hasek who knows what would've happened but Emery did a really good job in his place R.I.P

[@imaratspal]

@@MixerMadness None of that matters when you go up against Hasek. From the sounds of it, you seem like a Sabres fan and you should know better. Going by his career playoff save %, which was what he achieved during the season as well, he would have conceded 7 less goals than Ray Emery did in that 5-game series alone. Game 1, Emery let in 7 goals and they still only lost in OT. Do you really think that happens with Hasek in net? You talk about who the Sabres had, how about you look at who the Senators had? Heatley, Alfredsson, Spezza, Chara, Havlat, all in their primes along with Hasek having a bounce-back year. He would've changed the course of those playoffs for Ottawa.

[@SFUSW]

I was 9 - 10 years old czech kid when he was in his absolute prime in 97' 98' to this day winning that Nagano olympic tournament with all those stacked teams is greatest experience watching sports.

[@adamscott2801]

When I heard he retired I was very sad to hear it but I was glad he went out with a cup to his name

[@edwardofgreene]

The 98 Olympics is a large part of why I call him the best of all time. The man carried a country on his shoulders. If this was his only performance he would deserve to be remembered for all time on the basis of that alone. (Imagine the stars of the USA '80 olympic team, but also having great NHL careers)

[@humankirk9196]

No, that made it a single great performance, but not best all time. Goalies get hot. Remember he played just 6 games, that's one playoff series. Tretiak isn't named greatest all time by the IIHF just for the 1972 Summit Series; the amount of hardware won by Tretiak is astounding. Game 1 of the Summit Series was an all time great performance, but there were so many more, including at the Olympics, with CSKA Moscow, in the 1975 Super Series. His performance in 1975 against the Scotty Bowman Canadiens is also a performance for the ages; Tretiak is so uniquely admired by his opponents that he was a guest speaker to Ken Dryden's jersey retirement. He is still admired today by Canadians who saw him play and were frustrated by his outstanding play. Tretiak is the greatest all time goaltender.

[@edwardofgreene]

@@humankirk9196 I won't argue against Tretiak. Not having played in the NHL he is often forgotten in North America. I still like Hasak, but I won't tell someone picking Tretiak thay they are wrong.

[@thelovefromupabove7347]

One of my favorite players of all time to watch. Seeing him as a kid in the 90's was mind blowing.

[@p.hhenry4454]

Top 5 NHL player of all time. Dont @ me

[@ltakethefatlplease.3380]

What a dominant career indeed. The Greatest Goalie of all time.

[@janbigas2070]

He actually came to czech league and win whole league that year with amazing SV 92.2% and GAA 2.26 in 33 games and in play-off he had record of SV 93.6%! and GAA 1.68! He wos 45 years old. Than he went to KHL and played 1 season.

[@patch8376]

I agree it's an argument that doesn't have an answer, and as a Habs fan mine is probably supposed to be Roy, but at a rink out back able to recruit a prime version of any player for a pick-up game you can have Roy. I'm going with Hasek

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Nobody has ever shaken and re-written a position in hockey like Dominik Hasek. To me, he's the best to ever play - and it's not even close to close. Both the most entertaining, and one of the highest-performing. He played in an era of greats, and stumped them all. He was impossible to anticipate. Certified legend with zero peers.

[@siamesedreams1991]

Such a big inspiration for myself flailing around in road hockey. The goat

[@jaerockchalk3216]

best goalie to ever lace em up . Still giving Leafs fans nightmares 20 years later . Awesome video !

[@butchcassidy8199]

Video of Saku Koivu's career would me awesome. Of course everything else here is also awesome. Thanks for your videos, these are keeping us a live while waiting for season to start. Greetings From Turku Finland!

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

As a Sens fan from 1992 to 2018, receiving Hasek during the lockout was a dream come true. The Sabres had been the brick wall preventing the Sens from running into the playoffs during the late 1990s, and the central reason was Hasek. His presence in Ottawa created a hysteria among fans. He was the last piece to a powerhouse team. I firmly believe that his injuries were the sole reason that Ottawa did not finish with the cup in 2007.

[@weatheredtome]

My favorite goalie of all time! Thank you for this!

[@NeutraaliPahuus]

Thank you for this video. Hasek has been my favorite player ever since I started watching hockey in the 90's. I remember his time well in chicago as I just fell absolutely in love with his unique and unorthodox technique. My classmates back then used to tease me that Hasek would never become anything and after he won his first Vezina trophy they always said that Hasek's performance is based on luck and that he could never repeat that. My best memories are from the 1998 Olympics where Hasek just stood on his head. I mean the team infront of him just got so badly overplayed so many times but this one man kept them in the game all the way through. I mean I have seen Brodeur and Roy etc. on top of their game but to me they never seemed to be as a godlike puck stopping machine as Hasek was. When Brodeur was on fire you knew that the opposing team had to make an incredible play to get one by him but with Hasek being on fire you knew that there was no chance in hell that puck getting by him. If I had a hero, this man would absolutely be him.

