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How knowledgeable are NHLers about the game's history?

Passchendaele

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I remember a while ago reading Milan Lucic on the players' tribune relating a particular event in his rookie season, when he learned the existence of Johnny Bucyk (former captain of the Bruins and multiple Stanley Cup winner, along with 1400+ games, 500+ goals, 1300+ points to his name, in that same uniform -- but no, he had never heard of him).

I found that very strange, if not cringe worthy.
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Some probably are (I think Cammarelli was well aware when the Habs legend visited the Centre Bell, would not surprise me if a Crosby would have some knowledge), but I would imagine most are quite busy becoming pro (school, high level sport, very popular and active party-social life) and once they become rich, when not passing time with the family quite the nice hobby, probably prefer going golfing than watching the games.
 
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sedulant said:
Do you remember when Bernier stated that Nelson Mandela was one of the most influential and greatest hockey players of all time? That is your answer
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Me every single time I remember this happened:

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Passchendaele said:
I remember a while ago reading Milan Lucic on the players' tribune relating a particular event in his rookie season, when he learned the existence of Johnny Bucyk (former captain of the Bruins and multiple Stanley Cup winner, along with 1400+ games, 500+ goals, 1300+ points to his name, in that same uniform -- but no, he had never heard of him).

I found that very strange, if not cringe worthy.
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Players 30 years from now won't remember Lucic either.
 
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sedulant said:
Do you remember when Bernier stated that Nelson Mandela was one of the most influential and greatest hockey players of all time? That is your answer
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It's funny when I saw thread title it's the first thing i thought of too.

Whatever happened with that? I didn't follow it at the time, and was always curious. Did he explain himself saying he confused the name with someone else? Did he really have no clue who Mandela was? And did he or his team put out any actual statements following that mishap?
 
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KirkAlbuquerque said:
not very. Pro athletes aren't fans the way we are.
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Hell, even most hockey fans don't really know much about the game's history. Most folks can name maybe 5 players from before the year they were born, and only because those guys are at the top of every all-time list. Anything beyond that and you're in murky waters.

One of the things that makes Bill Belichick less of a villain to me, is that he actually understands the history of football and how it relates to the principles of the modern game. The guy who knows where it all comes from, is the guy who can most clearly see where it's going:

https://www.boston.com/sports/new-e...ire-6-minute-monologue-about-football-history
 
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Passchendaele said:
I remember a while ago reading Milan Lucic on the players' tribune relating a particular event in his rookie season, when he learned the existence of Johnny Bucyk (former captain of the Bruins and multiple Stanley Cup winner, along with 1400+ games, 500+ goals, 1300+ points to his name, in that same uniform -- but no, he had never heard of him).

I found that very strange, if not cringe worthy.
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He's got more to do with his spare time than read HF.

You making this a thread is cringe worthy.
 
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Typically they wouldn't necessarily have the time to read and research the history of the game.

As kids/teens they are training & playing a ton and when they aren't they would probably prefer to do something not related to hockey and relax.
 
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bobholly39 said:
It's funny when I saw thread title it's the first thing i thought of too.

Whatever happened with that? I didn't follow it at the time, and was always curious. Did he explain himself saying he confused the name with someone else? Did he really have no clue who Mandela was? And did he or his team put out any actual statements following that mishap?
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He apologized and said it was nerves from being on the red carpet.
“I’m embarrassed. I didn’t mean to offend him, his legacy. I got flustered with the red carpet and I was nervous. I think everyone makes mistakes and that was me that night,” according to a report in The Toronto Star.
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He gives a detailed interview here. Personally, I think people kind of blew it out or proportion.
 
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Nizdizzle said:
He apologized and said it was nerves from being on the red carpet.

He gives a detailed interview here. Personally, I think people kind of blew it out or proportion.
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Yeah it was probably blown out of proportion a bit. He probably felt like total and utter shit over it too.
 
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Just because you're an NHL player doesn't mean you care for the history of the game. There's a lot of kids who play sports and get into them because it's fun. Not because they cared for the history of it.

I care for the history of hockey but there's some who care way too much
 
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I remember Mitch Marner being really wrong about the size of the city of London like he thought there were maybe 20k persons living there. (iirc)

Think most nhl players are not really life smart or aware of their surroundings. They are so focused on hockey that its all they know beside training.
 

Passchendaele

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Butch 19 said:
He's got more to do with his spare time than read HF.

You making this a thread is cringe worthy.
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More to do?
Like what?

Hockey players work less hours in a week than the average american.

What makes you think pro athletes live intriguing, exciting lives outside of the boozing/partying?
 
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