NHL 12 Legend - Borje Salming?

[mondoguitar]

Okay, I didn't like the legend idea to begin with, at least not as the "big announcement"... now we have Jeremy Roenick and Borje Salming as "legends"? Very disappointing.

Bobby Orr, Paul Coffey, Scott Stevens and the EA crew picks Salming?!

Whatever, doesn't matter to me, I'm just waiting for the NHL 12 EASHL season. This legend thing was just a big hype job in my opinion.

[gator3guy]

They had to have an International guy. And while he might not be the biggest name he was a pioneer for Swedish players playing in the NHL. And I'm sure he was cheaper than Orr and Coffey.

[puckhead73]

Honestly, I am really quite disappointed in their choices so far. Of the Legends they have announced so far, the only ones I feel are even deserving of being representative of a Legend Feature are Gretzky and Roy. Bourque as well. All of the other players are great players, but you have Orr, Lemieux, Howe, Richard, Lefluer, Hull (either Bobby or Brett) Plante, Hall, Macinnis, Peter Stastny, Stevens and Coffey as you said, it is extremely disappointing to me that these players all seem to be neglected. Unfortunately, it is all too easy for me to see EA leaving some of these players out on purpose so that they can turn around and add them as payable DLC later. I'm with you. Extremely disappointing.

[FBeaule04]

I don't have anything against Salming and Roenick, they we're pretty good players. My only problems is that EA call them "Legends".

You ask about Orr, Coffey and Stevens? I'm going to add to that list :

Al MacInnis
Phil Housley
Denis Potvin
Larry Robinson
Brad Park
Doug Harvey
Scott Niedermayer
Guy Lapointe
Serge Savard

These guys would come on my list before Salming. In that list, I would say that Potvin and Robinson are legends, Harvey, Niedermayer and MacInnis are border-line while the other we're pretty good D but not "Legends".

I don't understand (there might be a reason, only EA knows) how you can have a Legend mode without Orr, Coffey, Stevens and Potvin and have guys like Chelios and Salming.

If it's about licence and problems with guys like it's the case for Barkley in NBA 2K, fine. If not, then EA should change it to "Great" mode because there's true Legends are missing.

[LeafsSteen]

Salming may not have been the #1 choice for NA's but he paved the way for international players moving to the NHL. He's a Euro legend. Don't hate...hockey's global

At least its not a random player and has a strong attachment to hockey's history and the way the game looks today.

[ChrisDanger]

They've gotta have a Maple Leaf on the list somewhere. Otherwise Leaf fans would bitch.............more so.

[Cardot]

Borje Salming????....this game is now a Must Buy. LOL.

[plaidchuck]

Eh it's good they represented a non north-american player but leaving Orr out in favor of both Chelios AND Roenick is just silly.