Tyler Seguin is hockey’s next nude model in ESPN Body Issue

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars will appear in his birthday suit in the next edition of ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue,” set to hit digital newsstands on July 6 and actual newsstands on July 10.

And by that we mean: Congrats, Shirtless Seguin Tumblr!

He’ll join Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper, NBA stars Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers and DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., two-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner, USA women's soccer star Ali Krieger, Olympians Aly Raisman and Natalie Coughlin, and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka among others.

From a preview video via ESPN, here’s a glimpse at the Tyler Seguin photoshoot:

Seguin of course joins a storied group of NHL stars that have bared all for the “Body Issue,” dedicated to showing the incredibly toned bodies of athletes while you attempt to work off that burrito supreme on the elliptical.

There was Hilary Knight of the U.S. women’s Olympic team in 2014:

There was Joffrey Lupul of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2013:

There was Brad Richards, then of the New York Rangers, in 2012:

There was Ryan Kesler, then of the Vancouver Canucks, in 2011:

And there was the one that started it all, and the leading source of nightmare fuel in 2009, Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins:

Seguin has a lot to live up to…

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