An update to the Xbox NHL 06/GameStop situation I mentioned a few days back. According to EA, the rumor of a supposed recall of the game was just that: a rumor. Unfortunately, that still doesn't explain why GameStop still doesn't have new copies of the Xbox game for sale online (even though EB does). I'd like to believe the game sold out due to the overwhelming excitement about the imminent return of the NHL next week, but I seriously doubt that's the case.
Perhaps members of the new NHL broadcasting team over at the Outdoor Life Network bought up the remaining copies of the game and passed them out to crew members as an introduction to the sport, just to ensure the camera folks would be able to differentiate "cycling the puck" from a bicycle race in the French Alps...
Unfortunately the preceding joke was not nearly as good as GS Sports reader RLJSlick's comment to my original blurb: "Maybe the game went on strike." Kudos to you, Slick. I can't top that one...