I saw this on WTAE this morning:
A winner-take-all Game 7 will decide this year's Stanley Cup champion on Friday night, but it seems that the NHL is ready for Detroit to win right now.
Red Wings Stanley Cup championship merchandise was already posted on Shop.NHL.com early Wednesday afternoon.
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But there was no link posted for any Pittsburgh championship merchandise.
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"We have eliminated the collection of the product item identification numbers related to the mishap," the site's online business manager said. "The products should not have been live and we should not be taking orders on any Pittsburgh or Detroit championship merchandise. The problem is being worked on and will take 6 to 14 regular hours to be completely fixed."
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2 comments:
Overblown. They screwed up by putting this on the website but always they prematurely print things like shirts and hats during the championship series in any sport, so that it can go on say immediately following the win. They do this for every championship. Detroit was up 3 to 2 and had one game to clinch so it makes sense that the NHL had theirs printed first. I can already hear the cries of "it was fixed" now if Pittsburgh loses game seven.
Yes, it was a STUPID mistake because I got email about this yesterday wondering if the fix was in. Not good for the NHL -- not that I care that much about the NHL -- but I do care about stupid corporate mistakes and stupid website management.
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