[@AlesZvolanek]

We didnt really get overplayed in Nagano, except for the first half of the game with USA... and maybe last 5-10 mins with Canada, which was rather understandable given the standings. The team was super solid and perfectly built. People also tend to forget, that other goalies were also amazing, Hasek just was that tiny bit better (conceding 1 less goal) which was the deciding factor, but it really was 50% team effort and 50% Hasek.

[@JMac77441]

Fantastic video. Very well done. Thanks for covering the greatest goalie of all time!

[@JB-423]

He's the reason I played goalie as a kid. Loved that guy

[@SparkyKev]

Thanks for doing this Hasek feature! I forgot so many things about his career. The 3 retirement announcements, to the 6 Vezina trophies, simply amazing. He was my favourite goalie in the late 90's with buffalo. I long for the day we see a goaltender as unconventional as Hasek. I doubt we will ever see that again since there seems to be a standard butterfly style that every goalie is taught. But man.. Hasek was incredible.

[@maviroy]

What a great presentation...Bravo👏👏well done!

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Weird fact: there is an opera called “Nagano” about the Czech’s gold medal win. Hasek is portrayed as a god😎

[@westboy52]

I just clicked on this video out of curiosity and your style of talking kept me seated for the whole 17 minutes. The way you speak is so captivating! Great breakdown too. Well done!

[@XaviRonaldo0]

On a binge of these old career videos

[@johnneobobble9419]

My favorite goalie, my idol, unorthodox Slinky for a spine, been studying his style since I was 7. Much respect, he deserves it

[@chrisguard696]

growing up watching him as a Sabres fan, you didn't realize how good you had it with him in net until he was gone.

[@jaytee4374]

Hasek is, and forever will be, my favorite athlete of all time.

[@sabresthoughts5407]

Its Hasek. Best of all-time.

[@williamkoscielniak820]

I'm a life long Chicagoan who grew up in the 90's, but unfortunately I never got into hockey. One time as a teenager I was hanging out with my cousin and his friend and they were reminiscing about the 90's hawks and his friend mentioned Belfour. My cousin immediately said "Hasek was better!". I had never heard of him so I asked my cousin who he was and learned he was the backup to Belfour and the Hawks decided to keep Belfour and get rid of him. From that point forward that's all I knew of Dominick Hasek. It wasn't until about a year ago when I was surfing KZbin and browsing Hockey stuff that I learned that he's arguably the GOAT goalie. It stunned me. I knew the Hawks got rid of Roenick and then Chelios and just blew up a great team. But I had no idea that they also got rid of arguably the best goalie ever. I don't know how that team collected such a great amount of talent while having arguably the worst ownership in all of professional sports.

[@masonrahal6980]

Your commentary is authentic and very easy to listen to. Fantastic stuff. Thank you.

[@kevinmeawasige6458]

Very happy to see this video on the Dominik "The Dominator" Hasek. He was my favorite goalie and still is. A true legend with a unique style.

[@dylanbradbury]

Holy mackinaw, Mr. Hockey guy! All your videos are SO detailed. Thanks for making them!

[@tomaskoptik2021]

Let´s put it like that: Buffalo Sabers coach: "Dom it would be great to be in the play-offs." No problem boss, is finals enough? I wanna win you know, you go with me? Czech national team coach: "Dom come with us, we need you to win the Nagano tournament." Ok, boss, mission completed, success. Detroit manager: "Dom, come with us, we need you to win the Stanley Cup." Ok, mission completed, success. Twice. I love when somebody says "I will make it" and he really makes it. He had this kind of mindset and skillset to really make difference which makes him very unique in my eyes. Everybody knows who´s to be credited for bringing Sabers to Stanley Cup finals. Only few players in history were able to make such a difference in their primes. Looking at his stats I cannot believe the arrogance of some people (even experts) to not give credit to the effectivity and difference-making of his goaltending style. If his influence on NHL goaltending is not strong, it is only because nobody was listening to what this guy way saying....

