Dobes and Carrier Selling and Gaming
Jakub Dobes and Alexandre Carrier went on the Canadiens YouTube channel. It was live to sell Underarmour merch at a discount and to play EA's FC 24. It's been a while since I've seen a soccer video game in action. I do lead a busy life and this looked like fun.
Dobes and Carrier did provide some commentary. Carrier did mention some teammates as folks presumably watched them play online.
When I was watching it had 70 thumbs up and no thumbs down. Not bad, these two clearly get along and like most young people, especially hockey players, they like playing video games.
This was a good thing for the Canadiens to offer up to the fans as some bonus content. This is a good way for fans to connect with players and to see how they stack up in something other than hockey. I once played an NFL player in NHL 95 or so and held my own.
A good time was had by all.
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