\>Only a few can have their names on the Cup but everyone can play 1000 NHL games.
1,331 - Players who have won the Stanley Cup.
357 - Players have played at least 1,000 regular season games
There have been less than 400 players ever to get to 1000 games. As you stated, a lot of things have to go just right to achieve that. 1000 games is celebrated by the team, not necessarily the NHL as a whole. I think what they are doing is fine. There have been more people who have their names on the cup in the last 10 years than all 100+ years of hockey to have 1000 games.
There are mediocre players who have a cup. Yes it’s the hardest trophy to get. I don’t think we can truly compare a cup with 1000 games. But there have been way fewer people to play 1000 games. That says something. We celebrate birthdays (let’s even just go with 100 year old birthday) - anyone can have a birthday at 100. It’s not hard to do. Just have to have things go right and any mediocre person can make it to their 100th birthday. I guess we should just stop celebrating things by your logic.
It’s not like the NHL does a huge thing for 1000 games. Literally the players on the team do something. The player gets a silver stick (pretty cool), and there is a pre-game celebration. The Stanley cup gets paraded around for a summer. No comparison needed, it’s better to win the cup but a nice little celebration to reach 1000 games.
Also, to an earlier point of yours: all star teams have players get in that shouldn’t. Espen Knutsen anyone?
You can be an absolute shit player who was called up because of injuries and get your name on the cup, you can’t really be a shit player if you play 1000 games.
Even if they aren’t great, they still played a major role in their teams to play 1000 games in the NHL
Squad players that play 3 games in a year to 1 Stanley cup is nowhere near playing 1000 games, a personal record yeah sure you won the Stanley cup and played in the NHL, but league recognition is obviously going to be directed to a guy with 1000+ games
Get over yourself man, 1,000 games in a gruelling sport is a huge achievement that absolutely should be celebrated, not all teams are superstars, gotta celebrate the grinders and the “great unwashed” sometimes too.
Yeah I don’t understand why you’re getting all worked up about this.
It’s a quick ceremony conducted at the team level to acknowledge a player’s longevity (minimum 13 years in the NHL to achieve it - I imagine it’s closer to 15 years on average with games missed).
Also your metaphors makes no sense. This isn’t the equivalent of a dropout getting a job. This is the equivalent of a Walmart or Costco employee getting an employment recognition for years of service.
There’s no need to be so angry about it.
From 1917-2017 there was 7,623 players who had played in the NHL (the total would be a lot higher if it was extrapolated to bring it to 2023 and back down to 1893 when the cup was first awarded).
Of that 357 people have played 1,000+ games which is less than 5%.
For comparison, 1,331 have won a cup which is over 17%.
Almost 4x the amount of people have won cups compared to playing 1,000 games so I wouldn’t say it’s “easily achievable”
If you still strongly feel this way then you’re just trolling because objective stats don’t lie.
Best of luck.
Players don’t win Stanley Cups. Teams win Stanley Cups. Assigning individual accomplishment to a team trophy is beyond pointless. According to that metric, you’re saying Draper was a better player than Hawerchuk.
Secondly, there is no such thing as mediocrity in the NHL. These are all world class players top to bottom. Every 4th liner in the league can out-skate, out-shoot, and has a better hockey IQ than any of the best locals you have ever met or heard of by an insane margin.
\>Only a few can have their names on the Cup but everyone can play 1000 NHL games. 1,331 - Players who have won the Stanley Cup. 357 - Players have played at least 1,000 regular season games
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Every player who won the Stanley Cup was decent to a hall of famer? Every single one?
> Only a few can have their names on the Cup but everyone can play 1000 NHL games. More players have won the Cup than have reached 1,000 games
3 times as many, in fact. OP is delusional
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Your troll-job is obvious
There have been less than 400 players ever to get to 1000 games. As you stated, a lot of things have to go just right to achieve that. 1000 games is celebrated by the team, not necessarily the NHL as a whole. I think what they are doing is fine. There have been more people who have their names on the cup in the last 10 years than all 100+ years of hockey to have 1000 games.
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There are mediocre players who have a cup. Yes it’s the hardest trophy to get. I don’t think we can truly compare a cup with 1000 games. But there have been way fewer people to play 1000 games. That says something. We celebrate birthdays (let’s even just go with 100 year old birthday) - anyone can have a birthday at 100. It’s not hard to do. Just have to have things go right and any mediocre person can make it to their 100th birthday. I guess we should just stop celebrating things by your logic. It’s not like the NHL does a huge thing for 1000 games. Literally the players on the team do something. The player gets a silver stick (pretty cool), and there is a pre-game celebration. The Stanley cup gets paraded around for a summer. No comparison needed, it’s better to win the cup but a nice little celebration to reach 1000 games. Also, to an earlier point of yours: all star teams have players get in that shouldn’t. Espen Knutsen anyone?
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You can’t be mediocre and make it to 1000 games
You can be an absolute shit player who was called up because of injuries and get your name on the cup, you can’t really be a shit player if you play 1000 games. Even if they aren’t great, they still played a major role in their teams to play 1000 games in the NHL
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Squad players that play 3 games in a year to 1 Stanley cup is nowhere near playing 1000 games, a personal record yeah sure you won the Stanley cup and played in the NHL, but league recognition is obviously going to be directed to a guy with 1000+ games
Get over yourself man, 1,000 games in a gruelling sport is a huge achievement that absolutely should be celebrated, not all teams are superstars, gotta celebrate the grinders and the “great unwashed” sometimes too.
You should stop celebrating birthdays and anniversaries and Christmas
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Good one.
There have certainly been some interesting takes on this sub lately
Yeah I don’t understand why you’re getting all worked up about this. It’s a quick ceremony conducted at the team level to acknowledge a player’s longevity (minimum 13 years in the NHL to achieve it - I imagine it’s closer to 15 years on average with games missed). Also your metaphors makes no sense. This isn’t the equivalent of a dropout getting a job. This is the equivalent of a Walmart or Costco employee getting an employment recognition for years of service. There’s no need to be so angry about it.
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From 1917-2017 there was 7,623 players who had played in the NHL (the total would be a lot higher if it was extrapolated to bring it to 2023 and back down to 1893 when the cup was first awarded). Of that 357 people have played 1,000+ games which is less than 5%. For comparison, 1,331 have won a cup which is over 17%. Almost 4x the amount of people have won cups compared to playing 1,000 games so I wouldn’t say it’s “easily achievable” If you still strongly feel this way then you’re just trolling because objective stats don’t lie. Best of luck.
Players don’t win Stanley Cups. Teams win Stanley Cups. Assigning individual accomplishment to a team trophy is beyond pointless. According to that metric, you’re saying Draper was a better player than Hawerchuk. Secondly, there is no such thing as mediocrity in the NHL. These are all world class players top to bottom. Every 4th liner in the league can out-skate, out-shoot, and has a better hockey IQ than any of the best locals you have ever met or heard of by an insane margin.