upside down Stanley Cup

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I think its funny s***. I mean, alot worse has happened to the stanley cup than being turned upside down.

Drapers kid s*** in it.......just sayin

and i know Draper won the cup, and the Def Leppard dude had no reason to touch it to begin with, but still, does that excuse crapping in the stanley cup?

Perspective people, perspective.

Exactly. Is it a little embarassing that the upside down thing happened? Without question. Was it funny though? Absolutely. Is it worth getting this outraged over in here? Not really.

Edited October 11, 2008 by SouthernWingsFan

[miller76 463]

I think setting the Cup up side down was horiffic for the nhl. But the other poster was right about kids s***ting in it, it falling off a bar, and stuff like that. I liked Def Leppard in the 80's, but they just flat out sucked the other night. If they wanted some rock n' roll, they should have had AC (effen) DC up there to promote their new cd. Plus they still rock and they put on such a good show. But then again Angus may have picked up the Cup and slammed it on the stage floor! Slamming it on the floor would be more entertaining then what we got.

[red and white forever 10]

not sure if any of you guys caught it, but after the upside down moment, joe elliot says" what do we know, were just a bunch of soccer boys !" bascically saying" f*** the NHL , pay us already ." .........what a disgrace

[55fan 5,133]

I think setting the Cup up side down was horiffic for the nhl. But the other poster was right about kids s***ting in it, it falling off a bar, and stuff like that. I liked Def Leppard in the 80's, but they just flat out sucked the other night. If they wanted some rock n' roll, they should have had AC (effen) DC up there to promote their new cd. Plus they still rock and they put on such a good show. But then again Angus may have picked up the Cup and slammed it on the stage floor! Slamming it on the floor would be more entertaining then what we got.

There ya go. Had AC/DC been responsible for an upside down Cup, they could have passed it off as cultural perspective.

[Never_Retire_Steve 35]

There were so many better choices than Def Leppard its sick

[soultrain 43]

another example of how out of touch the marketing department for the nhl is. do they have any idea on how to make the nhl a cool sport to get the average joe to watch ad be excited about the game? okay hear me out: i think ice hockey is the most entertaing sport to watch on tv, or live. why does the nhl settle for being looked at as a joke to the average football or baseball or basketball fan? by putting OLD ASS ROCKERS on stage for the opening "festivities" is furthering the opinion of the average retard, inturn causing the average retard to spew mouth diaria when they talk about ice hockey and the nhl. they audience that the nhl aims for is the same audience that listens to def leppard. bad mistake...they need to get younger kids thinking the nhl is cool. how do you get kids to think the sport is cool? put money into marketing all kinds of player types and their personalities. don't put the nhl on the back of sydney crosby. why crosby? he isn't that intresting. yeah, he plays with the pens, with malkin, and fleury...wow. he scores goals. make it fun...encourage fighting. market the sport to different ethnic groups. california has three hockey teams. they all sell tickets. they all are in cities with a broad spectrum of nationalities. the nhl should embrace that. educate kids about the game, and how it is played. make it simple. people are confused by two rules: icing and off-sides. thats it! hockey should be popular on the west coast. i think in the next five years maybe seven years you will see rollerblading take off (popularity wise) again. start preparing, and embrace that...you don't need ice! so it can be played out here on the street. and you don't need expensive equiptment on the street. the music selections the major sports choose is awful. for major events they need to have better selections. what is wrong with hiring a straight up pop group...is it too much money to fork out? would that be a business expense tax write off? the def lappard nhl fan base IS ALWAYS GONNA BE HOCKEY FANS. hate it all you want, but the jonas brothers (as much as i hate them also) would have been a major step in the right direction. argue that all you want, but more viewers would be intrested with that. and the bottom line is viewers. if you think the nhl really cares about entertain the currant fans...your trippin'. they want new money, more money. it is business, but the nhl could do the entire sport justice by cheesing it up for the tv....i know how much some of you will hate this, but i have to say it...this is an ongoing sore spot(nhl marketing) i also think that def leppard had there best days 22-24 years ago...give it up you cheese balls, you have turned into a cover band version of yourself!

