You can even put them on your favourite teams, presenting interesting situations all around.
Darker and Edgier: Around the mid-late 90's, debatably between NHL, the intro videos, menu music, and general menu interface had a grittier feel to them.For example, in NHL 09 they neglected to add Patrick Kane, the previous year's Calder Trophy winner and one of the highest-rated American players. Creator Provincialism: Some accuse EA Canada of Nerfing Team USA.Creator Cameo: One title in the series allows you to basically create members of the EA development team if you input their names in the Create-A-Player option.NHL '12 now allows for female players to be made.Character Customization: Though players can make their own players, there also exists a way for them to create NHL players that were otherwise passed over by the game.But this is EA! Of course you can buy an all-star!
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Bribing Your Way to Victory: The online Be A Pro mode has some extreme requirements to unlock all the bonuses, which are of course very difficult to accomplish without said bonuses.(Examples being Brodur's wings on the Jaw line in NHL 14, Jonathen Quick having his name on the jaw guard and the silver designs, up to NHL 21, Carter Hart's Orange Flyers mask and Rask's Bear Mouth mask.) Zig zagged with Goalie Masks, some goalies in game have a generic mask provided by the team/equipment provider, others, like Martin Brodur, have their signature touches and even names on their masks due to working with the actual equipment provider for their Mask designs.Partially subverted by the United Center in Chicago as they use "Chicago Stadium" which was the name of the UC's predecessor.
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The holders of the naming rights to various stadiums occasionally refuse to license their brands to EA forcing them to use a generic " Arena" name.