EA has introduced conversations to the mode this year players will interact with coaches, teammates, the media and an agent over the course of the game mode. They let me spend a couple of days with it last week and, I gotta say, it's definitely better - even if that's not saying a lot.Ī number of cut scenes and narrative elements are added into the mix this year and they do an effective job of injecting some life into the game mode. This year, the goal for EA is to provide a deeper, more rewarding and more cohesive story elements around your Be-A-Pro. The mode is a big focus of this year's release - even the cover athlete ( Alex Ovechkin) and marketing campaign were chosen and designed around individual career-building. This year, with "NHL 21," Be-A-Pro is finally getting some much-needed attention. It hasn't been immersive or unique experience. Essentially, NHL's career mode has simply consisted of the user making a player, getting drafted and then playing games with player lock on. While a lot of NHL's cross-sport competitors like "Madden," " NBA 2K," "FIFA" and " MLB The Show" have all featured these narrative-driven, sometimes theatrical career mode experiences over the past few years, NHL's Be-A-Pro mode has basically gathered dust.
Nhl 22 sucks Offline#
That's been especially true for some of their offline game modes, including Be-A-Pro.
Meloche skated alongside Keller and tried to poke the puck away from him before he pulled back and maneuvered to the other side of the goal.Ī moment later, Keller lost his balance and fell violently into the end boards legs first.One of the most common complaints surrounding the EA Sports' NHL franchise is that it's gotten pretty stale over the years. On the third-period play, Keller was building speed as he came into the Sharks’ zone and was trying to take the puck to the net. The Coyotes announced Thursday that Keller, the team’s leading scorer, will be out for four-to-six months. MELOCHE ON KELLER: Defenseman Nicolas Meloche felt terrible for Coyotes forward Clayton Keller, who underwent surgery to repair a fractured leg hours after Wednesday’s game. “For yourself as well, just to know that you can compete at this level and be a big factor in the team winning.” “These last 12, 15 games, you want to bring it and make sure you’re showing something, showing the young guys the ropes a little bit and the right way to play. “I think you obviously set high expectations for yourself when you’ve been here for six years,” Labanc said Tuesday. “But we want to be able to give him a little bit of a green light to have a little bit of freedom, too.” “Of course, I want to see him play in our structure and be good defensively,” Boughner said. Labanc is presently the Sharks’ fourth highest-paid forward and he has two years remaining on the four-year, $18.9 million deal he was awarded in October 2020.įor that kind of money on a Sharks team that could be facing some salary cap restraints in the near future, it’s important that Labanc rediscovers his offensive touch. “If there’s a team that needs that, it is us.” “His start wasn’t necessarily the start I was looking for or he was looking for, but the one thing you can’t teach about Kevin is he can put the puck in the back of the net,” Boughner said earlier this week. The Sharks came into Thursday with an average of 2.62 goals per game - 27th-best out of 32 teams. Their 5-2 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday marked the 35th time in 66 games this season that they’ve been held to two goals or less.
He can be a top-six forward and first power-play unit type of player when he’s on top of his game.Īlso, the Sharks are desperate to find some added scoring punch. Labanc, though, has averaged a half-point per game – 183 points in 360 games – throughout his five-plus seasons in the NHL. He was a healthy scratch for the Sharks’ game with the Flames on Dec. Labanc had six points in 21 games before his injury as he had seen his average ice time decrease from 16:25 per game last season to 13:17 this year. At that time, if everything’s healed and he’s ready to go, then we can put him back in.” It’s just a matter of a certain amount of healing time. “From a standpoint of conditioning, fitness, and strength in the shoulder, he seems to be good.
“(We’ll) leave that up to the medical team to decide whether it’s best to have him in a few more practices next week or if he’s ready to go,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said Thursday before the Sharks played the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena.
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