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<a data-ref-id="3010-6255" href="/ea-sports/3010-6255/" slug="ea-sports">EA Sport's</a> 2000 Version of their <a data-ref-id="3030-7774" href="/nhl-99/3030-7774/" slug="nhl-99">NHL</a> series didn't boast vast improvements over previous years.  For this year's release, <a data-ref-id="3040-75277" href="/chris-pronger/3040-75277/" slug="chris-pronger">Chris Pronger</a> (then with St. Louis Blues) graced the North American cover and Marcus Naslund (then with the Vancouver Canucks) graced the European cover. <br/>      <br/>The overall the game did somewhat drop in likeness; in the <a data-ref-id="3030-7774" href="/nhl-99/3030-7774/" slug="nhl-99">Nhl '99</a> (<a data-ref-id="3030-10433" href="/bonus-pc-pack/3030-10433/" slug="bonus-pc-pack">PC</a>) the <a data-ref-id="3055-635" href="/stanley-cup/3055-635/" slug="stanley-cup">Stanley Cup</a> is shown with the player on ice when you win it, in Nhl '00 (this game for <a data-ref-id="3030-10433" href="/bonus-pc-pack/3030-10433/" slug="bonus-pc-pack">PC</a>) the <a data-ref-id="3055-635" href="/stanley-cup/3055-635/" slug="stanley-cup">Stanley Cup</a> is not visible at all until the awards screen appears. <br/><br/>The organization of the game did improve lots. The Improvements could've been better though for detail and accessories. The trading is a little more realistic in this game comared to the other <a data-ref-id="3025-590" href="/nhl/3025-590/" slug="nhl">Nhl</a> game that <a data-ref-id="3010-6256" href="/ea-games/3010-6256/" slug="ea-games">EA</a> made in the past. For example, last years <a data-ref-id="3030-10433" href="/bonus-pc-pack/3030-10433/" slug="bonus-pc-pack">PC</a> version rarely decline a trade you purposed to make with the <a data-ref-id="3055-89" href="/computer/3055-89/" slug="computer">computer</a>. This year, the <a data-ref-id="3055-89" href="/computer/3055-89/" slug="computer">computer</a> reads it and makes a better decision on whether it's a good trade or bad trade...a bad trade will be declined and a good trade will obviously be accepted. <br/> <figure data-align="left" data-embed-type="image" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/24584/829660-nhlchp2k_screen006.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-829660" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.75"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:75.0%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/24584/829660-nhlchp2k_screen006.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-829660"><img alt="Snapshot of PC's detail of NHL'00" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/2/24584/829660-nhlchp2k_screen006.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/24584/829660-nhlchp2k_screen006.jpg 640w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/2/24584/829660-nhlchp2k_screen006.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/2/24584/829660-nhlchp2k_screen006.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a><figcaption>Snapshot of PC's detail of NHL'00</figcaption></figure><a data-ref-id="3010-6256" href="/ea-games/3010-6256/" slug="ea-games">EA sports</a> fixed up the accidental<br/><a data-ref-id="3015-511" href="/glitch/3015-511/" slug="glitch">glitches</a> from their last make of<br/><a data-ref-id="3025-590" href="/nhl/3025-590/" slug="nhl">NHL</a> (<a data-ref-id="3030-10433" href="/bonus-pc-pack/3030-10433/" slug="bonus-pc-pack">PC</a>). Last <a data-ref-id="3025-590" href="/nhl/3025-590/" slug="nhl">NHL</a> had a <a data-ref-id="3015-511" href="/glitch/3015-511/" slug="glitch">glitch</a> <br/>that allowed you to hit a player<br/> through the wall without braking<br/> the glass or wall. The player through <br/>the wall then would be stuck in<br/>the stands triing to skate to the<br/><a data-ref-id="3055-400" href="/hockey-puck/3055-400/" slug="hockey-puck">puck</a>. <br/> <br/><h2>Cover Athlete</h2> <br/>Defensemen Chris Pronger of the St Louis Blues, who went on to win the Hart Trophy for Most Valuable Player in the NHL that year.