NHL Player Ratings & Rankings. In EA SPORTS™ NHL® 20, your favorite NHL stars now look and feel more authentic with new Signature Shots and over 45 new shot types that make every attack a threat. You’ll have to hunt far and wide if you want a physical copy of the game with him on the cover, however.

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That Pettersson fell to No. Compare and rank NHL skaters below using our advanced Player Ratings! ”While I expect that being on the cover means that I … “As a lifelong fan of EA Sports NHL, it’s a tremendous thrill for me to appear on the cover of the NHL 20. Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson has been named as a cover athlete for NHL 20, the latest iteration of EA Sports’ popular video game series. Playing in the NHL has been a dream come true, and it feels great to follow up my rookie season with this huge honor,” says Elias Pettersson. 5 overall in the 2017 NHL draft will surely be a regret (among the critiques for the late-bloomer: He was too skinny). EA Sports announced Wednesday the emerging Vancouver Canucks star will grace the cover of NHL 20 in Sweden. Pettersson follows in the footsteps of the Sedin twins, who were the cover athletes for the Swedish version of NHL 2011, and Markus Naslund, who was on the cover of the global version of NHL 2005.

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Play it loud Swedish hockey fans: Elias Pettersson’s digital self is headed your way.