Winning the Stanley Cup is, without question, one of the highest sporting achievements in the world.
Teams have to come together for a minimum of 98 games a year (82 regular season games, a minimum of 16 playoff games) and have performed well over a minimum of 5,880 minutes of hockey (and more than likely, well over 6,000) to win enough of them to be crowned the top team in hockey, one of the fastest team sports on Earth.
It's become an article of faith among hockey fans that no trophy is harder to win in all of sports.