Hockey Prompt:

I think hockey culture is a huge reason WHY there aren’t stars like the NBA or NFL, or even the MLB for that matter. Hockey players are ingrained with the idea from childhood that it isn’t about the player, it’s about the team, and with constant line-switching and to be honest, less of an ability to completely take over a game, hockey players definitely fall into the cogs of the machine more often than not. You have a player like Connor McDavid, probably the most skilled player in the history of the NHL, you can already almost argue his GOAT status over the legends of the game already, but Connor as a person is not built to be the face of the NHL. His personality is for lack of a better term, milquetoast when speaking to the media, and that’s because hockey players from a young age are ingrained with the idea that they should keep their heads down and let the scoreboard do the talking for them. “Get pucks deep, get in the dirty zones” is something you will hear every single god damn player interview, and it is because of hockey culture itself, and how young players are when they start playing hockey, it really formulates how they speak in public.