Assume you're talking about when comparing players, rather than a pure fan perspective? Most people want to cups, but honestly 90% of you watching your team is the regular season. The Oilers capitulated in 4 games, which is 7% of the total games we played, I still enjoyed the regular season and the season as a whole. Seems very sad to say that 93% of the games were a waste of time or that you can't enjoy them.
HF has an obsession with playoff performances and they are nice, but a players primary legacy comes from the regular season, unless your name is Kevin Lowe and you happen to win 6 cups. It was disappointing to not win a game this year, but I still had a hell of a lot of fun watching McDavid score almost 1.90 PPG. It's going to be an unpopular vocal opinion, but I'd say 75-25 RS-PS. Team wins the cup and then next year they have to do it all over again or there's disappointment, so the cup win lasts forever but you still end up in the cycle of wanting "more" the next year... the feeling of championships is very fleeting. Seems like a limited way to view the game, especially in a 32 team league, and especially if comparing players.
I was beyond happy to finally see Germany win a WC in 2014. Then 2018 came around and they got bounced in the GS...2014 WC suddenly felt like a long time ago and doesn't make you feel much better about the most recent loss.