There is an ongoing debate over who is the best goaltender of all-time. Here are three reasons why a former Buffalo Sabres goalie holds the title.
There have been some outstanding goaltenders in the history of the NHL, and the Buffalo Sabres were lucky enough to have two of them: Ryan Miller and Dominik Hasek. However, Hasek might just be a head and shoulders above all the others, Miller included, despite Miller’s heroics time and again.
Hasek, the 199th overall pick of the 1983 NHL Draft, never saw action in an NHL game until 1990-91, when he played in just five contests for the Chicago Blackhawks. He did, however, earn All-Rookie honors a year later, and it was the beginning of something amazing when the Blackhawks shipped him to the Sabres on August 7th, 1992.
Three reasons former Buffalo Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek was the best goaltender in NHL history
There are really a plethora of reasons you can call Dominik Hasek the best in the game, and there are also a few reasons you may see someone else as such. For example, The Hockey Writers gave former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy the honor, with Hasek coming in second.
And while Roy was an outstanding goaltender, Hasek hit a couple of milestones Roy never reached. Sure, Roy won four Stanley Cups as opposed to Hasek’s two, none with the Buffalo Sabres, unfortunately. But there were more than a few things Hasek accomplished that Roy never did.
So what makes Hasek the top goaltender in league history? Here are three reasons Hasek, and not Roy, Martin Brodeur, or anyone else, takes the title.