For good reasons, there are no ties during the Stanley Cup season. Somebody needs to win so the lads can get out to their cottages on the lakes, where all hockey players spend their summers, or so I have been told.
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You have to want to put a competitive, Stanley Cup-caliber team on the ice in contrast to wanting to hopefully someday financially break even. So you have to really balance expenses with revenue.
I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.
I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.
Every spring, this happens: People discover hockey when daylight lasts longer and men grow beards and tie games do not end in shootouts but rather continue until a goal is scored. The seventh game only heightens the mood for players and fans alike.
It's obviously disappointing and surreal when you see someone else win the Stanley Cup.
As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.
I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.
I'm not a hockey fan. I'm not a golf fan.
You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.