Combine the two? I think this would be perfect.
"Hedman is a Norris winning defenseman" with his picture on a paper....crumble the paper up and say "...on paper". Toss the paper into the Stanley Cup like the above and then come in with the "Golden State Warriors of the NHL", stamp "Hasn't won a Cup"....and then use the redacted bit from the previous avatar.
If you can fit all of that into one avatar, that would be perfect for me. Then we can each be a little different by using different players instead of Hedman