Dominik Hasek is one of the best goaltenders of all time. In fact, there’s a good case you could make for him being the best. Although it’s hard to compare goaltenders from different eras when scoring rates were different, he ranks first all time in career save percentage at .922%, first in goals against average at 2.20 and eighth in wins with 389 (with significantly fewer games played than others). There’s no denying how amazing he was, especially in his early to mid-thirties in Buffalo.
That’s why when the Ottawa Senators signed him to a 1-year deal in 2004 they were extremely excited.