Chase from 2K Sports was able to get us a link for the audio of of Thursday's NHL 2K9 Developer Conference Call.

Get the MP3 HERE from Xbox America.

I also posted some quick-hitters in the forums as I listened into the call. That thread can be found HERE.

Be sure to give a listen to the call.  I think there's many fears out there that this is a "rebuilding year" for the franchise, but to be perfectly honest, it doesn't sound like Visual Concepts approached the game that way at all.  Producer Ben Bishop and online producer Jay Iwahashi give a very informative conference call, and one that shouldn't be missed.  I walked away from the call feeling that 2K Sports is putting out a very "chock-full" hockey game, and one that is very adjustable to the gamer.  Also, they really tout "accessibility" this year, making the game fun and intuitive, particulary in terms of controls (which were rather difficult for many last year.) 

I'll have more on the game and hands-on impressions later this week.  

Scott Hemphill
Consolesports.net