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Yep.. this says alot
Feb 24, 2020 1:12 AM
Papabehhr
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Yep.. this says alot
edzo1121
For some reason (some) hockey fans need to turn everything into a dick measuring contest.
OhISee24
As a british person living in the US, I find this behavior is so fucking strange.
funnyguy10
NHL has got it right
Heatseeker49
Tazer! Hockey players are the best. Obv exceptions, but i feel like that sport has the most class act/down to earth people
PhilKenSebban
Honestly hate watching the owners get the trophy, who fuckin cares about them, let the players have it.
BitchButcher
NFL/NHL/NBA: Clubs are franchises that can move to another city and do have owners. My European football club: Owned by its members.
FrostyNutzKilla
What a plight for the millionaires of the NFL.
gooberthepredator615
Always upvote hockey! Go Preds
Bringmorehockeytoimgur
I'm relevant!!
royrogersdoublerbarburger
I >3 u
Bringmorehockeytoimgur
Is that a backwards heart?? Is there a deeper meaning??
DamascusFire
That just sounds like the difference between America and Canada, though.
rmiGod
Eh, I watch football, handball and volley. That seems to be an american football thing more than anything else.
DamascusFire
Ah no, I was shooting shots at the fact that Canada looks after its people and America doesn't, sorry
Lobuttomize
NHL players also avoid touching the division trophy on superstition so
SecretlyForeign
This probably has more to do with the NHL having a single trophy that is awesome. The Lomardi Trophy is meh.
SecretlyForeign
i doubt players want to interact with it that much. If the NFL had a trophy with the cachet of the Stanley Cup, bet it would be different.
kseniakost
And then there's the Packers that are publicly owned :))
Sassmachine
Every other NFL fan after reading this comment: Everyone drink. They mentioned it again.
SleepIsDeathPractice
And greatest organization in sports by far
leonth3duke
Usually walked through a line of players who get to touch/kiss it before it gets to the stage in the NFL.
BellerophonM
Wait they seriously don't award the trophy straight to the players? Jesus christ America.
Lobuttomize
It's usually like they all touch it as it's brought to the owner/coach/MVP iirc
funnyguy10
SaphirasSexDoll
How is it decided which team member takes the cup home?
Papabehhr
Captain always 1st
SaphirasSexDoll
So they just rotate it around?
Papabehhr
Yep..captain makes the 1st call, then all choose who they want after that
SaphirasSexDoll
For how long?
Papabehhr
The order is team, coaches, trainers, owners.. then into the locker room
fign37
I think in every other sport the players get the trophy first, isnt it?
bullneckfury
John Elway isn’t the owner...
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ColoradoCattleCo
They could have used a million different pictures, but this...
linearcore
But, why is he holding it?
bshodokai
Because Pat bowlen was suffering from Alzheimer's.
cwhis
He's the GM.
linearcore
I don't remember him at my monthly RPG night.
cwhis
No one goes to your monthly RPG night.
linearcore
Wow. Just calling me out like that, huh. Look, I provide snacks, what more should I do?
linearcore
NFL: 16 game regular season. NHL: 84 game regular season.
Rinnosuke
MLB: 162 game regular season.
dolphinboynd
82 but close enough
linearcore
Motherfucker. I looked it up. Son of a bitch. I need to read more carefully.
cakemanlink
to be fair there have been a couple 84 game seasons
linearcore
Let's just go with that, and not my faulty memory and sporadic illiteracy.
charlie2979
A football isn't a sport that should have more games.
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charlie2979
Yes.
TrapsAreIllegal
Because it sucks and no one wants to watch it?
charlie2979
Because I'm not a fan of brain damage.
drunkill
AFL, the teams don't have owners, except the paid up members.
clutchthepearls
46 players takes more time than 20 to go through.
Letsleepnotphaseme
John is not the owner and was a former player. Although the trophy was presented as a gift to the dying owner pat bowlen.
