Quote Originally Posted by Madeinhb View Post
Um in today's basketball environment, players specialize in certain parts of the game. Shaq was not a finesse player. He was a give me the ball and ill dunk it. Some players are really great shots, some are for dunking and some rebounds. Not all bball players have finesse. But to play hockey, every player needs to be able to skate, etc.
Thats like saying every basketball player needs to be able to make it down the court...or maybe just stay and defend/rebound and or dunk...

Half the hockey players stay back for defense. The goalie barely moves his ass except to gather up a puck to slide to the ref.
Hockey scores so few points they had to allow for power plays that probably account for almost half the goals in a game.

Hockey is cool because of the contact. If it wasn't for that, they are essentially a smaller field soccer team on ice wearing pads and helmets carrying sticks. Just not many points scored. Yeah...soccer has Goooooooooooaaaaaaaallllllll! But you get a buzzer and a light!