[Never_Retire_Steve 35]

another example of how out of touch the marketing department for the nhl is. do they have any idea on how to make the nhl a cool sport to get the average joe to watch ad be excited about the game? okay hear me out: i think ice hockey is the most entertaing sport to watch on tv, or live. why does the nhl settle for being looked at as a joke to the average football or baseball or basketball fan? by putting OLD ASS ROCKERS on stage for the opening "festivities" is furthering the opinion of the average retard, inturn causing the average retard to spew mouth diaria when they talk about ice hockey and the nhl. they audience that the nhl aims for is the same audience that listens to def leppard. bad mistake...they need to get younger kids thinking the nhl is cool. how do you get kids to think the sport is cool? put money into marketing all kinds of player types and their personalities. don't put the nhl on the back of sydney crosby. why crosby? he isn't that intresting. yeah, he plays with the pens, with malkin, and fleury...wow. he scores goals. make it fun...encourage fighting. market the sport to different ethnic groups. california has three hockey teams. they all sell tickets. they all are in cities with a broad spectrum of nationalities. the nhl should embrace that. educate kids about the game, and how it is played. make it simple. people are confused by two rules: icing and off-sides. thats it! hockey should be popular on the west coast. i think in the next five years maybe seven years you will see rollerblading take off (popularity wise) again. start preparing, and embrace that...you don't need ice! so it can be played out here on the street. and you don't need expensive equiptment on the street. the music selections the major sports choose is awful. for major events they need to have better selections. what is wrong with hiring a straight up pop group...is it too much money to fork out? would that be a business expense tax write off? the def lappard nhl fan base IS ALWAYS GONNA BE HOCKEY FANS. hate it all you want, but the jonas brothers (as much as i hate them also) would have been a major step in the right direction. argue that all you want, but more viewers would be intrested with that. and the bottom line is viewers. if you think the nhl really cares about entertain the currant fans...your trippin'. they want new money, more money. it is business, but the nhl could do the entire sport justice by cheesing it up for the tv....i know how much some of you will hate this, but i have to say it...this is an ongoing sore spot(nhl marketing) i also think that def leppard had there best days 22-24 years ago...give it up you cheese balls, you have turned into a cover band version of yourself!

Normally I don't care, but next time please use some punctuation and grammar, makes it much easier to read.

[Lidstromrules16 7]

not sure if any of you guys caught it, but after the upside down moment, joe elliot says" what do we know, were just a bunch of soccer boys !" bascically saying" f*** the NHL , pay us already ." .........what a disgrace

I saw it as a sarcastic attempt to excuse what he did. To each his own I suppose.

[Guest LivingtheDream]

Just a little perspective, the pooping and falling of the bar were not done on purpose. This fat old rocker did it to be a smart ass - he knew exactly what he was doing.

[miller76 463]

I really doubt any of the incidents that have involved the Cup lately were on purpose. Elliots comments weren't the most intelligent thing to come up with. This whole thing has everything to do with the marketing execs. out of touch with what sells. Def Leppard no longer sells. Someone in the nhl is probably tied in with their record label or their management of some sort. Who knows. But who the hell picked Def Leppard? It's 2008, not 1988.

[Wings_Rule_1010 4]

Wow, that isn't embarassing or anything

How can't you know which way the cup goes? Even if you aren't a hockey fan, how don't you know that something usually doesn't have the skinnier part as the bottom, should be common sense.

[shannyfan1414 0]

What about the fact that that fat singer also held the cup over his head? I was pretty sure, and still am, thought that you were only allowed to do that if you a part of the team/organization who won the cup. Do i have this wrong.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

What about the fact that that fat singer also held the cup over his head? I was pretty sure, and still am, thought that you were only allowed to do that if you a part of the team/organization who won the cup. Do i have this wrong.

If I'm just the average Joe Smith fan (which I am) and I am in the same room as the Stanley Cup, I'm touching it or raising it above my head. I understand the concept of not touching it if you haven't won it, but I'm not going to be playing for any NHL teams anytime soon, so...