[@humankirk9196]

Arguably it was a combination of his unique style and the trap that his team played that allowed him to win. When butterfly goaltending became more widespread, teams learned how to play against it -- just ask Cam Neely. But players had the hardest time playing Hasek because his style made him difficult to figure out and was never sucessfully copied. But it must also be said that the Sabres played the neutral zone trap, such that many of the shots he faced were not good scoring chances. The Sabres of his day did not play a wide open style of hockey, they were defence first, copying the Devils style of play. The trap made Devils and the Sabres boring to watch, regardless of Hasek's occasional acrobatics. Brodeur had better defencemen (Scott Niedermayer, Scott Stevens), which is why Brodeur has more championships, but the trap is also why neither goalie was ever awarded the Conn Smythe trophy. Neither Brodeur nor Hasek were ever the critical difference maker that Tretiak or Roy were.

[@danramage2110]

probably my favourite goaltender of all time! great video shannon :)

[@alvalankerofficial]

Hasek and Mike Richter were the first two goalies that really attracted me to hockey and made me excited about watching the NHL and playing hockey.

[@TheBassPlayer1296]

Since its needed "NO GOAL"

[@buffalomafia7162]

TheBassPlayer1296 Yessir!

[@39moe123]

He is in my opinion the greatest of all time

[@CertifiedClapaholic]

Dominik Hasek was the best goalie to play the game. Like others have said, put a competent team in front of him and they're a dynasty.

[@canucky76]

I'm probably younger than most of the THG community here. It's easy for me to remember Hasek was in Ottawa because that was the first year I really noticed him. I started watching hockey in the early 2000s but never saw a lot of Detroit so I didn't see much of Hasek at all. I feel shame that I missed out on watching him dominate.

[@1976boru]

Best NHL goalie of all time

[@pbbj893]

A stat that was forgotten in this video is that Hasek also holds the record for biggest SOG game leading to a shutout in league history. 70 shots on goal (quadruple overtime game, in the playoffs none the less); and he still managed to get the shutout. Fun fact. Rival goalie in the other net? Martin Brodeur. Yeah... legend. Loved watching the guy.

[@BrettHornby]

I say in his prime days Dominik Hasek was the best goaltender of all-time. Had the most unique style to keep the pick out of the net and had the best sound bites with his accent. End of his career he did hold Detroit hostage a bit when he retired and unretired when they moved on with Curtis Joseph. All that I remember with Ottawa is he had sudden groin injuries. Got the Stanley Cup that he deserved with Detroit but the Buffalo days we're awesome to watch.

[@ericwill2133]

I am a huge Roy fan and I would have to admit he is the best goalie of all time.

[@niemusic4062]

I love all your career videos. watching all these past ones now too

[@williamrogers7974]

Good video. In my eyes, you put the 'dominator' on any of Roy's teams, he has 7-8 cups . Best goalie ever!! Plus performance alongside Jagr on Olympic ice, the best, Jerry!! The best!

[@royramsdell9340]

Hasik was The reason your average fan would watch A NHL Game.I loved watching Hasik break All the goalie protocol and still be the best at his position.

[@robertnaus88]

Couple of things, when he returned to Czech league for 2009-10 season, he was a starter and his team Pardubice won the tittle when he only lost 1 playoff game. Also he played 2010-11 season in KHL. And he started Elite Czech league at the age of 16 so he was already playing 9 years of pro hockey and being best golie repeatedly in Czech prior to coming to NHL.

[@robertnaus88]

Just remembered he also played in 1984&1987 Canada cup for Czechoslovakia

[@otaviofrn_adv]

yes, in Czechoslovakia he was aready best goalkeeper of the league 4 times in a row and winner of the golden hockey stick (league MVP) three times.

[@Bla_Razor]

Hasek was indeed a Dominator (most fitting nickname) and was also one of two reasons (other one was Jagr) I started watching hockey and following the NHL in the late 90s.

[@MixerMadness]

Great work as always just Minor correction Shannon you said that when he came to Detroit they tried with Joseph but it didn’t work. Hasek won the cup with Detroit in his first year in 2002. Which speaks to how good he really was, finally goes to a good team, wins the cup in the first year. I’m a diehard sabres fan, you are right though because when he retired (I think?) the first time that’s when they got Joseph in 02-03 and the wings lost that year in the first round being swept by the ducks in the first round. Then in 03-04 Joseph was the wings goalie again and they lost to Calgary in 6 in round 2 (the year the flames went to the final and also beat Van in 7 in 04 as the backup) or maybe he was hurt all I remember was hasek played eight games as you showed hen the lockout happened and as you said he went to Ottawa for a year played great, he would of ended up playing against the sabres in round two that year instead it was emery and buffalo upsets them in 5 in 2006. (Emery took them to the finals the next year of course but they had a damn good team too) thank you for posting this video, I guess you weren’t completely wrong it’s just the order is a liiiitle out is sync but it’s not really wrong either. Also I would of added that in 1998 he came within a round of going to the Stanley cup finals in back to back years! And as a sabres fan you 4 them if you wanted too...you were being too nice. That sabres team didn’t have anything but peca an older film our and zhitnk-planet/brown-Woolley, lol..Satan hasn’t broke through yet but.the early sabres teams he had good players like lafontaine almo howerrchuk patrick andreychuk etc but

