Players to do marketing

Stevedude530

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Here's who I think each team should use:

Anaheim - S. Niedermayer
Atlanta - Kovalchuk
Boston - Boyes
Buffalo - Miller
Calgary - Iginla
Carolina - Staal
Chicago - Havlat
Colorado - Sakic
Columbus - Nash
Dallas - Modano
Detroit - Shanahan
Edmonton - Smyth
Florida - Bouwmester
Los Angeles - Avery (You might not like him, but he gets his name out there)
Minnesota - Gaborik
Montreal - Kovalev
Nashville - Kariya
New Jersey - Gomez
NY Islanders - DiPietro
NY Rangers - Jagr
Ottawa - Alfredsson
Philadelphia - Forsberg
Phoenix - Roenick
Pittsburgh - Duh!
Tampa Bay - Lecavalier
Toronto - Sundin
Vancouver - Luongo
Washington - Again, Duh!
 

Ted Hoffman

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:huh: Did St. Louis and San Jose get kicked out of the league?

I still want to see someone mock up a photo of Kovalchuk pointing to some product as part of the company's marketing campaign.
 
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For me:
Anaheim-Niedermayer
Atlanta-Kovalchuk
Boston-Bergeron
Buffalo-Miller or Drury
Calgary-Iginla
Carolina-Staal
Chicago-Havlat
Colorado-Sakic
Columbus-Nash
Detroit-Lidstrom or Zetterberg
Dallas-Turco or Modano
Edmonton-Smyth
Florida-Jokinen or Bouwmeester or Horton
Los Angeles-Frolov or Norstrom
Minnesota-Gaborik
Montreal-Kovalev or Rivet
Nashville-Kariya or Sullivan
New Jersey-Brodeur
New York Isles-DiPietro
New York Rangers-Jagr
Ottawa-Alfredsson or Heatley
Philadelphia-Forsberg
Phoenix-Roenick or Jovo Cop
Pittsburgh-Crosby
St. Louis-Tkachuk or Guerin
San Jose-Thornton
Tampa Bay-St. Louis or Lecavalier
Toronto-Sundin or Tucker
Vancouver-Naslund or Luongo
Washington-Ovechkin
 

Rabid Ranger

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I think this is a step in the right direction. The NHL will have an interesting opportunity in the next few years with several "high profile" minority prospects coming to the fore (guys like the Stewarts, Al Montoya, Setoguchi, etc). The league should work on promoting the diversity of the NHL in addition to it's more colorful and well-spoken athletes.
 

fatbackgoal

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Rabid I couldn't agree with you more. The NHL needs to look at all avenues and the minority community is a good start. I am sure a lot of minority groups would want to work with teams to get their message out and vice-versa. Along with this clubs need to start bringing minorities into the front office as well.

My only hesitation is that the star player doesn't always make the best person to represent the team. You need someone who can speak well about the game but also shows enthusiasm about the game plus let it be someone you can understand. For instance I would not put Jagr out there for the Rangers. I would probably go with Ortmeyer for the fact that he is someone the everyday fan can connect with due to his work ethic and style of play.
 

Ziggy Stardust

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The Kings have an advantage by having Avery and Elisha Cuthbert. ;)
Speaking of them, not sure if any of you have caught this but Avery has been on a couple of MTV's programs. Sure he's not Mr. PR but he's the only player I can recall to make more than one appearance on MTV.

Speaking of which, didn't Mark Messier also appear on MTV once with the Stanley Cup?
 
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