Wayne Gretzky, Eric Lindros, and Alex Pietrangelo highlight new Captains cards
Wayne Gretzky, Eric Lindros, and Alex Pietrangelo highlight new Captains cards
Yesterday, EA SPORTS dropped three new 90+ Captains cards in NHL 24 Hockey Ultimate Team.
These cards are only available to obtain in packs for a few days. These are not MSP cards, meaning you will have to get lucky in a pack opening or get out your HUT wallet and purchase them off the auction house.
Here are the cards:
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Wayne Gretzky - C, PLY
Number 99 has his third card in NHL 24 now. Previously, he's had an 88 overall Gallery of Greats card and a Power Up Icons card that you can boost to 94 overall.
His new Captains card is incredibly similar to his 94 overall Power Up Icons card in stats. Some of the main differences are the Captains card comes with 99 faceoffs, 96 speed and acceleration, and 90 balance and strength. However, the shooting stats are not as good as the 94 card, and there is a massive difference in stick checking and defensive awareness.
Overall, I would be saving my coins to buy the Power Up Icons card, which you should be able to get at around 600,000-650,000 on the auction house, but Gretzky's new Captains card is just as good, and you may be able to get it for around 250,000-300,000 coins cheaper.
Eric Lindros - C, PWF
Eric Lindros's card wouldn't rank in the top-tier class of centermen in NHL 24 HUT, but it still should be a strong card, considering he's 6-foot-4 and 240lbs with Unstoppable Force. Have fun protecting the puck and never getting pushed off balance with this card.
His card can be bought on the auction house at a decent price of around 160,000 coins.
Alex Pietrangelo - RD, TWD
Two-time Stanley Cup Champion Alex Pietrangelo recently played in his 1,000th NHL game Monday night and now has a juiced up 90 overall Captains card in NHL 24.
Considering Gretzky already has a card in the game that is better than his Captains one, Pietrangelo's card is the best new addition out of the three. His card can get up to 93 endurance with the Two-Way Defenseman synergy, which is very good due to how effective the endurance stat is in this year's NHL game.
It also has superstar abilities Heatseeker and Shutdown, two of the best abilities. Let's keep it going, the card has 93 speed and acceleration, very solid for a defenseman at 6-foot-3, 215lbs, and you can get his defensive awareness up to 95 and stick checking to 93.
The market price for his card is wide from as low as 166,950 to as high as 250,000.
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