Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes and his New Jersey Devils' brothers will be on the cover of NHL 25.
Fans in Vancouver might think so, considering a pretty significant string of bad luck dating back to the spin of a wheel that cost them a Hall of Famer. Then again, there are a number of teams that simply do not exist anymore, whether because they are defunct or got relocated, so one could argue that they’re a little bit more cursed than the Canucks.
The uniqueness of the cover, which has been in the works since the 2024 All-Star Game, was not lost on Hughes and his brothers, who grew up playing the game against each other. While the series was initially sold with action shots from games on the cover, it switched to individual cover athletes with John Vanbiesbrouck for NHL 97.
Is that a curse? After all, in today’s NHL, 50% of the league misses the playoffs. But one would hope that a team featuring a superstar worthy of a video game cover would be more likely to make the playoffs rather than less likely. Consider that 25% of NHL teams get to the second round of the playoffs each season compared to just 10.3% of cover athletes and things start to look a little more cursed.
When the NHL returned for the 2005-06 season, the Canucks missed the playoffs by three points. It was the end of the West Coast Express era, as Todd Bertuzzi was traded to the Florida Panthers as part of the trade for Roberto Luongo after the season. So, what if the unusual circumstance of the Hughes brothers all appearing on the same cover allows the curse to pass from the Canucks to the devilishly-named Devils?
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