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		|  08-04-2025, 10:32 AM | #1 |  
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				 Matthew Tkachuk Selected as Cover Athelete for EA NHL 2026 
 
			
			https://twitter.com/user/status/1952403384142606427
Matthew Tkachuk has apparently been selected  as the cover athlete for NHL 26. EA to make it official in a few days.
 
It's a little bit painful to see, but good for him.
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		|  08-04-2025, 10:35 AM | #2 |  
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			Guess ill be buying NHL26
 
 
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		|  08-04-2025, 10:38 AM | #3 |  
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			I feel like there's a direct correlation between when the cover art started sucking and the games themselves started sucking (somewhere around 2015).
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		|  08-04-2025, 10:52 AM | #4 |  
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			So us Flames fans will end up tormented that we had the Panthers 25 first round pick and not the 26 one?  Is there a NHL curse that's anything like the Madden curse?
		 
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		|  08-04-2025, 05:16 PM | #6 |  
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Can’t hate Matthew Tkachuk for Brad Treliving’s incompetence. 
 
At least our boy kept the Oilers from two banners - Congratulations, Matthew. 
 
It should’ve been us.
		 
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		|  08-04-2025, 05:34 PM | #7 |  
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			Cover announcement the same day he's appointed to Trump's Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. 
 The Council will include Executive Director Catherine Granito, Chair Bryson DeChambeau, Saquon Barkley, Gary Bettman, Nick Bosa, Harrison Butker, Cody Campbell, Roger Goodell, Wayne Gretzky, Nelly Korda, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Mariano Rivera, Tony Romo, Annika Sörenstam, Tua Tagovailoa, Lawrence Taylor, Matthew Tkachuk, and Mariano Rivera.
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		|  08-04-2025, 06:35 PM | #8 |  
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			Buy it for your Oilers friends; those of you odd enough to have Oilers friends.
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		|  08-04-2025, 06:49 PM | #9 |  
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					Originally Posted by Groot  Cover announcement the same day he's appointed to Trump's Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. 
 The Council will include Executive Director Catherine Granito, Chair Bryson DeChambeau, Saquon Barkley, Gary Bettman, Nick Bosa, Harrison Butker, Cody Campbell, Roger Goodell, Wayne Gretzky, Nelly Korda, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Mariano Rivera, Tony Romo, Annika Sörenstam, Tua Tagovailoa, Lawrence Taylor, Matthew Tkachuk, and Mariano Rivera.
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You have Mariano Rivera twice.
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		|  08-04-2025, 07:06 PM | #10 |  
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					Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon  You have Mariano Rivera twice. |  
I literally copied and pasted from the White House link
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		|  08-04-2025, 07:44 PM | #11 |  
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					Originally Posted by PuckSlap  Guess ill be buying NHL26
 
 
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Maybe you can play against Tkachuk himself, he might not even play this season
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		|  08-04-2025, 07:59 PM | #12 |  
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					Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon  You have Mariano Rivera twice. |  
He's just that fit.
		 
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		|  08-04-2025, 10:44 PM | #13 |  
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					Originally Posted by Groot  I literally copied and pasted from the White House link |  
Your username + not having all of your posts be  “I am Groot” = leaving money on the table.
 
IMO.
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		|  08-04-2025, 11:44 PM | #14 |  
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					Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814  Your username + not having all of your posts be  “I am Groot” = leaving money on the table.
 IMO.
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I AM GROOT means Yes 
i am groot means No
 
i AM groot means we should trade Kadri
		 
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		|  08-06-2025, 10:27 AM | #16 |  
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			Did they find a girdle made of Mithril for ol' Keith there or just a really good digital artist?
		 
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		|  08-06-2025, 10:54 AM | #17 |  
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					Originally Posted by Locke  Did they find a girdle made of Mithril for ol' Keith there or just a really good digital artist? |  
Looks like AI slop
		 
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		|  08-06-2025, 11:07 AM | #18 |  
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AKA "I got my dad and brother some money".
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		|  08-06-2025, 11:08 AM | #19 |  
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			I don't think Chucky merited it this year, and he's kind of an edgy choice.  But to the extent it bruns the Oil, great.
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		|  08-06-2025, 06:42 PM | #20 |  
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					Originally Posted by DoubleK  Looks like AI slop |  
Also...missed opportunity to have Chucky munching on his mouthguard on the cover. Now that would have been funny.
		 
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