I am only rooting for the Kings because Vegas fans don't yet understand how difficult winning a Stanley Cup actually is. Can you imagine how spoiled and annoying they will become if they win the Cup in their first season!? Right now their new-found fandom and learning of the rules is kinda cute, but cute will become insufferable if they actually win it.
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Originally posted by Flystripper View PostI am only rooting for the Kings because Vegas fans don't yet understand how difficult winning a Stanley Cup actually is. Can you imagine how spoiled and annoying they will become if they win the Cup in their first season!? Right now their new-found fandom and learning of the rules is kinda cute, but cute will become insufferable if they actually win it.As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
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Originally posted by MartyFunkhouser View Postfalafel is already an insufferable asshole. I can't imagine how much worse he would get if the Golden Knights won.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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Originally posted by Flystripper View PostI am only rooting for the Kings because Vegas fans don't yet understand how difficult winning a Stanley Cup actually is. Can you imagine how spoiled and annoying they will become if they win the Cup in their first season!? Right now their new-found fandom and learning of the rules is kinda cute, but cute will become insufferable if they actually win it.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Flystripper View PostI am only rooting for the Kings because Vegas fans don't yet understand how difficult winning a Stanley Cup actually is. Can you imagine how spoiled and annoying they will become if they win the Cup in their first season!? Right now their new-found fandom and learning of the rules is kinda cute, but cute will become insufferable if they actually win it.As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
--Kendrick Lamar
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Originally posted by falafel View PostNot any harder than any other sport, right? I'm a Jazz fan, so I know what its like to be close by never reach the promised land.As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
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Originally posted by MartyFunkhouser View PostYes it is harder than other sports. Thanks for proving that you don't understand hockey and are not deserving of enjoying your team winning Lord Stanley's Cup.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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Originally posted by falafel View PostNot any harder than any other sport, right? I'm a Jazz fan, so I know what its like to be close by never reach the promised land.
1. Physicality combined with length of season and playoff run. Winning the SC is often a battle of attrition.
2. Hard cap on salaries (no luxury tax allowed) you can’t buy your championship.
3. Combine a hard cap with a requirement for depth (aside from goalie your best players will play 30-40% of the game unless you are named Duncan Kieth) and building a team with the necessary depth of a playoff run becomes incredibly difficult.
4. Playoff hockey can be incredibly physically taxing. There are no shoot outs in overtime and all 5 skaters remain on the ice. 2 and 3 overtimes in the playoffs are not uncommon. There is nothing like overtime playoff Hockey. It’s taken years off my life but they are years happily given.
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Originally posted by Flystripper View PostThere are several reasons why a Stanley Cup is more difficult. It’s not to say that winning a championship game in any league isn’t incredibly challenging, but Hockey has some factors that give it special weight in my opinion.
1. Physicality combined with length of season and playoff run. Winning the SC is often a battle of attrition.
2. Hard cap on salaries (no luxury tax allowed) you can’t buy your championship.
3. Combine a hard cap with a requirement for depth (aside from goalie your best players will play 30-40% of the game unless you are named Duncan Kieth) and building a team with the necessary depth of a playoff run becomes incredibly difficult.
4. Playoff hockey can be incredibly physically taxing. There are no shoot outs in overtime and all 5 skaters remain on the ice. 2 and 3 overtimes in the playoffs are not uncommon. There is nothing like overtime playoff Hockey. It’s taken years off my life but they are years happily given.
When I disputed Funk's claim that Knights fans would think winning a Stanley Cup is easy if Vegas won this year, my point was that its not easy to win a championship in any major American sport. I'm not convinced its "easier" to win a Super Bowl than a Stanley Cup. I'm not convinced its "easier" to win the World Series than to win the Stanley Cup. If your point is that it takes a special combination of strength, toughness and endurance to be a professional hockey player, I guess I can see your argument. But each sport has its own combination of unique physical requirements to play that sport at a high level.Last edited by falafel; 04-10-2018, 07:23 PM.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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Ok yeah I guess it depends on what you believe makes winning most difficult for the people that are trying to do it. You can’t buy a championship in the NHL like you can in baseball or basketball to a lesser extent. You play way more playoff games than football to win it. You only have to win 4 playoff games to win it in football. The only comparable argument is basketball and then it comes down to whether you think it is easier to acquire superstars or build a team that is 20 players deep with a hard cap.
It’s a matter of opinion at that point. Mix in the physicality and the player attrition due to injuries and my personal belief is that the Stanley Cup is the most difficult.
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Originally posted by Flystripper View PostOk yeah I guess it depends on what you believe makes winning most difficult for the people that are trying to do it. You can’t buy a championship in the NHL like you can in baseball or basketball to a lesser extent. You play way more playoff games than football to win it. You only have to win 4 playoff games to win it in football. The only comparable argument is basketball and then it comes down to whether you think it is easier to acquire superstars or build a team that is 20 players deep with a hard cap.
It’s a matter of opinion at that point. Mix in the physicality and the player attrition due to injuries and my personal belief is that the Stanley Cup is the most difficult.
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I don't think there is much doubt that going into the playoffs, hockey is the most unpredictable of the major sports.
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Originally posted by MartyFunkhouser View PostYes it is harder than other sports. Thanks for proving that you don't understand hockey and are not deserving of enjoying your team winning Lord Stanley's Cup.
And many of those teams had two top 30 players, Kareem, Shaq, Wade with Lebron, Durant with Curry, Pippen with Jordan, Dr. J with Malone.
In contrast, some marginal franchise, like Nashville last year, barely makes the playoffs, gets hot, and almost wins the Stanley Cup. That basically almost never happens in the NBA.Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
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Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View PostThis is a load of shit. Winning an NBA Championship is significantly more difficult than winning a Stanley Cup. See if 35 of the past 38 Stanley Cup finals involved one or more of only six players -- like Magic, Jordan, Hakeem, Duncan, Kobe and LeBron dominated the NBA since the 1980 Finals. They have 26 of the last 38 rings. Bird, Isaiah Thomas, Dwyane Wade, Steph Curry, Kevin Garnett, Moses Malone and Dirk Nowitzki have 11 more. There is literally one champion team from the last 38 that didn't have a top 30 player of all time, the 2004 Pistons.
And many of those teams had two top 30 players, Kareem, Shaq, Wade with Lebron, Durant with Curry, Pippen with Jordan, Dr. J with Malone.
In contrast, some marginal franchise, like Nashville last year, barely makes the playoffs, gets hot, and almost wins the Stanley Cup. That basically almost never happens in the NBA.
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Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View PostThis is a load of shit. Winning an NBA Championship is significantly more difficult than winning a Stanley Cup. See if 35 of the past 38 Stanley Cup finals involved one or more of only six players -- like Magic, Jordan, Hakeem, Duncan, Kobe and LeBron dominated the NBA since the 1980 Finals. They have 26 of the last 38 rings. Bird, Isaiah Thomas, Dwyane Wade, Steph Curry, Kevin Garnett, Moses Malone and Dirk Nowitzki have 11 more. There is literally one champion team from the last 38 that didn't have a top 30 player of all time, the 2004 Pistons.
And many of those teams had two top 30 players, Kareem, Shaq, Wade with Lebron, Durant with Curry, Pippen with Jordan, Dr. J with Malone.
In contrast, some marginal franchise, like Nashville last year, barely makes the playoffs, gets hot, and almost wins the Stanley Cup. That basically almost never happens in the NBA.As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
--Kendrick Lamar
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