NBA: Are Hockey* players the toughest/most durable dudes of any of the 4 major sports?

[jimbo]

Got my images here: http://life.time.com/culture/terry-s...=lf%7Clatest#2

Oh, I didn't think you were joking...but I was serious too. It's crazy how many people died w/ the flying wedge formations in football. I didn't realize that was after leather helmets had been invented too. (Edit: Nevermind, I should have better read my own article. They added helmets after they banned the wedge)


http://mentalfloss.com/article/31657...saved-football

[ezau]

Oh, I didn't think you were joking...but I was serious too. It's crazy how many people died w/ the flying wedge formations in football. I didn't realize that was after leather helmets had been invented too.


http://mentalfloss.com/article/31657...saved-football

Oh ok. Didn't know this about football. Good read, tbh.

[Rogue]

hockey players are the most fake-tough guys of the 4 major sports imho. NFL players also wear fake muscles but they still ain't nothing comparable to hockey players when it comes to the gayness of the way they get suited up. Have you ever seen even an inch of skin on a hockey player except his face and neck? The only point in watching hockey imho is the possibility that there might be a brawl coming about once in a while.

[Clipper Nation]

It isn't a constantly physical game, IMO. Player skate fast as , and while when there are hits, they're tough, in general there isn't that much contact or physicality...

You've clearly never watched hockey

[lefty]

Look at these faces before the hockey mask was invented:

Plante
Habs legend

[irishock]

Plante
Habs legend

Sawchuk

[monosylab1k]

While there is definitely toughness involved in hockey, the main reason for their durability is because there's very little wear and tear on their legs. While in the NBA and NFL players knees break down quickly, in hockey there is very little quick lateral cutting which tears up the knees. It's mostly straight-ish lines they move in. So players never lose their legs and can play at a high level for much longer. Obviously their upper bodies take alot more of a beating but that doesn't matter as much, aside from the concussion issue.

[lefty]

NHL players date some fine es though:

Dustin Penner with his ex French Canadian





The same French Canadian , who used to date a Montreal Canadiens player








Sheldon Souray and that from Baywatch :





Puck bunnies

[JohnnyMax]

Russian players and coach taunt the American bench while eliminting them from the tournament

[Rogue]

also, hockey games are the least environmental friendly of all 4 major sports. you have to keep the cooling system running all year round which consumes myriad electric power, and the fluoride/chloride emitted to the atmosphere are gradually destroying the ozone layer, leaving all living creatures exposed to the lethal radiations from the universe.