Aside from otherworldly talent, professional athletes really aren't that much different from other people their age. Yep, they love to play video games. Fortnite, Madden, Call of Duty, you name it.
Unfortunately for pro athletes, sports video games rate players by their perceived overall (OVR) skill level. For example, Madden 19 cover star Antonio Brown garnered a 99 OVR, tops among all NFL receivers this year.
Well, it seems that EA Sports' NHL 19 ratings started to make the rounds on Thursday and at least one Penguin isn't happy about it.
Daniel Sprong, he of the four goals in just 26 career games spread over three seasons, believes he should be rated higher than a 77. Phil Kessel, for example, comes in at No. 29 with an 89 OVR.
At least Sprong has a sense of humor about it, though. He's not so much upset about the rating as he apparently is about being depicted as a left-hander, or at least he's a lefty in the screen shot that he tweeted out Thursday night. Sprong, of course, is right-handed.
Later, that tweet was deleted from Sprong's timeline and was replaced by this one of him with good hair and right-handed!
The flow is looking good cant wait to play the game what guys think? @EASPORTSNHL #NHL19Ratings pic.twitter.com/SAzOCBLVGC
— daniel sprong (@sprong97) August 24, 2018
EA Sports' NHL 19 is available worldwide on Sept. 14.