{"id":1506,"date":"2019-07-26T20:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T18:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T17:56:59","slug":"dominik-hasek-considers-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/dominik-hasek-considers-presidential-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominik Hasek considers presidential run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dominik\n Hasek is a national icon in the Czech Republic for good reason, and now\n the Hall of Fame goaltender might have his eyes set on representing his\n country at the highest level, in an arena that outweighs sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe\n Dominator\u201d was asked if he would consider running for president of the \nCzech Republic and responded in a way true to character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne can imagine. Why not?\u201d Hasek said, via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idnes.cz\/zpravy\/domaci\/dominik-hasek-hokej-sport-politika-volby-prezident.A190726_095942_domaci_linv\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Czech Republic website iDNES<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow\n I have my job, which I really love and want to do it to the (fullest). \nBut what will be in two (or) three years? And then I\u2019ll decide. \nEverything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt\n the same time, I like to do things that are responsible. I have no \ndoubt that the office of the President is very responsible, so if I were\n to take it from this side, I would (have to) be excellent. But the \npresident must have a number of other qualities, so we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasek\n led Czech Republic to the gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where\n he submitted an iconic performance throughout, most notably in a 2-1 \nshootout victory over Canada. He followed that up by blanking Russia in \nthe gold medal game, preserving a 1-0 victory over Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\n performance made him a national hero, to go along with his decorated \nNHL career, where he won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings and\n six Vezina Trophies with the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasek\n has already shone for Czech Republic on the world stage and given the \ncurrent state of geopolitics, it\u2019s not completely unreasonable to rule \nhim out as the fourth president of his country, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominik Hasek is a national icon in the Czech Republic for good reason, and now the Hall of Fame goaltender might have his eyes set on representing his country at the highest level, in an arena that outweighs sports. \u201cThe Dominator\u201d was asked if he would consider running for president of the Czech Republic and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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