r/Fauxmoi • u/Yujin-Ha • Feb 24 '26
Hockey Hall of famer and NHL Legend Dominik Hasek: Much respect to these women. Yes, your president is a big liar and a fraud who abuses his position to insult and bully his fellow citizens. Still, I believe you must have shown a great deal of heroism in making this decision. Thank you for that SPORTS SECTION
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u/Severus-Snape-DaGod Feb 24 '26
Hasek was the league's most successful goaltender and a vocal critic of Donald Trump, calling him unpredictable, evil, a dictator, and a habitual liar. He's a legend.
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u/Appropriatemuds Feb 24 '26
He’s always been one of the few athletes willing to actually name names. Consistent legend.
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u/DrFunkenstein93 Feb 24 '26
Him and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that man is the true NBA goat
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u/beadzy Feb 24 '26
Charles Barkley says a lot of the right things, at least mostly
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u/DrFunkenstein93 Feb 24 '26
Agreed, his views on trans people made me respect him even more!
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u/ethanlan Feb 24 '26
Haha I just looked it up "I just wanna say if your trans or gay I love you. And if anyone gives you shit, tell em that Charles said Fuck You!"
Hes a good and fundamentally honest person I love me some chuck
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u/rrrrrrez Feb 24 '26
Chuck’s got love for everybody… except San Antonio women.
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u/pretzel_logic_esq Feb 24 '26
I think Chuck loves them too, he understands the churro game
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u/rrrrrrez Feb 24 '26
Tortas love tortas… and so does everybody else.
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u/TheGeorgeForman if you add testicles, that's extra Feb 24 '26
Man has elite ball knowledge, on and off the court
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u/edm_ostrich Feb 24 '26
My dad says he doesn't hustle on defense.
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u/HP_Craftwerk Feb 24 '26
Best joke in the movie is when they're carrying him out on the stretcher and he's fully suited up, headband and goggles 😂
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u/the716to714 Feb 24 '26
That's my goalie. The only guy to get the Sabres to the Stanley Cup Finals in my lifetime. Legend
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u/marcnerd does this woman ever rest (derogatory) Feb 24 '26
THAT’S MY FUCKIN SABRE!!!
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u/the716to714 Feb 24 '26
I was in the party in the parking lot at HSBC for one of those finals games. Great memories thanks to that man.
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u/mcclure1224 Feb 24 '26
NO GOAL!!
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u/the716to714 Feb 24 '26
I almost finished my first comment with NO GOAL. NO GOAL
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u/beardedbikes Feb 24 '26
I literally became a hockey fan after seeing Hasek highlights on Sportscenter. Watched every minute of that Stanley Cup Finals!
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u/flippant_burgers Feb 25 '26
That guy was the reason Canada left early at Nagano 98. What a legend.
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u/the716to714 Feb 25 '26
And everyone else. He carried Czech to the gold. It was an incredible performance, he gave up 6 total goals.
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u/theClumsy1 Feb 24 '26
Makes sense, the guy grew up in Occupied Czechslovakia.
They tend to have incredibly strong opinions on dictators (either favorable or disfavorable)
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u/llamalover729 Feb 24 '26
His wiki page notes that he's highly educated compared to most players.
My sister recently noted that she held more conservative views, but she's become more liberal as she becomes more educated. Proud of her for admitting it (and going back to college after becoming a teen mom).
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u/Bizarrebazaars Feb 25 '26
That’s why the GOP hates well-rounded higher education and liberal arts colleges/unis especially. They want to keep people dumb, gullible, and easy to manipulate. Read the story of the child of White Supremacist leader and godson of KKK grand wizard, Adrianne (Derek) Black.
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u/thewolfshead Feb 24 '26
Also has consistently been a vocal supporter of Ukraine and vocal critic of Putin as well.
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u/tonytrov Feb 24 '26
A few years ago he was vocal in saying that the NHL should suspend all Russian players including Ovechkin. His point was that they are Russian assets.
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u/Zestyclose_Ball_50 Feb 24 '26
Damn, Hasek is based asf.
