Honestly mental attributes like Bravery and Determination really bring a romanticism that reminds me of warfare in the 19th century. The feeling of noble, rigid, disciplined battle as these men, professional men sally forth, fighting valiantly to put pucks into nets. The blend of pageantry and brutality that this sport is brings about a certain feeling in many of us.

On a more close to realism feeling. How many of us have looked at things we did? Things like goals scored, Hits made, shots blocked, how many of us looked at it and imagined perhaps blasting a slapshot past the goalie? Or crushing the opponent with a nice, clean, open ice hit, maybe it was even a hip check. Or of course VALIENTLY blocking a shot or two and being hobbled but always in the way of play? Mike Izzy mentioned here about the imagination aspect of the SHL and I agree that it will always be there, but wouldn't it be cool if we had some of these mental attributes to build stories and players around?