Wouldn't affect the server. The HLStats web page is a little slow, but eh. I just bookmarked the page in my browser.Are you talking about stats in Hlstats? if thats the case it would be to laggy.
Suggestion is to have it show up in MOTD window, not chat.hlstatsx has a /rank command. pretty sure Bott turned off all the chat shit from hlstatsx so it wont clutter chat. thus you cant see your rank in chat.
technically, you asked for a way to view stats in game in the first one. so yes this is the same.and its not the same suggestion