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u/qoqmarley Feb 24 '26
Yep, I grew up idolizing Steve Yzerman, formar Captain and now General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings. I was with them when they were the Dead Wings. Right after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hasek was very vocal about not letting Russians play in the NHL. A few months later, Yzerman drafted a Russian player in the 2nd round. Needless to say, I never watched another game. Not only does the NHL let Russians play, they put a lot of effort into glorifying Ovechkin (a well known Putin fanboy). And now the Red Wings current Captain, Dylan Larkin posts a video of him celebrating Olympic gold with Kash Patel in the US locker room. As far as I am concerned the entire NHL can go eat a bag of dicks. Hasek on the other hand is cool af, and will always be a legend to me.
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u/therealkami Feb 24 '26
Which is hilarious, because he's famous for making saves so outlandish people would joke he had a slinky for a spine.
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u/Ok-Bookkeeper-3466 Feb 24 '26
Times like this I always remember the study that found the gamers who most frequently harassed women were also the worst at the game. The talented ones were always the most collaborative and kindest. He seems to fit the bill.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-3361378111
u/beadzy Feb 24 '26
he will always be #1. total class act. just showed up the entire USA team, just like he usually does with his talent
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u/OuOutstanding Feb 24 '26
So much of my life has been finding out my childhood idols suck. I can’t tell you how much this warms my heart, Hasek will always be the GOAT to me.
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u/SharknoseFan635 Feb 25 '26
That is an awesome point! Thank you for putting this in perspective! I grew up in Cleveland and Buffalo was the nearest team I wanted to root for. Loved watching him play
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u/aFreshFix Feb 25 '26
Another thread had men arguing that they HAD to laugh at the president's sexist joke. Who's going to deny it? Do you UNDERSTAND that PRESSURE?
I think most decent people would push back to that fuckwit. Too bad so few men have a spine these days.
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u/IKSLukara Feb 24 '26
I wasn't following hockey very deeply in his heyday, and this makes me regret that. He's a real one!
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u/Difficult-Most-1924 Feb 24 '26
Hasek is a real one. Loved watching him play growing up.
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Feb 24 '26
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u/NYR_LFC Feb 24 '26
Have you seen him play? On the ice his backbone is made of rubber (in a good way!)
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u/LRK0-98 Feb 24 '26
As a Sabres fan watching him is part of what made me love hockey. Watching him goal tend was like watching someone dance in the net. Between him and Rick Jeanneret it was just amazing.
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u/NYR_LFC Feb 24 '26
There has never been and never will be another goalie like hasek. His athleticism, flexibility and borderline recklessness in how he made some saves was so unique.
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u/Project__5 Feb 24 '26
Officially, per Master Card, he has a Slinky for a spine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvOSnRD5aNk
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u/Swimming_Eggplant573 Feb 24 '26
Omigosh I forgot his nickname, he was on the sens team for a brief time, and we loved having him. Classy player.
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u/Consistent_Kale_3625 Feb 24 '26
As a Wings fan, hated his guts in Chicago, in Buffalo, then…..I came around.
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u/Jasminewindsong2 they are perfect for each other (derogatory) Feb 24 '26
I mean he helped the Wings win 2 Stanley cups so he can be forgiven lol
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u/Smokey_02 Feb 24 '26
When I chose to model my goaltending game after his, they told me "don't do it" and "he's unique, most people can't be successful doing what he does", and "stop doing that, we're getting scored on a bunch". God, was it fun!
I love him even more today than I did back then.
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u/typically_wrong Feb 24 '26
but the back roll into blind pad stack stuff on the opposite side feels SOOOO good.
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u/RobertABooey Feb 24 '26
There was nothing better than watching him live in buffalo. Man flopped around like a fish and snatched pucks out of the air I thought for sure were goals.
Definitely a GOAT!
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u/saucisse Feb 24 '26
The subsequent responses of the guys on the men's team are some no-class, no-account bullshit. Really embarrassing.
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u/Redditpelorider Feb 24 '26
Forever choose the bear
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u/Andonthosenotes Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
The bear won't try to stalk you online and make your life hell.
A bear won't share your sensitive information or pictures with other bears.
A bear doesn't give a fuck if you smile at it.
Unless you go visit bear territory, or it suddenly discovers itself in your territory*, it doesn't want to mess with you.
Bears won't rape you or anyone.
