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The End For The Dominator?

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Darren Dreger
4/17/2008 8:09:50 PM
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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 goals on 14 shots, including a pair from long range by Predators defencemen Shea Weber and Greg de Vries.

Hasek was crushed by his performance saying, "The last 60 minutes is the worst hockey I've played in my life."

Actually, he allowed seven goals in 53 minutes and 16 seconds.
 
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 shutouts in the playoffs.

His unconventional and unorthodox style of flopping around his crease and sprawling on his back to make a save changed the way goalies play their position and earned him a spot among hockey's all time greats.
 
It may be time to move on, which is exactly what the Red Wings will do on home ice in Game 5.

Darren Dreger

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