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They are paying him in Polydent and Depends. I also heard that former teammate Chris Chelios is going to join him.

Why not if he still wants to play. I'm sure he's treated as a hero in the Czech Republic.

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Originally posted 09:01 AM ET  04.21 by PopKing

They are paying him in Polydent and Depends. I also heard that former teammate Chris Chelios is going to join him.

Hey now...no jokes about olde goalies!!!

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Originally posted 09:01 AM ET  04.21 by PopKing

They are paying him in Polydent and Depends. I also heard that former teammate Chris Chelios is going to join him.

Hahahahaha!!!!

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Originally posted 09:01 AM ET  04.21 by PopKing

They are paying him in Polydent and Depends. I also heard that former teammate Chris Chelios is going to join him.

I doubt it. Chris Chelios will play in Detroit until he is 100.

This makes me wonder if Hasek has taken care of his $$. You don't typically see a player this old play in some sub par NHL league just for fun very often.

Ive missed the Detroit games. Is chelios getting any icetime?

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Originally posted 09:55 AM ET  04.21 by TheDude

This makes me wonder if Hasek has taken care of his $$. You don't typically see a player this old play in some sub par NHL league just for fun very often.

If he has really squandered all of that cash away we would know by now. He's just a competitor who can't get the game off his mind it doesn't suprise me considering his unorthodox style where he never gave up and did whatever possible to stop the puck. When you spend about 26 years with hockey as your career he needs something to fill that free time so why not hockey.

Good for him! He's the reason I started playing, and playing goalie.

Dominik Hasek loves hockey. He loves himself. The problem is he loves himself morethan he loves the game. His ego is what gets in his way now.

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Originally posted 12:35 PM ET  04.21 by MoReeselovestheSENS

Dominik Hasek loves hockey. He loves himself. The problem is he loves himself morethan he loves the game. His ego is what gets in his way now.

As long as he doesn't love himself in public I'm okay with it. :)

I think quality-wise he should be ok, because it`s not a very strong league, but it`s the injuries that definitely concern me. He is 44 and has a laundry list of chrinic injuries;

it`s not so much the quality of play that`ll wear him down, it`s how often he is solicited. the travel, the number of shots, etc. Maybe the shots wll come in less hard, but they will come in nonetheless.

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Originally posted 01:12 PM ET  04.21 by Toronto Maple Leafs

Hasek I think could have success there. I mean it is in the 3rd best European league, behind the KHL and the Swiss league. This is good for Hasek, he will be treated like a hero and they love him there, he also doesn't play as much there since they have shorter schedules, Hasek just loves playing. Hey he could be one of the three Czech goalies in the 2010 Olympics, off the top of my head I can't think of any, but he probably wont because he doesn't wanna be a backup.

vokoun, no?

Go Canucks; I haven`t personally seen the euro leagues enough in order to judge myself, but you would put the czech league ahead of the swedish....even with the amount of quality swedes we see come in every year?

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Originally posted 10:18 AM ET  04.21 by Buc Fettman

Ive missed the Detroit games. Is chelios getting any icetime?

Yes--they're letting him drive the Zamboni.

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Originally posted 02:35 PM ET  04.21 by PopKing

Yes--they're letting him drive the Zamboni.

Problem is, his blinker is on the whole time he's driving it.

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Originally posted 02:49 PM ET  04.21 by LGP: Stanley Cup Champs

Problem is, his blinker is on the whole time he's driving it.

The left one, at that.

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Originally posted 01:50 PM ET  04.21 by LGP: Stanley Cup Champs

As long as he doesn't love himself in public I'm okay with it. :)

Then we'll have a headline like the one about Drury: "How Bad is Hasek's Hand?"

heard the maple leafs offered him a contract