NHL13 Cover

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Hey Wings fans how did JT knock off Datsyuk?: What happened? LOL!!

 

[awaz]

hartnell was pretty close to knocking off malkin if the tweets a couple days prior weren't misleading me

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

hartnell was pretty close to knocking off malkin if the tweets a couple days prior weren't misleading me

On the Islanders fansite people are voting constantly. I can honestly say I haven't voted. Michael Grabner has made this a big deal on twitter. He wants to see JT on the cover.LOL

 

[flyersfan4706]

I hate this vote, just because I can guarantee you 100% that Giroux would be the cover boy.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I hate this vote, just because I can guarantee you 100% that Giroux would be the cover boy.

Stamkos was on the cover last year & he played great. I don't see it as a bad thing.

For some reason Isles fans think JT would have a better chance against Malkin so they're voting for him over Giroux. I guess they figure JT would get the Canadian vote.LOL

 

[awaz]

On the Islanders fansite people are voting constantly. I can honestly say I haven't voted. Michael Grabner has made this a big deal on twitter. He wants to see JT on the cover.LOL

ya the flyers twitter primarily, but also hartnell, are tweeting a lot about it too.. and now that hartnell is out he's repping giroux

i might've voted twice, but the mobile way of voting didnt seem to be working really, so it might not have counted.. i could only vote on hartnell/malkin

 

[higgyfan4]

Us Wings fans have jobs and lives and such, no time to spend voting for a video game cover.


/hurriedly closes out nhl.com tab on browser...

 

[flyersfan4706]

Stamkos was on the cover last year & he played great. I don't see it as a bad thing.

For some reason Isles fans think JT would have a better chance against Malkin so they're voting for him over Giroux. I guess they figure JT would get the Canadian vote.LOL

I forgot the 2nd part of my post. I hate the vote because Giroux has the potential of losing. If there was not a vote, he would just have the cover handed to him.

And that is pretty smart by Isles fans if true. Kinda amazed Subban didnt move far though.

 

[awaz]

Us Wings fans have jobs and lives and such, no time to spend voting for a video game cover.


/hurriedly closes out nhl.com tab on browser...

*ponders a detroit joke.. tries to move on tactfully....

 

[quoipourquoi]

*ponders a detroit joke.. tries to move on tactfully....

Beat me to it. :p

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

*ponders a detroit joke.. tries to move on tactfully....

Beat me to it. :p

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Malkin doesn't deserve it.... How do you say "choking dog" in Russian?

 

[dash]

Isn't the NHL13 cover a curse? (much like Madden) - Not sure if JT wants to be on the cover, his career is progressing along nicely.

 

[mattola]

Isn't the NHL13 cover a curse? (much like Madden) - Not sure if JT wants to be on the cover, his career is progressing along nicely.

I think it was broke when Kane and Toews went on and shortly thereafter won the cup.

 

[Vadered]

Isn't the NHL13 cover a curse? (much like Madden) - Not sure if JT wants to be on the cover, his career is progressing along nicely.

I don't really know how all the other NHL13 covers have gone. Did they make a game back in 1913? What did they play it on, the abacus? I'm pretty sure the 1813 one would have been on a sundial.

 

[pixburgher66]

I don't hate it as much as the TSN Play of the Year vote. Geno's goal against the Lightning lost to a Ennis goal that wasn't even remotely close. I guess it doesn't *really* matter anyway.

 

[Vadered]

I don't hate it as much as the TSN Play of the Year vote. Geno's goal against the Lightning lost to a Ennis goal that wasn't even remotely close. I guess it doesn't *really* matter anyway.

This. Pretty much all it means is the athlete gets a money boost for appearing on the cover.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I think it's cool that fans get to decide. It's just one more thing the NHL is doing to get fans more involved in the game.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Isn't the NHL13 cover a curse? (much like Madden) - Not sure if JT wants to be on the cover, his career is progressing along nicely.

Not to the extent of the Madden Curse or anything:

1997: John Vanbiesbrouck has a strong year and the Panthers get home-ice in the playoffs.

1998: Peter Forsberg finishes second in league scoring despite missing 10 games.

1999: Eric Lindros puts up 40 goals and has his third-highest scoring season.

2000: Chris Pronger wins the Hart Trophy.

2001: Owen Nolan is the first to have a so-so year, falling back to his normal rate of production after a spike in play the previous year.

2002: Mario Lemieux wins the Gold Medal in the Olympics.

2003: Jarome Iginla goes through the same situation as Owen Nolan - falling back to Earth after an unusually good offensive season.

2004: Dany Heatley may have been cursed, but Joe Sakic gets a Lester B. Pearson nomination.

2005: Markus Naslund... I'm sure he did well in MODO.

2006: Vincent Lecavalier began his ascension with the second-highest scoring season of his career to that point.

2007: Alexander Ovechkin certainly had the worst season of his first five years, but he was still above 90 points.

2008: Eric Staal is a good example.

2009: Dion Phaneuf is a better example.

2010: Patrick Kane had far-and-away his best season and playoff, winning the Stanley Cup.

2011: Jonathan Toews has his career year and finishes second in Selke voting.

2012: Steven Stamkos scores six-thousand goals.

 

[Automattic]

Of course Datsyuk isn't going to be on the cover. It makes too much sense, as he is the only one that can actually pull off any moves from a video game...