Oh, I'm just going by what you and your buddy said last year, how hard it is to win the President's, how it's much harder than the Stanley Cup, etc etc. If it's such a hard thing to do, and so prestigious, the Stanley Cup is obviously a consolation round. That's what the Canucks fans were saying last year, anyway. Scroll back through this thread, you'll find it.
don't remember saying the presidents' cup is harder, but maybe it is, in a different way, out of all the
teams it is 'very difficult' to win, no doubt about that, and the stanley cup is a different format alltogether,
and also difficult to win, but the stanley cup tournament is short, any team can come out of the
pack and win it, and good for them.
this stuff about consolation round etc., are just your words, I don't think that at all, i'm pretty realistic about it, one thing is first, hard to win, the other is second, also hard to win, the big prize for the
players is the stanley cup, that is what they strive for.
I guess if one delved deeply into the whole subject, maybe the presidents' cup is harder to win, but it
isn't what the players are after in the long run. They all would want to win it, because of the home ice
advantage aspect.
Just look back to how this season ended, 3 teams were neck n neck for the presidents' cup, and while that was
happening, there was lots of chit chat about it, and lots of attention on just 'what' team would end up on
top, as it happened it was the canucks, but it could easily have been the rangers or st. louis, then it
was over, and everyone moved on.
But if they were given a choice, of course they want the stanley cup, that is very obvious.,
Don't know why we have to haggle over the two cups, one is one, and the other is the other.
Not a lot of fans even think about the presidents' cup, they are so wrapped up in the stanley cup, it makes
me laugh, as right from the beginning of the season, the talk is 'about' who's going to win the cup,
and will canucks do it, how the hell would anyone even begin to guess that, in october.
The wonderment for me is fun, I like lots of different teams, and watch lots of teams play, and now that
canucks are finished, i'm not, I will continue on till its over, and I will always have a team to cheer
for, i'm not a one team fan, that is dissapointing when that team is finished, those fans wrap it up,
put their flags away and dissapear, not me.
JLM isn't my buddy, he is my friend, that is a masculine saying, I don't have
buddies.