#Sabres announce the team will officially retire the jersey of Dominik Hasek

[dotcommunism]

If you think it makes the team look bad that they've retired more numbers than they should (I don't, I don't really think most people care), it would make them look a lot worse if they started unretiring numbers.

 

[haseoke39]

Let's just agree that nobody post-Hasek gets their # retired.

That way it'll be at least a generation until the next one goes up.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

If you think it makes the team look bad that they've retired more numbers than they should (I don't, I don't really think most people care), it would make them look a lot worse if they started unretiring numbers.

Oh I know there is 0 chance of them ever unretiring a ,I am just saying that we have way too many undeserving people with their #s retired and that I hope we don't retire anymore unnecessary #s.The team throughout their history simply doesn't have enough success to warrant 7 retired #s.Zero cups in 44 years,all that needs to be said.And I do think having this many retired #s is something worthy of disagreeing with.Only 2 teams have retired more #s then the Sabres and those 2 teams have 30 cups combined between them.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Let's just agree that nobody post-Hasek gets their # retired.

That way it'll be at least a generation until the next one goes up.

Next # to hang in those rafters will be 97.


Or at least we can dream.

 

[cybresabre]

Next # to hang in those rafters will be 97.


Or at least we can dream.

It might be difficult to find room for that 97, what with all the banners taking up so much space...

 

[ricky0034]

exciting news

my favorite Hockey player ever

 

[tehinternet]

Out of interest how far back does Buffalo's history with good goalies go? We went from Hasek to Biron (who had that awesome 73 game season I seem to remember) then to Miller. I mean over the last 20 years we've been pretty lucky and with out pipeline the future doesn't look too shabby either.

I'm ignoring Noronen.

Andrei Trevelov sucked. He was only backup though.

 

[Paxon]

Andrei Trevelov sucked. He was only backup though.

I thought Trefilov was gonna be good. At that point my projection of prospects had a lot to do with how awesome their names sounded, though.

 

[cybresabre]

I thought Trefilov was gonna be good. At that point my projection of prospects had a lot to do with how awesome their names sounded, though.

Vasily Bizyayev is still listed on Sabres.com and he's only 31...

But he hasn't played since 2008 :-(

 

[OkimLom]

Let's just agree that nobody post-Hasek gets their # retired.

That way it'll be at least a generation until the next one goes up.

Let me ask you this...If Miller retires in 5 years due to circumstances, do you retire his number?

IMO, nope.

 

[haseoke39]

Let me ask you this...If Miller retires in 5 years due to circumstances, do you retire his number?

IMO, nope.

No, not even close.

 

[McCauleyChirps]

I thought Trefilov was gonna be good. At that point my projection of prospects had a lot to do with how awesome their names sounded, though.

You must've been through the roof with Darren Puppa and Darcy Wakaluk then.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Sabres to Retire Hasek’s Jersey Jan. 13 vs. Det

SABRES TO RETIRE HASEK’S JERSEY JAN. 13

The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team will officially retire the jersey of goaltender Dominik Hasek, one of the most prolific goaltenders in NHL history, in a ceremony scheduled to take place Jan. 13, 2015, prior to the team’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings at First Niagara Center. Hasek, who was the fifth and final Sabres player to wear No. 39, will be the seventh player in franchise history to receive the honor of having his jersey retired to the rafters. He was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame on March 29 and will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 17.

 

[vcv]

Against Detroit? Really?

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Against Detroit? Really?

Are the Sabres trolling him? They should invite Kozlov.

 

[Ron C.]

Top 2 All-Time Buffalo Sabre. A no brainer for the rafters.

 

[ZZamboni]

Awesome x1000

 

[StarvingHysterical]

The Dominator

Is Dominik Hasek the greatest Sabre ever? I used to really like watching him play.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

yes
/thread

 

[CatsforReinhart]

First goalie to hit under 2.00 GAA Since expansion. Wasted his career in Buffalo.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Gretzky
Howe Orr Lemiux
Hasek...

Never has one player done so much with so little.

 

[StarvingHysterical]

That's what I used to think! He seemed to stop everything no matter how bad everyone was around him! Do you think he could still win games with 2014-2015 Sabres?

 

[Zman5778]

yes
/thread

It's not nearly that cut and dry. At all.

There is a guy named Gilbert Perrault. And he played ALL of his games in Buffalo.

IMO, Perrault is 1a to Hasek's 1b.

To simply say "yes, end thread" is uninformed at best.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Is Dominik Hasek the greatest Sabre ever? I used to really like watching him play.

I would have yes but now we have Enroth.

 

[Dex]

Awesome x1000

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