The EA NHL Series Cover Jinx...

[detroitbasketball]

Turns out Madden is not the only EA Game with a cover jinx. The NHL series seems to have one too.

sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=knight-firstsinowea&prov=knight&type=lgns

First SI, now EA

Compiled by Victor Chi, Mercury News

EA Sports announced last week that Vincent Lecavalier of the Lightning will grace the cover of its "NHL 2006" video game. Good luck, Vinny. Consider the fate of your predecessors while serving as cover boys:


"NHL 99," Eric Lindros: Misses the Flyers' first-round loss to Toronto because of a collapsed lung. Then misses much of the 1999-2000 season because of concussions.


"NHL 2000," Chris Pronger: Blues are the best team in the regular season, but the Sharks upset them in the first round as Dave Lowry and others get under his skin.


"NHL 2001," Owen Nolan: Misses the first two weeks recovering from abdominal surgery. Later the league suspends him 11 games for dropping Grant Marshall with a forearm to the head.


"NHL 2002," Mario Lemieux: Helps Canada win Olympic gold but injuries limit him to 24 games with the Penguins, who finish last in the Atlantic Division.


"NHL 2003," Jarome Iginla: His points drop from 96 the previous season to 67, while his rating dives from plus-27 to minus-10.


"NHL 2004," Dany Heatley: Two weeks before the season, Heatley loses control of his Ferrari and slams into a wall. Teammate/passenger Dan Snyder dies several days later.


"NHL 2005," Markus Naslund: There's the lockout, of course, but Naslund opens himself up to ridicule by ripping Steve Moore, the victim of Todd Bertuzzi's sneak attack. Regarding Moore's lawsuit, Naslund said: "This is just a guy who's trying to hit a home run. Someone who wasn't good enough to play."


Maclean's, the national news magazine of Canada, calls Naslund "pitiless" for his comments.


Hey, EA, any chance of getting Gary Bettman on the cover?

[ajrancid]

Nearly every game series has a cover jinx besides the NBA ones.

[BstnRdSx]

Yeah, Pujols did horrible/got hurt last year, eh?

Wha' bout Ray Lewis? Emeka Okafor did real bad, winning rookie of the year, didn't he?

[detroitbasketball]

[quote author=[aj rancid] link=board=offtopic&thread=1115667771&start=1#0 date=1115668001]Nearly every game series has a cover jinx besides the NBA ones. [/quote]
Not particularly, MLB has done fine s well as NBA, and most of the college games are OK.

[Da Rafeter]

Ray Lewis done jak except from get a lot of tackles and 1 sack, he should have had way more stats to back his "Best Player in the NFL" status and his Ravens never even made the playoffs after many said they could be Superbowl contenders even without T.O

Lewis only made the Pro Bowl by name, in which has mostly been the way the Pro-Bowl has been decided over the past few years

[BstnRdSx]

No one cares about the Pro Bowl, it's basically a bunch of fat guys tackling eachother in a game that doesn't matter.

[Da Rafeter]

^^^ I would rather it mean nothing that what Baseball did with its All-Star game

[BstnRdSx]

At least the MLB gives some kind of award to it, rather then fat guys tackling eachother as said.

[Loki]

detroitbasketball said:

and most of the college games are OK.

Most...of course Joey Harrington, Ricky Williams, and Josh Childress have been failures. I'm not sure these are surprises with the exception of Ricky...but then again he did always look someone who wind up quitting because of being arrested for drug charges so many damn times.

[detroitbasketball]

Childress has had one year, who's to say he can't get better? Ricky wouldn't have been a failure, and wasn't, until he quit. I won't go into Joey Harrington, but when I take over Madden 2006, I will make him a Pro-Bowler.

[Da Rafeter]

BstnRdSx said:

At least the MLB gives some kind of award to it, rather then fat guys tackling eachother as said.

Yeah but All-Star games shouldn't mean anything, there for fun, and the Pro-Bowl isn't fat guys tackling each other, its athletic guys throwing the ball risking their bodies on the line, Baseball is a couple of Steroid Freaks just swinging a bat pointlessly,

Everybody can point out the basics of a sport

[BstnRdSx]

Football players 'roid up, too.

[not2shaby]

Forgot to mention Rickys gay 2

[cubs128]

BstnRdSx said:

At least the MLB gives some kind of award to it, rather then fat guys tackling eachother as said.

Yeah and most of the big players end up not being able to play in it cuz their "hurt"

[BstnRdSx]

NoT25hAbY said:

^And he's gay

I know you find me irresistable, but I'm not gay. Sorry.

[Da Rafeter]

Cubs128 said:

Yeah and most of the big players end up not being able to play in it cuz their "hurt"

Football Players Miss Game = Injuries

Baseball Players Miss Game = Steroids

;D ;D ;D

Only Joking...

[not2shaby]

BstnRdSx said:

I know you find me irresistable, but I'm not gay. Sorry.

I changed the quote haha,. I was responding to the comments about Ricky Williams, bt people are quick to reply.

[Da Rafeter]

^^^Thats why its easier to quote

And I've forgot to quote so I'm probably pointing to someone elses post

[skip2mylou]

First SI, now EA

Compiled by Victor Chi, Mercury News

EA Sports announced last week that Vincent Lecavalier of the Lightning will grace the cover of its "NHL 2006" video game. Good luck, Vinny. Consider the fate of your predecessors while serving as cover boys:


"NHL 99," Eric Lindros: Misses the Flyers' first-round loss to Toronto because of a collapsed lung. Then misses much of the 1999-2000 season because of concussions.


"NHL 2000," Chris Pronger: Blues are the best team in the regular season, but the Sharks upset them in the first round as Dave Lowry and others get under his skin.


"NHL 2001," Owen Nolan: Misses the first two weeks recovering from abdominal surgery. Later the league suspends him 11 games for dropping Grant Marshall with a forearm to the head.


"NHL 2002," Mario Lemieux: Helps Canada win Olympic gold but injuries limit him to 24 games with the Penguins, who finish last in the Atlantic Division.


"NHL 2003," Jarome Iginla: His points drop from 96 the previous season to 67, while his rating dives from plus-27 to minus-10.


"NHL 2004," Dany Heatley: Two weeks before the season, Heatley loses control of his Ferrari and slams into a wall. Teammate/passenger Dan Snyder dies several days later.


"NHL 2005," Markus Naslund: There's the lockout, of course, but Naslund opens himself up to ridicule by ripping Steve Moore, the victim of Todd Bertuzzi's sneak attack. Regarding Moore's lawsuit, Naslund said: "This is just a guy who's trying to hit a home run. Someone who wasn't good enough to play."


Maclean's, the national news magazine of Canada, calls Naslund "pitiless" for his comments.


Hey, EA, any chance of getting Gary Bettman on the cover?

how do you know if this is true, or if it a coinsidence, and could have happened anyway?

[ajrancid]

detroitbasketball said:

MLB has done fine

Need I say more?