FosterMomForKittens
Each player on the team gets a turn keeping the Cup at home and anywhere they travel. It actually showed up at a pizza joint in my town. I <
FosterMomForKittens
>got to touch it and read the names. The player drank his beer out of it. A few others had their dogs eat from it. Cup is given to the <
FosterMomForKittens
Captain of the winning team to skate a victory lap. The rest follows. No team owner or coach gets it first. Oldest trophy in N America.
Sassmachine
I live in MN. It's pretty frequent we see some coach or player with it at some point in our lifetimes at a bar.
thescottishfox
Speaking of NHL. Holy shit Ayers
DrDadJokes
oh, Toronto. Canes lose their goalie+reserve, and their top tier defensemen in a single game of impossible odds, yet still manage to lose
Muunk
Someone buy the movie rights
Kliban
Write the movie. You know you could do it. Seriously. Write a screenplay for fun.
ambitiouscouchpotato
SO COOL. I’ve always wanted to drive a zamboni.
Deadpoolio7
SuperCoolFlamingo
Dude that was amazing to watch
Swordguy
We haven't seen the last of Ayres. With his skill set, I'm sure he'll resurface again.
thescottishfox
my guess is that he is gonna be coachly to young players, while denying them goals
royrogersdoublerbarburger
Ok, *I* got it.
Papabehhr
Right... that kind of stuff really doesn't happen in other leagues.
MetaRZA
Aren't most NFL players "semipro" ?
hopokus
What happened?
thelittletrainthatcanteven
Both goalies on Carolina got injures, arenas emergency back up had to play half the game. Hes a zamboni driver and played Junior B. Car won.
ViolinKites
Junior B Whale Shit Hockey
DancingPanther
Oh but buddy. Carolina was playing Toronto. In Toronto. On National TV. He is a zamboni driver for Toronto. Oh how sweet it is
doyouguysrememberpogs
Also the oldest goalie to record a win in the NHL and a kidney transplant survivor
BoppXyro
My friend's nephew is a St. Louis Blues player. Xmas card was him, wife, baby, and the cup.
BoppXyro
Oh shit. I'm embarrassed. He's a Capitols player. TJ Oshie. Had to ask my friend. They won in 2018, right?
nrvagntsoleatr360
Go blues!
TheCoachAdair
I’m here for this.
TheCoachAdair
Your friend’s nephew is a hero.
wickedpisssah
Ya ya... go Blues.. woo hoo... (sad bruins fan here)... my husband loves the Blues... bastards! It was a good win! Cheers!
imnotapartofyoursystem
You’re a good sport
MadsBen
1 family, 1 cup.
Swaggiraffe
Who is it??
brokenshutter
@op I am curious to know as well. I think the Bozak’s did it, but it might have been others too
Swaggiraffe
I love bozie. I got his leafs his rookie season
BoppXyro
Oh shit. I'm embarrassed. He's a Capitols player. TJ Oshie. Had to ask my friend. They won in 2018, right?
cummygums
Was he holding the cup or the baby?
BoppXyro
FYI I had the wrong team. TJ Oshie plays for the Capitols. It was next to the family in the photo.
NavaHo07
Tarasenko showed off pictures of his baby IN the cup https://www.nhl.com/news/short-shifts-st-louis-blues-tarasenko-baby-in-stanley-cup/c-30
cummygums
Amazing. Have an upvote.
ringox
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2019/06/13/vladimir-tarasenkos-6-day-old-baby-takes-nap-in-stanley-cup/
BugEyedLemur
Yea doesn't each player get to keep it for like a week or something? Or am I totally making that up?
NothingButNavy
They each get it for a day.
BugEyedLemur
Ahhh gotcha. That makes a little more sense lol
Ronin42
Blues had the best Championship parade of all time. They let fans touch the cup, handed out beers, and players hanged out with fans.1
Ronin42
A simple 30 min parade turned into 3 hrs and was awesome the whole time. No one will ever best that parade. 2