Dion Phaneuf will grace the cover of EA's NHL 09 while Rick Nash will be on the front of the game for NHL 2k9. Which game would you consider getting? I have never played a 2k game before, so I don't know how it compares to the EA games. But, I've had good experience in the past with EA's game so I'll probably get that one (my last one was the Dany Heatley cover from 2005, I think).

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Nash: http://sports.ign.com/articles/874/874420p1.html
Phaneuf: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168162