You Get Only One (Cup/Medal/Hart/HHoF)

[kevsh]

As the title implies, you're an NHL player and have a choice of receiving one of these accolades, at the exclusion of all the others during your no doubt outstanding professional career.

For example, you're a forward and get in the HHOF but you never win the Cup, a gold medal or a Hart trophy.

For those of you from non-Olympic-level countries (say, Brazil? Australia?), well, take that into account however you wish. Maybe in your fantasy you get drafted by an American team and get to play for America?

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[Letsdothis]

Thought about it a little. Either HoF or Hart to guarantee highest career money. Voted Hart because that essentially guarantees I had a high-paid career in NHL

 

[hurdemz]

The ultimate goal of any NHL player should always be to win the stanley cup.

 

[Three On Zero]

Hart/Norris/Vezina

Unless you’re one of the top players on a cup winning team people won’t remember you. And your legacy would be somewhat meaningless unless you were a meaningful contributor

Olympic gold is somewhat of a sham, it’s not a true best on best tournament

HHOF you’d be known as a non deserving entree without he accolades to back up the induction

 

[Green]

For North Americans it will probably be unanimous Stanley Cup, for non-north Americans I get the feeling Olympic Gold, there are probably very few selfish hockey players who will choose individual accomplishment over team accomplishments

 

[Z-Diddy]

My guess would be, of all the players that have any award beside the cup, would trade it in for the cup, but don't take my word for it

 

[PavelBure10]

Every players dream is to win the Stanley Cup, I'll go with that.

 

[um]

If I make the HHOF that means I'm a very rich man. You've gotta have a long and successful career for that honour.

If money was out of the equation I'll take the Cup.

 

[Toby91ca]

I went with Stanley Cup....close 2nd would be HOF....pretty close, really hard to decide actually, but at the end of the day, the ultimate goal is the Cup. Toss up for the other two after that.

 

[Cup or Bust]

The question states you had an "outstanding professional career" So I assume you are a high impact player, but not good enough to win individual awards, in that case I would say Stanley Cup. If I am Nick Kypreos who played 46 regular season games and 3 playoff games in 1994 and gets credited as a Cup winning player, I would rather be a Hall of Fame level player with no Cups. I will assume you will be a key player in the Cup win, so I pick Stanley Cup.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

You can win the cup and be out of the league the year after and need a new job. questioning the results on this one so far. Money being the same I would value cup the most.

 

[Toby91ca]

The question states you had an "outstanding professional career" So I assume you are a high impact player, but not good enough to win individual awards, in that case I would say Stanley Cup. If I am Nick Kypreos who played 46 regular season games and 3 playoff games in 1994 and gets credited as a Cup winning player, I would rather be a Hall of Fame level player with no Cups. I will assume you will be a key player in the Cup win, so I pick Stanley Cup.

Right....if situations were different and say, you could choose a HOF career or a career where you only played two years but won the Cup....that's a different question and I'd easily go with HOF career.

 

[Ceremony]

As much as I'd enjoy leading an independent Scotland to Olympic glory I think that's slightly less likely than me winning a cup so I'll take the ring please.

 

[Lt Dan]

Anyone who doesn't vote a cup needs their head examined

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Cup. Slight pause to consider Olympic Gold, but Cup.

 

[MikeyMike01]

This requires less than 2 seconds of consideration. Cup will win in a landslide.

 

[Albatros]

Olympic gold alone would make a career, the rest is only a nice bonus. Even in the NHL living in a nice city and having long summer holidays with the family would offset not winning the cup.

 

[Voight]

Hart/Norris/Vezina

Unless you’re one of the top players on a cup winning team people won’t remember you. And your legacy would be somewhat meaningless unless you were a meaningful contributor

Olympic gold is somewhat of a sham, it’s not a true best on best tournament

HHOF you’d be known as a non deserving entree without he accolades to back up the induction

Your name is still on there for a very long time. You're immortalized almost forever.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I would rather be Patrick Sharp, Cup winning non-HoFer, than Patrick Marleau, non-Cup winning HoFer. Assuming I have a nice career regardless of choice, winning a championship in pro sports has to be one of the coolest things to experience.

 

[Three On Zero]

Your name is still on there for a very long time. You're immortalized almost forever.

You are, but winning a Hart/Vezina/Norris means you’re immortalized and likely remembered. That would be my preference if I wasn’t a superstar in the league

 

[rogking65]

This requires less than 2 seconds of consideration. Cup will win in a landslide.

fans may think this but I am pretty sure players would chose the major award. Equals more money and family set for life. As far as legacy goes many hundreds of forgetable player have won a cup. A major award is more of an accomplishment. And if a cup is so important why don't free agent players sign with the best teams at a discount to better their chance at a cup. This does not happen,,,they sign with whoever offers the most money. If people think otherwise they are delusional

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

This requires less than 2 seconds of consideration. Cup will win in a landslide.

would you take a cup ring and like 2 million dollars in career earnings over 100M+, HOF career and no cup?

Obviously we don't know what else you get, but only the cup ring is guaranteed so you might be in the NHL for a cup of coffee and right place/right time scenario and never play in the league much again.

I would probably take the HOF career with nothing else known. If I have a decently long career as a regular with a cup and some good earnings I would take that

 

[abe jr]

cup or bust

 

[bobholly39]

Knowing nothing else - it's 100% unquestionably the hart or hall of fame.

It's all about career earnings and salary. A hall of fame career guarantees you top earnings (a hart arguably even more).

For the past 20 years - what is the lowest career earnings total for a hart winner, or a hall of fame inductee? I'd guess it's $50M USD or more.

Now - do the same for a gold medal winner or stanley cup champion. I bet there's some random 4th liners who earned a tenth of that max.

The difference is tens of millions of dollars.

 

[MikeyMike01]

would you take a cup ring and like 2 million dollars in career earnings over 100M+, HOF career and no cup?

Obviously we don't know what else you get, but only the cup ring is guaranteed so you might be in the NHL for a cup of coffee and right place/right time scenario and never play in the league much again.

I would probably take the HOF career with nothing else known. If I have a decently long career as a regular with a cup and some good earnings I would take that

Yes I would, my life with $2M would be exactly the same as $100M.