Fury Over Thrashers “Bad Acting” Commercial
April 10, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under NHL, Players, Video
I thought it was funny but the coach of the Washington Capitals is seeing red over the new “public service announcement” released by the Atlanta Thrashers.
In the ad, NHL players (both past and present) are shown in a variety of bad commercials and the Thrashers felt they should stop others before they make fools of themselves. Among the clips is one of Alexander Ovechkin promoting Eastern Motors and I have to admit that it is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. I totally cracked up but I guess I can see why some people might find it a bit offensive. At one point, they even had Ilya Kovalchuk send a personal plea to “Ovie” to call him before agreeing to make another bad ad. Watch the PSA here:
