Last night I was watching the game, and got pretty hammered, so I started getting all philosophical and shit...and while in this stupor, I realized one of the main reasons I love hockey:
I never hear baseball players say "I want to win the World Series trophy" (hell, no one even knows what it's called); they say "I want a RING".
I never hear football players say "I want to win the Lombardi trophy"; they say "I want a RING".
Even fans say shit about rings...you know, like "ONE FOR THE THUMB, BITCHES!!!"
Hockey players get rings, too...but I never hear hockey players (or fans) say "I want a RING"...hockey players say "I want to win THE CUP"..."I want to hold THE CUP"..."I want to kiss THE CUP"..."I want to drink beer out of THE CUP"..."I want to sleep with THE CUP", whatever.
Even when Jeremy Roenick got emotional afterwards, he wasn't talking about a ring...he was talking about THE CUP.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE baseball and football...but, man, hockey is the shit...I can't WAIT for October to get here