The NHL should market the Staal brothers like the NFL does with the Manning's

[Crossovert*]

Originally Posted by theYman

No they should market the Sedin twins like that. They could even have them become siamese where they're skating on just one body or something.

they did have a good sedin twins add a few years back, wonder why they didn't bring it back

[AntonfortheHart]

Originally Posted by Pascal

they should def. advertise eric's diving prowess.

They should show him scoring against the Habs, they'll have endless clips to choose from

[CioCio]

Originally Posted by Pascal

they should def. advertise eric's diving prowess.

A team of Eric Staal and Erik Cole alone could beat the Habs. Win some games against the guy and try again.

[octopi]

Originally Posted by Caseman

In a perfect world, all NHL commercials would have Datsyuk talking.

Replace "talking" with "Dekeing goalies out of their jocks"

[Harv]

Why doesn't the NHL market the Staals like they do the Mannings?

One brother plays in the South. You know, a HUGE hockey market. People say, 'What team does he play for?'

Another brother plays not 2nd fiddle, but 3rd fiddle to 2 of the best players in the game.

The next brother plays in New York, butttt is a shut-down Dman who isn't very flashy.

The last brother hasn't cracked Pro hockey yet, so he's out.

And the Mannings are MVPs of americans favorite game.

Get it?

[Canuckaholic19]

Give Avery a commercial

[handbanana]

Originally Posted by Canuckaholic19

Give Avery a commercial

While this does sound entertaining, I think JRuutu would be perfection.

[YogiCanucks]

I always had hoped that

1) All the Staal brothers (or all but one) would win the Stanley Cup)

2) They would all be on the SAME all-star team together (yeah... not gonna happen)

3) all sign with the same team just for kicks.

[Legend Killer]

Pro Hockey Life stores market the Staal family quite well....Half the signage in there is the 3 brothers....I think they are all sponsored by Nike Bauer....and are all in pics together...

[Garfinkel1]

The Staal's are on teams with huge potential market cap. Wouldn't be a bad idea.

I think it would be a good idea.

Can you think of a good comercial for them to put on? Will a funny commercial get non-hockey fans intrested? Would a serious, intense hard hitting highlight reel get non-hockey fans intrested? Would an interview of a guy talking about how he went to one game and now he wont stop going get non-hockey fans intrested? Will 3 brothers in the NHL get non-hockey fans intrested?

[Garfinkel1]

Originally Posted by YogiCanucks

I always had hoped that

3) all sign with the same team just for kicks.

Ha, I tried to get them all in NHL09 once. I couldn't get eric away from Carolina. That would be awesome though. Talk about Locker room chemistry.

[BrentZ10]

Originally Posted by Dr Quincy

It's not the "NFL" that is marketing the Mannings. It's corporations and advertising companies that see potential in them. Ad companies have zero idea who the Staals are. The NHL can want to market them all they want, but Coke, Pepsi, McDonalds et al wouldn't know Jordan Staal from Jarrett Stoll.

Bingo.

The NHL can't just PUT the Staals in commercials other then NHL related commercials, which they actually have with a NHL Network commercial. Corporations have to be interested in using them as the face of their ads. And no one is interested in doing that.

[Row*]

Only one of them is exceptionally talented though, and he plays in the smallest market amongst the three.

[Blueline Bomber]

Originally Posted by Garfinkel1

Ha, I tried to get them all in NHL09 once. I couldn't get eric away from Carolina. That would be awesome though. Talk about Locker room chemistry.

Actually, whenever that question's been brought up, the brothers always seem uncomfortable with the idea. At least, Eric and Jordan have been. Haven't seen anything with Marc.

[Kiddington]

Staal is spelled differently than Crosby. That = no marketing.

[mapes]

Originally Posted by Row

Only one of them is exceptionally talented though, and he plays in the smallest market amongst the three.

Even if Jordan was more talented, he wouldn't get much marketing with Sid there.

[Alison]

I don't understand how people can say that Marc has no talent? I guess defensive defense men have no place in this game?

[MayDay]

Originally Posted by NYRangers3018

Honestly, every other commercial nowadays has Peyton, Eli, or both in them. I'm not saying that the NHL should try to compete with NFL advertising, but it should atleast get some ads out there.

Didn't read the whole thread, but I'm sick of people blaming the NHL using examples like this.

When the Manning brothers are in every other commercial, it's not NFL marketing at work. The Mannings are in commercials because they are already publically recognizable, and corporations want them to be spokesmen, and they sign endorsement deals. It has nothing to do with NFL marketing. It's what corporations want for their advertising.

Likewise, the NHL's marketing department can't do a damn thing to make the Staal brothers (or Crosby, or anyone else) appear in TV commercials for Coca-Cola or Toyota, if those companies don't actually want those players as spokesmen. And the won't want them as spokesmen unless they are widely recognizable to begin with.