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Shawn Gates
Joined: 11.10.2006

Oct 10 @ 12:08 PM ET
Shawn Gates: "Would You Rather...?" #1
Scabeh
Montreal Canadiens
Location: The Slovakian Jagr, QC
Joined: 02.25.2007

Oct 10 @ 12:13 PM ET
"A" for sure.
LeftCoaster
Location: Valley Of The Sun
Joined: 07.03.2009

Oct 10 @ 12:19 PM ET
It's all about winning, but that doesn't negate the fact there are different levels of success.
Cimo
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Canada, BC
Joined: 01.14.2008

Oct 10 @ 12:20 PM ET
#2 seems a lot easier... Plus imagine the party.
#2 it is. All for glory.
Charliebox
Joined: 09.08.2008

Oct 10 @ 12:59 PM ET
Obviously A.

If you're 'A', you're likely set for life after your hockey career.

If you're 'B' you're likely working for 50 years with Krys Barch.
Fakepartofme
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Living rent free... in your head, ON
Joined: 09.20.2010

Oct 10 @ 1:08 PM ET
Be a consistent player.
Winning one cup is great, but having a succesful career is better.
mayorofangrytown
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Downingtown, PA
Joined: 08.16.2006

Oct 10 @ 1:54 PM ET
I thought there'd be chicks...
Shawn Gates
Joined: 11.10.2006

Oct 10 @ 2:03 PM ET
I thought there'd be chicks...
- mayorofangrytown




Better?
shawn341
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 10.10.2012

Oct 10 @ 2:20 PM ET
I'd take the cup and the ring. But that's me. ::shrugs::
Pyzik
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Flemington, NJ
Joined: 01.18.2008

Oct 10 @ 2:37 PM ET
ask Jim Kelly about all those consistant times in Buffalo and what it got him in Super Bowls.....he would be a practice squad guy with a ring right now if it were his choice, i can bet on that.
RealityChecker
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I stay away from the completely crazy rumours on the internet.I will occasionally debunk them-Eklund
Joined: 04.18.2010

Oct 10 @ 3:55 PM ET
i would rather contribute and lose than watch and win.

getting a ring doesn't mean that you earned it.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Oct 10 @ 4:30 PM ET
Definitely A, 10 times must mean that you were on a pretty damn good team(s) and probably a great player. The odds of making it 10 times and losing every single time is very unrealistic though. Something like 5 or 6 would be more realistic
TheFondler
St Louis Blues
Location: " I can't change the survey no
Joined: 07.06.2012

Oct 10 @ 4:42 PM ET
For a Million bucks - A) Would you rather blow Wayne Gretzky or B) go down on honey boo boo's MOM ?

Thats a real poll
mlindsay
Montreal Canadiens
Location: ON
Joined: 06.16.2010

Oct 10 @ 5:22 PM ET
Obviously A.

If you're 'A', you're likely set for life after your hockey career.

If you're 'B' you're likely working for 50 years with Krys Barch.

- Charliebox

Barch has made more in one season then you ever will... hater...
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Oct 10 @ 5:47 PM ET


U got 12 hits because of the pic... ..



Very well done Shawn..... ...













oh and last...
MindFr3eak
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: strathvegas, ON
Joined: 01.18.2012

Oct 10 @ 5:47 PM ET
ask Jim Kelly about all those consistant times in Buffalo and what it got him in Super Bowls.....he would be a practice squad guy with a ring right now if it were his choice, i can bet on that.
- Pyzik

Does not apply here Kelly was a star qb not a 4th line equivolent
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Oct 10 @ 6:03 PM ET
For a Million bucks - A) Would you rather blow Wayne Gretzky or B) go down on honey boo boo's MOM ?

Thats a real poll

- TheFondler



WTF...I would do both for a Million bucks.... ....





Feel free to add to ya poll................
Shawn Gates
Joined: 11.10.2006

Oct 10 @ 6:11 PM ET
U got 12 hits because of the pic... ..



Very well done Shawn..... ...













oh and last...

- Fruitcakenipple



Kiss my ass Nipple.....

Wait a minute...Let me clarify: My ass does NOT have a nipple, I'm telling that Fruit Cake Nipple to kiss my ass...

That leads to a question though: What the hell kind of fruitcake are you eating that has nipples?
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Oct 10 @ 6:30 PM ET
Kiss my ass Nipple.....

Wait a minute...Let me clarify: My ass does NOT have a nipple, I'm telling that Fruit Cake Nipple to kiss my ass...

That leads to a question though: What the hell kind of fruitcake are you eating that has nipples?

- shawn_gates




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tranny kind....








Edit: Last...
Shawn Gates
Joined: 11.10.2006

Oct 10 @ 6:38 PM ET
...


tranny kind....








Edit: Last...

- Fruitcakenipple





Ahhhh....so your fruitcakes use these:

Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Oct 10 @ 6:54 PM ET
Ahhhh....so your fruitcakes use these:


- shawn_gates




WTF...U can buy them??...... ....




What a dirty rotten trick....
Pyzik
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Flemington, NJ
Joined: 01.18.2008

Oct 10 @ 8:07 PM ET
Does not apply here Kelly was a star qb not a 4th line equivolent
- MindFr3eak


the question was, would you rather be a star and team good all the time or a non contributor and win the cup....the example is perfect, I was saying he would trade all the star years for 1 super bowl.
mungozen
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 06.25.2009

Oct 10 @ 11:54 PM ET
I would take the Cup.

An NHL player who wins a Stanley Cup is still an NHL player who won a Stanley Cup.

Let's assume that the NHL is the top hockey league in the world. Each year 700 or so players get to suit up for one of 30 teams all hoping to get a chance to do battle in the playoffs and ultimately win the Cup. How many people play Pro Hockey Internationally? How many of them would like to win the Cup? Heck, how many would like to just play in the NHL?

Even if you are just a small piece of the puzzle, you have battled through years of work for a chance to help acheive that final goal. If you play 4 minutes in game 3 of the Finals, and that is it, it means that an entire team was counting on you for 4 minutes to help attain the goal. How can you take that away from anyone?

However, writing this it comes to mind this:

This is a team sport, and no one player, be they a superstar or part time call up, wins you the Cup. I would feel no shame, and infact, would feel pride, to be part of an organization that trusted me to help the team as a whole succeed, regardless of what role I played.