Suppose you were offered this deal:
You can hold an individual record that would be guaranteed to stand for 100 years ... BUT
You will never, ever, ever be part of a team that wins the Cup, and in fact, your team will never even make the playoffs. Ever. So not only will you never hoist the Cup, you'll never even get to shower your teammates with champagne. You are guaranteed to be a superstar on a sucky franchise.
Would you take this deal?
2007-11-08 03:20:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
Dang it, someone tell me where the heck is Snoop? I finally ask a hockey question, and is he anywhere to be found? N-o-o-o-o ...!
2007-11-08 14:54:52 · update #1
Personally, I want the indivudual record of being on the most championship teams.
Henri Richard won 11 Stanley Cups.....I don't think that will be broken in even Chris's lifetime!
2007-11-08 07:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would rather win the Cup. Hockey's a team game. The Cup is what people play hockey for, and the love of the game. You play to win the Cup. Not get individual records.
2007-11-09 17:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by McMoose--RIPYAHS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would rather be part of a Stanley Cup Champion team, than to hold any individual record and never have a chance to win it. Winning the Cup is a measure of individual success as well as pay-dirt for the collective effort. Being on a Stanley Cup Champion team is the gold standard, individual records without titles pales in comparison. Hockey is a team sport.
Edit: Best answer LITY.....2phunny
2007-11-08 06:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by Theolicious 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Since this is really a team sport (most minutes of ice for a strong player is like 26-28 minutes) I think championships are much more important... for any player.
Most record holders have a championship ring (the long standing records) because their teams contributed greatly to their accomplishment. It seems that most players don't really
play for a record... not saying that it is accidental but it was not initially a goal.
Championships are much more important. I doubt that there is a player out there that thinks differently. It may be different in other sports but the Stanley Cup is like Mt Everest... its bigger than the sport itself in some ways. I don't think the championships in the NBA as much reverence as the Cup... or the NFL for that matter... But the history and the respect of the Cup is huge (it might be the same way for the World Series in baseball).
2007-11-08 04:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by cattledog 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No way to the record. Records are broken all the time. Winning the cup and having your name engraved on it is a piece of immortality. In a team game, the ultimate goal should be for the team. Most records are individual so I'll take my shot at the cup and the whirlwind that follows, which would include bringing it home so my Dad and my friends can all spend a moment with it. Take it to the legion so some of our vets can see it, play a round of golf with it, take it to the W Ross MacDonald school for the blind. Let my nephews play a road hockey game to win it. Visit my granfather's grave. What a truly unbelievable day that would be.
LOL Sure LITY - find a way to have your cake and eat it too.
2007-11-08 04:16:34 · answer #5 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
The vast majority of NHLers would rather win the Cup than hold an individual record. With rare exception, NHL players grow up craving the Cup, and they play their entire career just to lift it. I'd rather win a Cup as well.
Even if a record stands for 100 years it will eventually be broken, you'll never have your name erased from the Cup. That's a better form of immortality.
2007-11-08 03:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff J 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋
individual record holder would be a great honor for any hockey player. the only thing is, is that it can be broken an then you are forgotten. just like what happend yesterday with modano breaking the record for the most points as a american in the NHL. phil housley had it. but he will now be forgotten.
But winning is probally the greatest achivement in hockey. and you and those other 17 men with you will be friends for ever. and all of you will never forget that moment that you had with eachother.
2007-11-08 05:31:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No Way! There's no reason to play unless you are trying to win the Cup! I would rather have my name on the Cup as a 4th liner who plays 2 minutes a game than to be Sidney Crosby (assuming he never wins the Cup).
2007-11-08 07:25:03 · answer #8 · answered by bewerefan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it was an individual sport like swimming (not on relays) then I would be all about the records. But when I play for a team, I am playing for them first and everything else second. The championship means more than any other record.
2007-11-08 04:37:37 · answer #9 · answered by John G 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Anyone who would rather hold the individual record has no business being in hockey. I wouldn't want that person on my team.
2007-11-08 06:27:57 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