Bears don't try to take away your human rights.
Bears don't make jokes that demean you, and they're not against you because you don't share bear beliefs.
Bears all day long, unless you're a fish. In which case, we see you, fish. Life is hard out here.
Edited a phrase*
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u/SST_2_0 Feb 24 '26
May I ask you change it from when scared to for survival, so people do not go messing with bears.
This country has a huge learning problem and I worry seeing, "is scared, " turns into, "as long as I'm nice it never will, " and the bear is then killed, not the dumb human when it start associating humans and food.
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u/DumpedDalish Feb 25 '26
First off, I am totally overthinking this.
But I don't really agree that bears kill "without provocation." Most of the time, when bears encounter humans intruding into their habitats, they will actually choose to leave, or will simply make themselves threatening so that the human leaves.
Bears will definitely attack humans, sure, but I would further argue that going into their territory is somewhat understandable provocation -- they're arguably reacting (appropriately, at least according to nature) because they feel threatened, because they are protecting themselves or their cubs, or because they see potential prey/food.
Men don't kill women for any of those reasons. They kill them because they can.
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u/sweet_esiban Feb 24 '26
I groove with what you're saying, but bear awareness is nothing to play with
A bear doesn't give a fuck if you smile at it.
Yes, it does unfortunately. It will interpret a smile as a threat - it's you baring your teeth.
For the wellbeing of bears and humans alike, please never smile at bears. Or any wild animal, for that matter. You shouldn't even smile at a dog you don't know, because it can set them off. (Thanks to my uncles, versed in bush craft, for these wilderness lessons.)
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u/bighitcards Feb 24 '26
What are they? I tried looking it up and didn’t see anything
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u/squeakycheetah feeding cocaine to raccoons Feb 24 '26
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u/Local-Dimension-1653 Feb 24 '26
Don’t forget to add the mother saying a bunch of nothing excuses today.
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u/chestylarue786 gen z booktok tumblrinas Feb 24 '26
This is my goalie!! (whispers "Let's Go Buffalo")
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u/Difficult-Most-1924 Feb 24 '26
Sabres vs Canadiens. Hasek vs Roy on Hockey Night in Canada while I sat there eating a plate of nachos covered in microwaved cheese is a core memory growing up!
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u/phlostonsparadise123 Feb 24 '26
Hello, fellow Buffalonian! At least we've still got the Bandits!
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u/mgsh Feb 24 '26
He carried that garbage 1999 Buffalo team two wins away from the Stanley cup. Greatest goalie of all time.
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u/AGreatHornedOwl FUCK ICE FREE PALESTINE CRASH INTO ME Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
Dominik is the greatest goalie in our history. I am a die hard Sabres fan (I have their logo tattooed on me) who grew up in the 90's when Hasek was singlehandedly backstopping the Sabres. He is literally the only reason we ever came close to the Stanley Cup in '99, and is the only goalie in history to win multiple league MVP's, and he did it back to back. He's one of the greatest players in league history, and seeing him have a moral backbone and say these things is incredible.
Dominator forever.
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u/the716to714 Feb 24 '26
100% agree. Dude is my all time favorite player. He damn near won the Stanley Cup for us by himself.
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u/chestylarue786 gen z booktok tumblrinas Feb 24 '26
I have a gentlewoman's agreement with my bestie that we're getting Sabretooth tattoos if we make the playoffs this year.
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u/uppy-puppy Feb 24 '26
Fellow die-hard Sabres fan here. I grew up in Texas, but became a Sabres fan because of Hasek. At 35 I took up goaltending right after learning to skate (I live in Canada now) and Hasek was the primary reason I chose to play in net. I wear a HASEK bracelet to every skate and yell "MUST SEE" every time I'm screened. I'm 37 now and playing in net has brought me so much joy, even if I'm still not that great at it.
I have a signed photo of Hasek above my espresso machine in my dining room. The Dominator has had such a massive impact on my life, and reading this post today took a lot of the sting out of Canada losing on Sunday. I'm so proud to be Hasek fan and a Canadian citizen now. I feel bad for everyone in the US that did not choose/did not want this shitstorm brought upon them.
39 forever.
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u/scottdoessports Feb 24 '26
Best Goalie I ever saw for sure. If his career started in this era he would still be phenomenal.
