It got leaked that Towes is on the cover of NHL 11. A lot of people are upset that they put a Chicago player on the cover two years in a row. I'm split on the issue. I mean he had a great year, won a gold medal and the stanley cup trophy in the same year. He was also the captain the blackhawks. I really like Towes, but I wish it was Ryan Miller, they haven't put a goalie in awhile, and he really deserves it., not saying Towes doesn't btw. I just really want a goalie on the cover. What do you guys think?  
 
http://www.operationsports.com/newspost.php?id=419679 
 
Edit:  
Confirmed by EA on June 21, 2010 
http://nhl.easports.com/news.action?id=News%20NHL%2011%20Cover%20Athlete&category=news

Who cares. This kid has had the best hockey year of his life. He deserves the cover just as much (if not more) than any other player, Blackhawk or otherwise. 

Toews won Gold. He deserves it. 

" @FakePlasticTree: A lot of people care. Ask any Red Wings fan, I'm sure they care. But I do see your point, their decision wasn't biased, they just picked the best player of the year.  "

" @FakePlasticTree: I didn't say any player played better than him, I said that a Red Wings fan might be upset by the fact that there have been two Blackhawks' players in a row is all.  "

At first I was like another BlackHawk?. Then I quickly got over it. The cover does not make the game.

Has Lidstrom ever been on the cover? If not he should be over any other player till he is.

I couldn't care less who's on the cover though. 

" @FakePlasticTree: I didn't mean making an argument that he doesn't deserve it, because believe me I know he does, but that it's a little biased of EA to put them back-to-back. You know what I think would have been better? If they put him on in a Team Canada jersey. Gives props to the player, and doesn't use the blackhawks again... 
 
@Hockeymask27: Yeah I don't really care much either, I just would have loved to see Miller on there.  "

" @FakePlasticTree: Also in america, we're not nationalistic enough to boycott a game because of who's on the cover.  

He had 68 points this season, thats kind of low for someone who gets as much praise as Towes.  He's not even the best player on his team.  

They need to do what Madden 10 did and put both Miller and Towes on it.

Kinda wish it wasn't 2 'hawks in a row.  But I do like Toews more then Kane.

I think the choice of two Blackhawks in a row is kinda eh...There's lots of other people that could be on the cover. I wonder what curse will happen to Johnny this year:
 
07: Ovechkin misses the playoffs 
08: Staal gets arrested for his house party 
09: Phaneuf got Avery's sloppy seconds 
10: Kane becomes "20 Cent"

" I think the choice of two Blackhawks in a row is kinda eh...There's lots of other people that could be on the cover. I wonder what curse will happen to Johnny this year: 07: Ovechkin misses the playoffs 08: Staal gets arrested for his house party 09: Phaneuf got Avery's sloppy seconds 10: Kane becomes "20 Cent" "

" @one_2nd: Not as much credit as you are giving him.  Look at Canada's team, do you really think it mattered who captained them?  Then look at what Ryan Miller did in the Olympics.  Only 2-3 people on the American team would have made the Canadian team, and Miller lead them to the silver, even beating Canada once.  I'd rather see the best goalie in the world on the cover than a borderline top 10 forward.  "

He deserves it.
I question more whether Kane really did last year.

Ryan Miller choked in the playoffs when it mattered, and Toews took his team to the finals and won, and was the best player in the finals, second only to Halak. Who cares what either player did in the Olympics, this is NHL 11 not IIHF 11.
 
And if you've been watching Toews over the last few years, you'd know he's easily one of the best forwards in hockey. The guy just wins, at every level, and is typically one of the best - if not the best - forwards on the ice in every tournament he competes in.

" @ProfessorEss:   Kane did not.  Toews does though. Personally I'd like to see Datsyuk, Zetterberg, or Lidstrom on there.  Although Lidstrom is way passed his time. "

I dont care who was picked
but I would have liked Daniel and Henrik Sedin on the cover of NHL 11

I think the Sedins would have fit perfectly onto the cover
I mean if Daniel Sedin wasn't injured for 19 games then he would have been at the top of the scoring leaders chart too
and that's a lot to say for two brothers who were labelled as "the Sedin sisters" at the beginning of their career

Tazer broke the hawks' record for most points in the playoffs