Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
why do you like the stanley cup more?
good points on those things hoya....
my points for liking the Stanley Cup more is
a) i grew up watching the NHL and i think the Stanley Cup, as julian said, is the greatest trophy in sports. i love to see teams fight for it.
b) i dont agree that the players try harder for the gold medal. perhaps more than they do in the regular season, but i am talking about the playoffs here.
c) to use one of your reasons, it only happens once every four years. the NHL is (almost) every year and you get to know the players and which teams they are on, generally and the season builds to the playoffs.
d) sudden death overtime that could possibly last for an eternity.
furthermore, i dont know, its like 4 or 5 teams, and then 7 beat up teams, so most of the games are not that interesting and then its like 3 days of great games, that are on at like 11am on a thursday morning and some asshole tells me the score before i get off of work so i know the result before the game is over anyway.
blah. Olympic hockey is cool, and for the kids who grow up knowing nothing but NHLers in the games, they may end up liking it better.
but no, i cant believe any player whos been anywhere NEAR the Stanley Cup, would rather have Olympic Gold.
