Players that don't seem interested in winning a Cup?

[jiboy]

Patrick Marleau never impressed me in the playoffs , didnt seem to increase his intensity or compete level at any point

 

[Pyrophorus]

All jokes aside, and they are great, but Toronto is certainly in a go all in for it mode. Are they a TB level contender? No, but nobody is.

They may have gone there to win as Leafs, not necessarily to win period, but that's still wanting to win, no matter how many times Tor loses in the 1st rd.

Spezza is Spezza, fighting against a CBJ, showed he cared, he produces somewhat.
Thornton soon realised that those days of points are over, so he started to become a hitter
There is no doubt he at least tried

 

[SurferBroChad]

Shane Doan

even when there was a chance he was going to leave, it was to vancouver and they were not a team that could win.

he 100% didnt care about a cup

 

[Pyrophorus]

Patrick Marleau never impressed me in the playoffs , didnt seem to increase his intensity or compete level at any point

He did give us 2 goals in game 7
...but you know

 

[txpd]

Does wanting a stabile life mean you aren't interested in winning a cup? Do you have to be willing to give up everything in order to get a shot at winning a cup in order to be interested in winning?

These veteran players that have more control over where they play often have families. They have kids. Often they have older kids. Having a wife who has friends of years and a career established and kids in HS and middle school who dont want to move. Who is shocked that a man with a family would put his family first or give them a say in his decisions that effect them?

 

[Dicky113]

Does a team wanting to win a Stanley Cup want Marc Staal?

This.

fringe NHL defensemen don’t chase cups. That’s not how it works

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Edler didn't seem interested in waiving his NMC and going to a contender in recent years, as he seemed more interested in staying put with his family. We'll see what he does this offseason.

Edler's agent Mark Stowe told CHEK TV on Friday that the longtime Vancouver Canucks defenceman will not negotiate a new deal with the team.

“Alex has decided to pursue free agency in lieu of re-signing with the Canucks,” Stowe said during an interview with Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal. “He will test the market pretty soon.”

Alexander Edler to test free agency over re-signing with Canucks


but i don't think he's chasing a cup so much as getting the ffffff out of an organizational tire fire

 

[Neil Racki]

Trent Frederic has to be at the top of the list. Any objective list at least.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Thread starts and ends with Shane Doan

Dean Blundell took a pretty unnecessary swing at him a couple of years back for it

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Honestly, I'm happy with one cup and I'll take the money after that.

But Pat Maroon put heart over money, signing with the Blues to be near his son and then taking cups over cash.

 

[ItWasJustified]

How would you determine that a player is not interested in winning a Cup?

Signing long-term for huge money for a team with no prospective, i. e. Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

Family first……….always!

That's the reason why you shouldn't get a family in you're 20's as a pro athlete.

 

[Mikeshane]

Players getting paid millions to play hockey is their real cup.

Money has spoiled the players' desire to win.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Anyone that signs with a Canadian franchise.

 

[SmytheKing]

Meh. I have more respect for a player that's loyal to their team, than a player that just goes hunting championships as a hired gun. For example, when Bosh, Wade, and Lebron all signed in Miami did that really add to their reputations? If you're a legit champion you should be able to build a team around yourself. Obviously, respect given when star players accept a pay cut to give the team more cap to work with.

Literally all three of the players you used as an example took pay cuts so they could play together.

 

[jcs0218]

Could be said about all players in the league, nobody is chasing cups.

Iginla was at the end of his career.

Joined Pittsburgh. Signed with Boston. Signed with Colorado.

Unfortunately for him, the 2013/14 Avalanche was an illusion and they were much farther away from the Stanley Cup than Iginla probably thought when he signed there.

He is a player who I wish had have won a Stanley Cup, because he was someone who always left everything out there on the ice.

I wish he had have started chasing the Stanley Cup sooner, rather than waiting until he was 36 years old.

 

[jcs0218]

Getzlaf
Doan
Jones
Sundin

Getzlaf already won the Stanley Cup.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Players getting paid millions to play hockey is their real cup.

Money has spoiled the players' desire to win.

Then don’t watch. You support those salaries.

 

[Mikeshane]

Then don’t watch. You support those salaries.

Strawman.

 

[cowboy82nd]

Most Leafs players outside of Tavares

I disagree with this. If Tavares is looking to win, he would of stayed on the Island.

 

[2ndGenIslander]

Panarin

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Strawman.

How is that strawman? You’re expressing that players are paid too much and it’s ruining the game. You’re supporting it and seemingly not enjoying it. So.. logically..

 

[weinsink]

The whole laffs teams

 

[blankall]

Literally all three of the players you used as an example took pay cuts so they could play together.

Not to stay with their original teams. Going to an all star team is kind of weak.

 

[Gordievsky]

Lots of people confusing the thread title "Don't seem interested" in winning the Cup with "would love to win the Cup but couldn't elevate their game."

 

[Straycat]

One of the Spitting Chiclets guys said there are a lot of players playing just for the money.

I think the majority chase the money and if they happen to win a cup then great.