[@MixerMadness]

So Joseph didn't play in Detroit until 02-03, where-as Hasek had already won the cup with them before Joseph arrived was my point. If that wasn't clear....as I wrote a novel.

[@danielsteigerwald26]

Definitely my favorite goalie of all time

[@18wheeler76]

Great Video.A few things I wished you mentioned was Hasek beating Canada and Roy in the Olympics and also Hasek beating Roy in 2001-2002 playoffs......Also the year Hasek played for Ottawa he was injured durimg the Olympics and never recovered to play another game for them.Its a shame to because the Sabres played the Sens in the playoffs that year and I would have loved to see Hasek beat his old team.

[@ozy75]

There were many memorable saves that Stanley Cup vs Penguins. That year my most memorable moment of Hasek was the cannonball on Jagr.

[@robertfelton8374]

He was nicknamed "The Dominator" for a very good reason.

[@MegaIndecisive]

That is one of my first hockey memories - Hasek's skate to the blueline. His pokecheck was basically his whole body. For some reason, I thought it was on Kevin Stevens and not Lemieux, but I loved Hasek ever since.

[@travisp5747]

It was on Stevens. I just went and watched it

[@faunbudweis]

extremely flexible, extremely competetive, heck, when he was on guys couldnt score on him in practice; I remember Petr Svoboda laughing before the finals in Nagano, when everyone around was nervous and the team was expected to be nervous too (Pavel Bure scored 5 against the Finns in the semis): Dom is on fire, we cant score on him in practice, we just need that one goal (which he scored, and that was it)

[@jamesspella8548]

Definitely one of the greatest. My personal choice for the reason that he was definitely the most entertaining to watch!

[@ryanherrmann5965]

The thing is Hasek continued playing into almost his 50s and he finished his career in Spartak Moscow and put up really decent numbers

[@otaviofrn_adv]

He played for 30 full years... turned pro at age 16. And still in good form way into his 40's. As Shannon said, there is no wrong answer for the best, but Hasek is very high in the argument, it's an undeniable fact.

[@barkerm9]

I believe Hasek was the greatest. For me, Hasek’s athletic abilities are simply to great to deny. He did things regularly most other goalies couldn’t do once. He played at a very high level for a very long time, and for most of that time in very challenging situations. His run to the finals with the Sabres, and how it ended is one of the most compelling stories ever told by the game of hockey (foot in the crease). So was his gold medal performance in the 1998 olympics (Gretzky should have gotten his shot against him!). It’s too bad his prime didn’t coincide with the NHL using shootouts to decide regular season games

[@giotrapani7852]

Hasek should've won the conn smythe in 1999 not nieuwendyk. Hasek had 2 shutouts and a 939 save %

[@giotrapani7852]

And I'll also say his playoff save %, it led the playoffs with save %. And on top of that he led a mediocre team to the cup final. That's why he should've got the conn smythe.

[@giotrapani7852]

znogypogy he wouldn't have won it cuz the writers think if your a rental you shouldn't win it. Imo the 2002 conn smythe should've went to fedorov.

[@83Henno]

Belfour had a lower GAA in the series tho bud

[@giotrapani7852]

@Miro Heinonen I still think he would’ve won it had they gone 7 games and lost.

[@williamhager855]

@@83Henno that’s because the Sabres sucked . This coming from a Sabres fan bud

[@pwnedd11]

