08-14-2023, 09:36 AM
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Cale Makar Selected as Cover Athlete for EA NHL 2024
Last edited by 1qqaaz; 08-14-2023 at 10:23 AM.
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08-14-2023, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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but but McPissy.......
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08-14-2023, 09:38 AM
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damn onions
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that's too bad. He was having such a good career.
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08-14-2023, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Surprised it wasn't Tkachuk. Kind of missing an opportunity I think.
Makar should have been 23. But instead they went with whatever that hell that was.
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08-14-2023, 09:54 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Is the EA curse real? Find out next season...
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08-14-2023, 10:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dustygoon
Surprised it wasn't Tkachuk. Kind of missing an opportunity I think.
Makar should have been 23. But instead they went with whatever that hell that was.
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I hope the actual cover is Makar driving a boat in flip flops. Let’s really get it as far away from hockey as possible.
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08-14-2023, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Just realized I didn't buy NHL23 last year, I have every single year back to 2001.
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08-14-2023, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Nope. It's for Hockey too.
RIP in peace Cale Makar's ankle.
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08-14-2023, 10:16 AM
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Hmm, first I'm hearing of this curse
Last few years until I got bored of looking it up
23: Zegras: Career year
22: Mathews: Career year
21: Ovechkin: Missed half the season with injury
20: Mathews again: Career year (at that point)
19: Subban: The start of his slowdown, only 31 points
18: David O'Connor: 108 points
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08-14-2023, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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I'm just sick of Matthews and McDavid, so Calgary boy Makar is a welcome choice.
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08-14-2023, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Toonage
No EA curse for hockey. Just Madden. I think.  |
The first five such players – John Vanbiesbrouck (NHL ’97), Peter Forsberg (NHL ’98), Eric Lindros (NHL ’99), Chris Pronger (NHL 2000) and Owen Nolan (NHL ’01) – all played on teams eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in their respective cover seasons. Since then, another seven cover boys have been bounced in the first round, while 10 more were on teams that didn’t make the post-season at all.
https://thehockeynews.com/news/top-5...hl-cover-curse
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08-14-2023, 10:30 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
Hmm, first I'm hearing of this curse
Last few years until I got bored of looking it up
23: Zegras: Career year
22: Mathews: Career year
21: Ovechkin: Missed half the season with injury
20: Mathews again: Career year (at that point)
19: Subban: The start of his slowdown, only 31 points
18: David O'Connor: 108 points
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Go back further!
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08-14-2023, 10:32 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The first five such players – John Vanbiesbrouck (NHL ’97), Peter Forsberg (NHL ’98), Eric Lindros (NHL ’99), Chris Pronger (NHL 2000) and Owen Nolan (NHL ’01) – all played on teams eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in their respective cover seasons. Since then, another seven cover boys have been bounced in the first round, while 10 more were on teams that didn’t make the post-season at all.
https://thehockeynews.com/news/top-5...hl-cover-curse
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But the Madden curse was more "legit" in that the cover athletes suffered injuries did they not?
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08-14-2023, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
But the Madden curse was more "legit" in that the cover athletes suffered injuries did they not?
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The NHL Curse has been more broad. Dany Heatly killed a guy. Patrick Kane punched a cabby and then the next time he got it, was accused of rape. Markus Naslund got cheap shotted and was never the same after.
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08-14-2023, 10:47 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Yikes! Never really thought about it that way
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08-14-2023, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
But the Madden curse was more "legit" in that the cover athletes suffered injuries did they not?
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Well, as others said, more broad in that many just fell off or had other things happen. But to your point: Lindros, Pronger, Nolan had career ending or limiting injuries. Not right away of course.
Last edited by GioforPM; 08-14-2023 at 11:07 AM.
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08-14-2023, 10:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
No EA curse for hockey. Just Madden. I think. |
It hasn’t been a thing for madden in over a decade.
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08-14-2023, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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The Phaneuf thing was a stinger. I remember he was supposedly such a show in for the 2010 Olympics that he was on their commercials (and that was part of him being on the 09 cover).
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08-14-2023, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Even as a fun, goofy topic the discussion of "curses" is cringeworthy.
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