Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek refused to accept about $3 million of his salary for a simple reason.
"I didn't feel that I could play," he said Saturday.
Hasek spoke before Detroit played Dallas, one day after general manager Ken Holland said Hasek had forfeited the remainder of his salary because he is out with a groin injury.
Hasek, who announced Feb. 10 that he would miss the rest of the season, has not accepted pay since Jan. 9, Holland said Friday. That was the day Hasek and the team agreed the goaltender should rest the injured groin for two to four weeks.
Hasek tested out the groin in early February, but later said he no longer could play this season.
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One of the NHL's greatest goalies, Hasek won two MVP awards and six Vezina Trophies, given to the league's top goalie, during a nine-year stint in Buffalo. He also led the Czech Republic to a gold medal in the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
In a time when so many athletes are behaving "badly," one can only marvel at the integrity of Dominik Hasek.
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