Versus Disses The Boss
February 21st, 2008 by murph
Interesting post over at Islanders Outsider regarding Versus’ latest NHL ads, and one GLARING omission.
Versus is currently running a commercial for its NHL coverage that centers around Alexander Ovechkin’s quest for 60 goals. To build up the prestige of the accomplishment, the ad displays the names of great NHL goal scorers who previously reached the standard for which Ovechkin is now shooting. I’m doing this from memory, so forgive me if my recollection is faulty. The names we see in the commercial include Gretzky, Lemieux, Brett Hull, Esposito, and Lafleur. Can you think of anybody else whose inclusion would have been appropriate in a list of great goal scorers who put sixty pucks in the net? And it’s not as though Mike Bossy occupies some lower quadrant of this list.
NOBODY disses The Boss on my watch and gets away with it. Four times The Boss lit the lamp 60+ times in a season, same as Espo and Mario, and the same as Hull and Lafleur COMBINED. I’ll be watching for the “new and improved” commercials Versus. Don’t make me start up a Bossy Boycott on your punk asses.
[Update] Now featuring the offending video.
Tom Says
wow. no respect at all for arguably the greatest pure goal scorer in nhl history. that ain’t right.
Feb 21st, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Islanders Outsider Says
You tell ‘em, Murph! Thanks for the post. Great visual aid!
Feb 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Fauxrumors Says
1) 60 goal scorers? If the list in the post is what appeared in the ad, then Bossy, Selanne as well as Mogilny were omitted.
2) There is NO doubt among those who were lucky enough to see him play that Bossy was the best goal scorer of all time. Had he stayed healthy 700 would have been easily attainable. Possibly 800.
Feb 21st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Islanders Outsider Says
Murph, I actually shortchanged Boss in my original post. He’s actually at the top of the list with Gretzky at five. My bad. I don’t know how I convinced myself it was four (old age?), but I had limited time to get the post up and didn’t double-check.
Feb 21st, 2008 at 11:57 pm
murph Says
See? Even more reason he should be in the commercial!!
Faux - Islanders Outsiders list wasn’t meant to be complete list of 60+ goal scorers. It was just a list of list of the people mentioned in the commercial and Bossy. So yes, Selanne and Mogliny are getting shortchanged too, but they didn’t have five 60+ seasons like The Boss did. I don’t blame Versus for not including everyone with 60+, but to leave The Boss off and include Hull and Lafleur is a joke.
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 12:06 pm