Sweet, sounds legit considering the NHL 08 picture (unreleased elsewhere) of Staal. Looking forward to some REAL minor leagues (for once).

Canada.com is a trustful source. It is made from Global TV channels. I like Staal, but he was sort of quiet this year. Yay for AHL license!

Im pretty sure that 2ksports had reserved him. (crosby)

pure shock, everyone was expecting crosby to be on it, but staal is one of the top 5 centers in the league so he is still worthy of being on the cover.

I honestly was not expecting to see Crosby on the cover, but neither did I expect it to be Staal.

i'd rather wait for crosby to be in his prime to be on the cover. cuz it would be kinda retarded if he was on the cover twice
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Dude change your name, pic. Do somthing become original, be cool !
As for the AHL and Staal that is awsome

Plz, never again guys post about staal unless u know how to SPELL HIS NAME CORRECTLY. They foreshadowed this kid with him specifically in commercials for 07 during the 06 stanley cup. AHL thing is sick, hope to see Stephen Gionta.

That's so horrible they replaced Heatley with Sakic, i love the heater..... and i believe Vick was on a madden game but don't recall anything bad happen to him..

I wonder if all the AHL teams will be right. Ex: Omaha Knights are moving to Quad City and becoming the Quad City Flames, Lake Erie Monsters are entering the league, etc.

W00t AHL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now i can be the moose

Winnipeg fans get closer to there dream. :p

haha ya so maybe next year they'll be even close to making a NCAA game or better yet a CHL game with all of the junior teams in it

Official press release.

http://www.ea.com/article.jsp?id=hurricanes

Thats cool I thought he Roberto Luongo would be on the cover ( even though I said it would be Andy McDonald).

McDonald is a good choice (most under rated player in the game IMO) but i thought 100% for sure it was going to be crosby. i was so surprised when it wasn't him. my guess is 2k8 grabbed him him first