NHL 21 Cover Athlete is Alex Ovechkin - Trailer, Screenshots and Details Revealed

[Steve_OS]

EA has announced Alex Ovechkin as the NHL 21 cover athlete, which is scheduled to release...

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[capnlarge]

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saw a couple new moves behind the net. Not much to see here though

[SuperGoalies]

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ovie, he makes second time on cover, yay! good one for OVIE!, was that image of be a pro in locker room, i wonder if be a pro is gonna be alot different, i wonder if its gonna be story driven be a pro.

[leafsfan67]

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Knew the lacrosse goal was coming.

[Jatt96]

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This more so looked like an Ovi retirement package than selling me on the video game. Not gonna lie, made me a little emotional seeing my favorite player like this and realizing he just has a couple years left, but look at the mark he's left on the game.

As far as the EA NHL game itself? New dekes and cutscenes...great, pass for me.

[capnlarge]

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I think they hinted at a focus on cellies. So, expect a lot of new crazy ones. (but still no proper team cellies)

[Travolterjohn]

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Boring Video.

[kariya05]

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Looks like no gameplay changes. Trade deadline implementation sounds like a neat addition but certainly not enough to warrant buying the game this year. Will wait until the next gen version with Seattle included next year.

[dlxsf18]

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kucherov deke and the crosby esque self pass behind the net are cool and i hope board battles have been reworked because that should probably be the main focus for the future of the series. but i'm not holding my breath that any massive changes are coming this year

[michi510]

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The amount of live footage with filters over actual gameplay footage of any significance is a huge red flag for this game.

[TheVirus]

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A nice write-up from Gameinformer if anyone's interested.

https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2020/08/24/the-biggest-changes-coming-to-nhl-21?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Still far from hyped but at least it's something regarding what's actually new.

[Fiddy]

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Welp... Thumbs down!

I'm sorry, but that video was terrible.

[scitychamps87]

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This more so looked like an Ovi retirement package than selling me on the video game. Not gonna lie, made me a little emotional seeing my favorite player like this and realizing he just has a couple years left, but look at the mark he's left on the game.

As far as the EA NHL game itself? New dekes and cutscenes...great, pass for me.

I'm a Pens fan...and watching this trailer made me truly realize what an impact Ovi's career has had on the game of hockey. That's what I should be trying to do with a Be-A-Pro character.

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[kinsmen7]

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A nice write-up from Gameinformer if anyone's interested.

https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2020/08/24/the-biggest-changes-coming-to-nhl-21?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Still far from hyped but at least it's something regarding what's actually new.

That Franchise mode update sure is...something...

It's a shame, because there was a similar "Trade deadline" function a couple of years back. This *sounds* like it'll be a bit more, but dear lord...it's one day of the season. If that's it, it's hard to imagine considering purchasing this until it goes on sale.

Be a pro looks like it'll be fun, but it's hard to get excited about a mode like that when the other franchises who went in the "story mode" direction failed fairly miserably in their first go around. Fingers crossed, I guess.

[SocialAssassin]

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Here's all the offensive changes we've made!

What about the defense?