What do you think this is, a hockey forum?
- funmaster18

Oh, sorry, I forget it's a forum talking about a bunch of faeries who run around in circles, fake crippling injuries every 30 seconds, and have "exciting" 0-0 ties.

So you're saying once you've had an orgasm, you just say, that was great. But now, been there done that. I'm done with sex?

By all accounts those who've won a cup end up even more fired up to do it again. Which is why so often teams look for veteran leadership with cup pedigrees.
- bodiva88

That analogy doesn't quite work. Where does the 82 game, 9 month season and first 3 rounds of the playoffs fit into your orgasm scenario? Foreplay?

And who do you think wants to win a cup more: Jerome Iginla or Patrick Kane?

Obviously these are all highly competitive athletes and they always want to win. In fact I don't know anybody who likes to lose. My comment was only about a difficult and lifelong goal being attained - maybe twice in Richards' case - and how the fire can dim some.

That analogy doesn't quite work. Where does the 82 game, 9 month season and first 3 rounds of the playoffs fit into your orgasm scenario? Foreplay?

And who do you think wants to win a cup more: Jerome Iginla or Patrick Kane?

Obviously these are all highly competitive athletes and they always want to win. In fact I don't know anybody who likes to lose. My comment was only about a difficult and lifelong goal being attained - and twice in Richards' case - and how the fire can dim some.
- wolfhounds

I'll disagree, as players have stated that after they get a taste, they want to do it again even more.

That analogy doesn't quite work. Where does the 82 game, 9 month season and first 3 rounds of the playoffs fit into your orgasm scenario? Foreplay?

And who do you think wants to win a cup more: Jerome Iginla or Patrick Kane?

Obviously these are all highly competitive athletes and they always want to win. In fact I don't know anybody who likes to lose. My comment was only about a difficult and lifelong goal being attained - maybe twice in Richards' case - and how the fire can dim some.
- wolfhounds

A 9 month foreplay seems a bit over the top

Nope. The point is if it feels good, you want to do it more. The argument that someone would be jaded by winning just doesn't wash. Ask the 90s Redwings.
- bodiva88

I never said or even implied jaded. That's got a negative connotation I never approached.

A 9 month foreplay seems a bit over the top
- PhillySportsGuy

Okay there, squirt.

So is size the only thing? Do they have the same shot power? Do they check just as hard as each other? Are they both equally strong? You have to define what categorical advantages the bigger player has. It matters, because I may have a legit reason, but you need to define the advantage you see the bigger player having.

Also, I'm not disagreeing with your premise, but there may be a reason.
- jmatchett383

The only advantage in the premise the bigger player has is size. All I'm saying is that I think that size can many times be a tie breaker between choosing one player or another. Realistically, in a real world environment, how often are any two players going to be equal in everything but size? But I think in speculation, that most talent evaluators, if they felt two players were pretty equal, they'd take the bigger player if there was a significant difference in size between the two players.

So Friday the 13th

Full moon

Lundqvist's 666th game



Classic set up for the Lundqvist Werewolf

I'll disagree, as players have stated that after they get a taste, they want to do it again even more.
- jmatchett383

But what about the guys who've never gotten the taste?

So is size the only thing? Do they have the same shot power? Do they check just as hard as each other? Are they both equally strong? You have to define what categorical advantages the bigger player has. It matters, because I may have a legit reason, but you need to define the advantage you see the bigger player having.

Also, I'm not disagreeing with your premise, but there may be a reason.
- jmatchett383

All things being equal, I would take the bigger player as well.

So Friday the 13th

Full moon

Lundqvist's 666th game



Classic set up for the Lundqvist Werewolf
- Streit2ThePoint

Is that a new dance move?

Soccer: the only time when "nil" is actually a number

A 9 month foreplay seems a bit over the top
- PhillySportsGuy

The only advantage in the premise the bigger player has is size. All I'm saying is that I think that size can many times be a tie breaker between choosing one player or another. Realistically, in a real world environment, how often are any two players going to be equal in everything but size? But I think in speculation, that most talent evaluators, if they felt two players were pretty equal, they'd take the bigger player if there was a significant difference in size between the two players.
- MJL

So is the bigger player also stronger, or just bigger?

A 9 month foreplay seems a bit over the top
- PhillySportsGuy

What's preseason then? Drinking alcohol before the foreplay starts?

How would you guys feel if the Flyers won a Cup, but the roster was made up of players you didn't especially care for. For instance:

Uncle Lou was the GM
Brodeur as goalie
James Neal as 1st line winger
Carcillo on the 4th line

and so on

What's preseason then? Drinking alcohol before the foreplay starts?
- Giroux_Is_God

Posting on hockeybuzz to make your wife crave affection.

What's preseason then? Drinking alcohol before the foreplay starts?
- Giroux_Is_God

Buying dinner

Posting on hockeybuzz to make your wife crave affection.
- jmatchett383

Buying dinner
- PhillySportsGuy

It's all prostitution, in a way.

How would you guys feel if the Flyers won a Cup, but the roster was made up of players you didn't especially care for. For instance:

Uncle Lou was the GM
Brodeur as goalie
James Neal as 1st line winger
Carcillo on the 4th line

and so on
- jmatchett383

I'd feel pretty good.

How would you guys feel if the Flyers won a Cup, but the roster was made up of players you didn't especially care for. For instance:

Uncle Lou was the GM
Brodeur as goalie
James Neal as 1st line winger
Carcillo on the 4th line

and so on
- jmatchett383

Would Neal and Carcillo still be bumholes or will they have altered their playing style?

It's all prostitution, in a way.
- jmatchett383

'tis

How would you guys feel if the Flyers won a Cup, but the roster was made up of players you didn't especially care for. For instance:

Uncle Lou was the GM
Brodeur as goalie
James Neal as 1st line winger
Carcillo on the 4th line

and so on
- jmatchett383

No idea - I wouldn't be a fan by about the end of pre-season...

Kyle Calder
- five4fighting10

for zeus