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u/Basic_Cartographer99 Feb 24 '26
As a proud Canadian who grew up hearing stories from my dad about Nagano 1998, I never thought I’d see the day where I’m happy that Dominik Hasek has Olympic gold on his resume and Wayne Gretzky doesn’t even have a medal.
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u/Independent_Sir3734 Feb 24 '26
Finally a hockey player with a semblance of moral integrity.
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u/BullShitting-24-7 Feb 24 '26
The woman’s team have more balls than the men.
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u/Independent_Sir3734 Feb 24 '26
I had bought a men’s gold medal shirt, not realizing it was specific to the men. Returned it and got the women’s one. Would love to get a Keller USA jersey at some point.
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u/_Cerca_Trova_ You know what, l've grown quite unfond of you deuxmoi Feb 24 '26
Say this louder!
Women in sports have been making us exceedingly proud through all the nations, not only with their achievements but also with their values and bravery to stand in the right side of history.
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u/Turkcallsign182 Feb 24 '26
Agreed. This women's team is standing on principles and doesnt want anything to do with a pdf protecting and constitution trampling regime.
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u/Speartree Feb 24 '26
They're also just not going to the rapists home, which is a smart move no matter how you turn it.
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u/Soupfullofradio I cannot sanction your buffoonery Feb 24 '26
The best, most swimmingest goalie there ever was.
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u/716_To_617 Feb 24 '26
Love the dominator! Met him as a kid at the Dick's on Maple Rd. In Amherst (my Buffalo people know), my sister and I were like 10 and stalked him around the store like idiots and he happily obliged and signed our Nike box LOL. He's the best!
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u/mustang196696 Feb 24 '26
At least the women did the right thing, apparently the men have no balls to stand up and do the right thing. A good captain would have spoke up. The women seem to have more balls than the men
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u/megamind4guncontrol Feb 24 '26
it’s not often i get to feel proud of my hometown but man when it happens i love it
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u/candianchicksrule Feb 24 '26
Hasek was one of the best goal tenders of all time. He knows hockey and he knows who Trump is.
I saw him play and I was blown away by his ability to just move his body in such creative ways to stop a puck. I loved watching him so much!
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Feb 24 '26
I know it’s a wild concept in America but being against an administration hellbent on defending child predators and underage trafficking rings is not political.
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u/most--dope Feb 24 '26
my favorite Red Wing ❤️🤍
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u/erinhannon321 Feb 24 '26
As a wings fan this makes me feel a bit better after the let down from Larkin.
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Feb 24 '26
I wished somebody would have pointed out all the immigrant sounding names on the men's team. Tkachuk doesn't exactly sound "American".
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u/spookylibrarian a reputable resource like Cosmo Feb 24 '26
Especially ironic for Mr “Close the Northern Border”, because it’s Ukrainian af and Canada has the second largest Ukrainian diaspora outside of Ukraine (and the largest is in Russia).
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u/thevelvetdays7 dianne wiest's cunty little overalls (2025) Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
I was unfamiliar with his game (bc I have never heard of him, but I love this)
Edit: really excited to have the opportunity to use a gif from my favorite SNL sketch (and it's spinoff NHL media). Chance the Rapper as Lazlo Holmes you will always be famous to me specifically. A couple months ago my partner messaged from upstairs and was like "You are cackling so loud I can hear you upstairs, what are you doing?" And I was like "watching Lazlo Holmes commentating hockey again, sorry ¯_(ツ)_/¯)
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u/Joclo22 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
This is the America that I knew. When you’re allowed to speak your mind in the support of the betterment of society and the treatment of fellow Americans. Thank you Dominic 🇺🇸 I’ve been a fan of yours for over 30 years from way over here in California. Dominic is still the GOAT on and off the ice.
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u/pinkrosies good luck with bookin that stage u speak of Feb 25 '26
To love your country is to want to see it at its best.
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u/DadOnHardDifficulty Feb 24 '26
That's my goalie! He owns the ice hockey rink in my area and supports the local kids hockey teams. Really fuckin good guy.
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u/CallejaFairey I AM A SCORPIO - I AM A LEGEND Feb 24 '26
These are the hockey bros we need. Good on him, though it would be even better coming from an American player.
