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Community ManagerGameplay Deep Dive Postponed
We will be postponing the release of the Gameplay Deep Dive until a later date. Our thoughts are with the Gaudreau family at this difficult time.
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I like the sentiment behind this idea. That being said, trying for this year's cover would be absurd, not enough time to put together the proper paperwork, dealing with legal issues and dealing with the family at a time when they want to focus on other things, as well as wasting all the effort involved in already having the well-deserving Hughes family on the cover. Next year, might be cool though, an In Memory Of Cover.
Yeah, I think next year might be better, as it would give the family more time to grieve, make a clear decision, and would make EA look less like they're capitalizing on the situation. I do fear that by next year this will be more in the back of the mind's of hockey fans next year compared to today, and that there'll be less requests for him to be on the cover, but maybe EA will really show a rare W if they decide to do it, even after a full year later. Who knows, with interviews pointing to GM Connected mode going to take a few years to build (and NHL 26 arriving around that same time), perhaps Gaudreau could be on the cover of one of the best EA NHLs games in recent years.
