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5 athletes we’d love to see grace the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 19

By Bruin Belisle

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with the Stanley Cup after his team defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Capitals won the series four games to one. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with the Stanley Cup after his team defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Capitals won the series four games to one. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – MAY 6: Brad Marchand #63 of the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Boston Bruins during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena on May 6, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images)”n
TAMPA, FL – MAY 6: Brad Marchand #63 of the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Boston Bruins during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena on May 6, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images)”n /

4. Brad Marchand

“This guy is writing about Marchand again? Shocker.” — you, probably.

While you laugh at this suggestion, I’d like to point out that Brad Marchand is coming off of back-to-back 85 point seasons. In the 2017-18 season, he managed to collect 85 in only 68 games. He’s also scored eight game winning goals in each of the last two seasons.

This is not why we want him on the NHL 19 cover.

Brad Marchand is the perfect partner for EA and the NHL if the goal is to spread the love. There have been a lot of bad things and negative energy in the world over the past year, and what better way to turn it around than with this:

It’s 2018. We need more love, more equality and a more progressive attitude and this potential cover checks all of those boxes. If you hate Marchand or find his antics unwatchable, don’t buy the game.

Buy a discounted copy of NHL 18 with that washed-up bum Connor McDavid on it and enjoy it in all its mediocrity. We’ll be over here spreading love and scoring goals with a player who actually takes his team to the playoffs.

If nothing else, they should use this clip in the hype introduction to the game. Embrace it, everyone; the lick was funny. Plus, he’s apologized, so we’re all good.

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