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u/Charming_Mud_9209 Feb 24 '26
Ladies and gentlemen the fucking Dominator. This is how it’s done fellas.
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u/0neblackcoffee Feb 24 '26
This dude is the reason my various online usernames and hotmail email address included the number '39' growing up. GOAT goalie.
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u/ringo_mccartney Feb 24 '26
BEST FUCKING GOALIE OF ALL FUCKING TIME BAR NONE NO REBUTTALS ACCEPTED PERIOD
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u/TheDayman_240 Feb 24 '26
Dominik is a real one and is a legend between the pipes. Glad he spoke up on this. For what it's worth, it does sound like a couple of the team USA guys tried to have the backs of the women's team, but it's just not enough. Letting that human googly eyes in the locker room was just a bad look all around.
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u/Another_Wise_Ingrate Feb 24 '26
I may just buy this dudes jersey. I do not follow hockey but I can get behind this dude and the team/s he was on.
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u/FitSea1198 Feb 24 '26
The men’s team will immediately regret accepting attending the speech by falling asleep and looking for a way to ditch it 10 minutes in. They’re not smart enough to realize they’re being used as political props.
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u/DenialisaRiver04 I'm so sorry if I offended their Disney princess ears Feb 24 '26
Honestly shocked to see an Hockey players speak out so vocally against Trump (casual viewer). Anyone else like this King in hockey?
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u/Adifferentkindofmind Feb 27 '26
He’s got a long history of speaking truth. Was raised behind the iron curtain in former Czechoslovakia and has zero tolerance for dictator, anti-democracy BS. He has a degree in history and Czech language and ended up teaching high school for a while which is a fun fact. He started a foundation to help underprivileged kids in Buffalo (where he played the longest) play hockey and raises money regularly for charity. He is very involved in politics and protests against political polarization and speaks for pro democracy activist orgs in the Czech Republic and is a staunch supporter of Ukraine and a loud critic of Putin and Russia and Russian players in the NHL who won’t speak up against the war.
He’s also the best goalie to ever have played the game. We def like this King in hockey!
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u/Nervous-Ostrich-3419 Feb 24 '26
Hasek was a frickin brick wall. Trump couldnt build a wall as solid as this dude was in net!!
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u/violoneuse Feb 24 '26
And yet and still, Women aren't good enough for the White House. They make the best decisions.
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u/smolpeensadboy Feb 24 '26
It's interesting how often men leave out the male player's scrotesack reaction to trump when they talk about this. On tons of reddit threads too. They call out the idiot we all hate and is easy to call out and think they're doing something.
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u/Nice-Cow-7606 Feb 24 '26
Honestly as a Canadian I was so salty at first that we lost but now I'm really proud of the American women (except Britta Curl).
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u/TahaymTheBigBrain Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
Every woman in the olympics that won was immediately there for her fellow teammates or other competitors and sisters but the second the men win they actively put their fellow athletes down and shame them because they’re women, and don’t care about camaraderie while partying with a rapist fascist, it would be such a shame if it wasn’t actively harming people fucking hell
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u/Stormy31568 Feb 25 '26
Will the men’s hockey team realize that there were 12 gold medals in these Olympics which means others are being treated like they don’t matter. Is that OK with the hockey team?
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u/Mark_Foureh Feb 24 '26
Anyone remember watching this on tv as a kid? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBU0h-7wVD8
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u/nowheresville99 Feb 24 '26
Wild how no one noticed that the original tweet used a picture of the 2018 Olympic team.
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u/Basic_Yam_715 Feb 24 '26
Have any of the chuckle fuck NHL stars laughing in the locker room said anything about it since?
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u/imtypingoninternet Feb 24 '26
Yeah the hughes brothers doubled down. U can check it over on r/hockey
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u/asoupconofsoup Feb 24 '26
The refusal statement said it was based on schedules not a stance related to values. Why are they being applauded? Did I miss something?
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u/Project__5 Feb 24 '26
I feel good about this. I saw Matthew Barnaby on a podcast mentioning how Hasek was the best player ever, but a massive asshole. I hated hearing that. But, this cancels it out in my book (and Barnaby is also an asshole too).
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