The End For The Dominator?

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4/17/2008 We may have seen the last of Dominik Hasek. Hasek was shaky down the stretch in the regular season and narrowly edged Osgood for the starting assignment against the Nashville Predators. The Red Wings say Hasek is the reason they won Game 2 before crumbling in Game 3 by allowing two goals in nine seconds in a 5-3 Nashville win. In Game 4, it was more of the same as Hasek gave up three ... [link]

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Controversy depends on how you frame it
Published 4/18/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... in assessing the situation. TSN's Darren Dreger declares Hasek's career all but over: April 17, TSN : At 43, it's unlikely Hasek will be re-signed by Detroit and it's also possible he will slip back into retirement. If so, he'll leave the NHL as one of the most important goaltenders the game has ever seen. From 1993 to 2001, The Dominator won six Vezina Trophies and became the first goalie to win consecutive Hart Trophies. He followed up his domination in the late 1990's by becoming the first European starting goaltender to win a Stanley Cup in 2002, setting a record with six ...

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Published 4/18/2008 by kanadienkyle at IllegalCurve.com
1. Darren Dreger wonders if we have seen the last of Hasek. 2. Bob Mckenzie points out that Ray Emery must go, regardless of whether the Sens' poor showing was his fault. 3. Sam McCaig looks at Danny Briere's hot start to the playoffs. 4. Spezza for Luongo? 5. Memorial Cup 1927. 6. Steve Rucchin considers retirement. 7. Canada finished the Preliminaries with a 6-0 defeat of Slovakia. 8. Larry Brooks writes about an ...

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Hasek was benched after giving up three goals on 14 shots Wednesday night in a 3-2 loss at Nashville. Osgood had 13 saves in relief. Osgood finished the season with 29 wins and he had the best goals-against average in the NHL with a 2.09 GAA. He did great for the Wings all year and then they let Hasek start just because of his playoff stats. 04/18/09
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