Help settle dispute on athleticism...

[Sawin]

Its what you don't know.
You don't really know how to have fun in the cold.
You don't know how to really pronounce "out" and "about"
You don't know how to really wail on somebody and then go have a beer together and laugh about it.
You don't know how to take the wheels off of the refs car while he is officiating your game.
You don't know how to put a bit of tape on your buddies skate blade when he isn't looking so he looks like a four year old when he steps on the ice for his next shift.
You don't know how to really screw with the other teams head during adult league playoffs. (hint-"accidentally" walk into the wrong locker room and when they are yelling at you to get the eff out just turn and say "nice dick dude"). Messed them up badly and we ended up winning the league championship.


You have missed out on lots of fun!

Well slap me silly and call me Susan, I think I'm gonna take up hockey. There's a rink practically in my backyard, afterall. Guess I need to get some rollerblades first. I can ice skate alright, but have lots to learn there too

[Madeinhb]

Hockey. Basketball now a days is watered down. You can't play physical defense anymore. But here is how you settle it. Take your friend to play a pick up game of basketball and a pick up hockey game. See which one he has an easier time doing. My guess is basketball haha

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Its what you don't know.
You don't really know how to have fun in the cold.
You don't know how to really pronounce "out" and "about" ootanaboot!
You don't know how to really wail on somebody and then go have a beer together and laugh about it. done it. Minus the beer.
You don't know how to take the wheels off of the refs car while he is officiating your game. Wanted to do something like that once... Punching in the face is the same, right?
You don't know how to put a bit of tape on your buddies skate blade when he isn't looking so he looks like a four year old when he steps on the ice for his next shift. Tried, damn tape wouldn't stick.
You don't know how to really screw with the other teams head during adult league playoffs. (hint-"accidentally" walk into the wrong locker room and when they are yelling at you to get the eff out just turn and say "nice dick dude"). Messed them up badly and we ended up winning the league championship.


You have missed out on lots of fun!

[BPTactical]

Smack.




Susan.

Ixnay on the roller blades, you will develop bad habits from them when you transition to ice.
Besides, the worst part of rollerblading?
Telling your parents your gay.......

[JM Ver. 2.0]

4 people here cannot skate.........

One of the biggest changes to hockey is technology. Skates stay stiff through the entire game, pads don't absorb water, are lighter to start with(lift a pair of old brown Cooper GP58 goal pads compared to a pair of modern Vaughn or Brians pads).
Sticks are lighter and have more "whip", resuming in more accurate, harder shots.
It all adds up.
And Crosby is a bitch compared to Gretzky, Hull, Clarke, Esposito etc.

Ronin hit on something earlier. Basketball players break a finger or get a hangnail they are on the IR for 4-6 weeks. Hockey players have been known to play with broken wrists, ankles, shattered jaws etc.
And enjoy it.
Now here is the real key:
Hockey is still a gentlemans game. You have ettiquite on the ice and as a general rule hockey players are gentlemen off ice. Aside from a very few notable exceptions when was the last time a hockey player got jammed up about a pound of weed in the car, an illegal weapon possession, complicity in a homicide, domestic violence or the like?
Daily occurance for NBA and NFL players it seems.

Crosby is a bitch compared to every player ever to play the game... Even Sear Avery isn't as much of a bitch as Crosby.

Well... Nah. It's close, but no. Crosby is the bigger bitch.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Well slap me silly and call me Susan, I think I'm gonna take up hockey. There's a rink practically in my backyard, afterall. Guess I need to get some rollerblades first. I can ice skate alright, but have lots to learn there too

Promanade? That's where I play.. Sunday 545. Come watch.

[Delfuego]

Promanade? That's where I play.. Sunday 545. Come watch.

I didn't know they had "D" league on Sundays...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I didn't know they had "D" league on Sundays...

That hurts my heart, bro....

[MED]

Hockey...there is a reason why there is a line change every 45-60 seconds. Hockey is one of the few sports where every player (except the goalie) must have a combination of explosiveness and endurance as well as hand to eye coordination and reaction time like no other sport not to mention be tough as hell. An NHL goalie is just a freak of nature.

Baseball...any sport that a player can play from beginning to end without breaking a sweat is pretty weak. It certainly takes skill to play the game, but it is not very physically demanding (reason they can play 162 games in a season). The most challenging part of the game is standing idle for long periods of time and sprinting without pulling a muscle.

[Delfuego]

Baseball is a game, not a sport...