Hey, this is great!!! One thing though: As a Red Wings fan of that era, I just want to point out that you're missing one thing about 01-02. Our offensive players were a little to score enough to compensate for our atrocious defense... so before he arrived, we were destined for a first or second round exit. But all of our defenders were great goalscorers... they were just old. So, when we got Hasek, you know what we did? We had our defenders stop playing defense and just start playing offense and focus on scoring. All of a sudden, with our whole team focused on scoring as much as possible -- including the defense -- our offense looked like one of the best offenses ever!!! We were scoring more than we did in the 90's!!! And why? Because we just said: Hasek, you gotta handle the whole defense BY YOURSELF. And HE DID. His stats that year would have been wonderful for a great goalie with a good defense. He was playing with no defense, so that way, everyone could just rack up goals!!! And that strategy turned an aging roster into a goal-scoring machine of a team. So, what I'm saying here is this: Hasek's higher goals allowed in 01-02 aren't really due to him being worse or getting older. It was due to a designed strategy to NOT HELP HIM AT ALL and just focus on scoring... because we knew it would work (and it would make our old team look young again). So, when you consider that 01-02 was his stats with little defensive help (unlike the Sabres years... where they clustered around him, because he was all they had), you then realize how TOTALLY phenomenal he still was. There was only tiniest drop-off between his Sabres years and his first year with the Wings. 01-02 was almost (

[@jrwinn17]

Hasek was in Detroit before CuJo ever was, but otherwise an excellent video about my favorite goalie of all time

[@SolarWarden88]

He is HANDS-DOWN the best all time. The numbers don't lie. I highly doubt we'll see a stretch-run like this from a goalie ever...

[@avmstc7730]

You should do a video on lockouts and how the numbers for some star players might be different and how it effected teams ans what it did to the NHL!

[@bivdog]

GOAT

[@tylerperry9105]

The right answer is Hasek lol.

[@nneichan9353]

I bet fans showed up just to see the way he played. Immensely entertaining!

[@leaf8554]

Favorite goalie of all time. It absolutely kills me that we let him go, and he would go on to win a cup with Detroit. But I’m still so happy he at least won a cup.

[@antonioamato3309]

I chose his number being a goalie ... I use to love watching him ... everyone was on Patrick Roy I was a fan of richter and hazek ... now I’m a big pekka Rene fan 👍

[@Tyler-xg5gz]

Great vid, but I have to correct you on something. Cujo was Hasek's replacement, not the other way around. The Wings signed Cujo in the 02-03 offseason, after the Wings won the cup and Hasek retired for the first time. Osgood (who would later be picked up by NYI in the waiver draft) was the Wings' goalie at the time of the Hasek trade.

[@daledemanchuk7920]

DOMINATED THE LEAGUE at his peak....

[@buffalomafia7162]

Sabres need to resign him ASAP lol

[@MixerMadness]

We have four new goalies in the system why don’t we wait to See how one of them does before signing a 60 yr old player. Lol know you were kidding but buffalo fans need To be patient. We made a cozillian changes this season let’s at least wait for this year

[@busupshot83]

Greatest ever, and I’m a huge Roy fan

[@kantoh1643]

My dad got to meet Hasek in Detroit many years ago. There was an event going on and he was told if he scored on this goalie in red wings gear, he would get some prize or something. Takes a shot and beats him low glove, ends up taking another shot and beats him five hole. The goalie takes off the mask, and it’s Dominik Hasek. My dad was stunned. Said he was a great, genuine guy and was star struck through it all.

[@893263007]

I think most people other than Quebecers and NJ fans agree that Hasek is the greatest goalie.

[@deepakm8324]

Hasek was amazing miss watching him play

[@XxHarounXx]

Best of all time

[@samiviitasalo1173]

It is too difficult to say who is best GK ever, but I like to put GKs to different categories to better rank them. In my mind Roy is best winner of any GK. He had a tremoundes amount of character, maybe even craziness. Brodeur was best spine for a team. Devils played and built certain way and he was amazing for that system. What about Hasek? Like his nickname "Dominator" tells, he was most dominating goalkeeper in his best and he have best dominating stretch (from his first Vezina to last). In my mind you forget to tell important thing for Hasek. That was Nagano Olympics in 1998. First time when NHL players played in OG and that tournament was filled with huge stars. Czech won the gold and Hasek played 0.97 and .961 stats. Wow! He won that gold almost alone!

[@prezidentjeff]

1998-99....my goodness. Dragged that team by the scruff of their necks to the finals

[@Waders27]

He was injured during the 1999 series vs Toronto and Roloson came in and played just as well

[@juubimaru336]

should keep up with the weirdo goalies series too like tim thomas, and do one on Roloson lolol good story there. from nowhere to stanley cup finals

[@ShantyIrishman]

For you kids that didn’t see Hasek play, KZbin is your friend.

[@timperley69]

Hasek was amazing in the playoffs for detroit 01-02

[@dannythomas417]

But 99 was better despite being on a mediocre team. He got snubbed of his Conn Smythe like Kiprusoff. Besides Detroit almost got slaughtered by the Vancouver Canucks, when the latter put a 2-0 series lead in the former’s arena.

[@13e11even11]

98-99 those numbers are crazy beyond words.