Confirmed with Link: Dallas signs Matej Blumel to 2 year ELC (925k)

[Sticktape]

Edmonton draftee in 2019 who never got signed. At the time there seemed to be some confusion as to why he wasn't signed by the club. Anyways, he has done well in the Czechia league and a strong World Championship.

Matej Blumel

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[Sports2]

Thank you based matej

 

[Satan]

Friendship ended with Matej Stransky

Now Matej Blumel is my new best friend

 

[trenchard]

He was awesome on WM. Last season had excellent. I hope he will be good addition. And hope he will give a shoot in NHL ...

 

[The Tourist]

elite

 

[Czechboy]

He's quite good... I think he projects to be a very good Bottom 6 NHL player IMO.

Somewhere between Kampf and Kase as one plays better D than him and the other (when not concussed) probably has more offence.

Time will tell.

In extraliga he did both special teams
At worlds he made whoever was on his line better

Jack of all trades type player.. curious how long till his NHL debut!

 

[Captain Awesome]

This was so weird to see. I was playing EHM and signed this guy to the Stars last week in my game. Damn, it’s a more realistic game than I gave it credit for.

 

[BG44]

This was so weird to see. I was playing EHM and signed this guy to the Stars last week in my game. Damn, it’s a more realistic game than I gave it credit for.

I think I'm about to hate you and love you at the same time.

Is EHM the Eastside Hockey Manager? I've never heard of it, but it looks pretty incredible. Is it worth the $20?

I feel like I'm about to waste a lot of time on this if it's what you're talking about.

 

[LT]

I think I'm about to hate you and love you at the same time.

Is EHM the Eastside Hockey Manager? I've never heard of it, but it looks pretty incredible. Is it worth the $20?

I feel like I'm about to waste a lot of time on this if it's what you're talking about.

Abso-f***ing-lutely. It is amazing and you are about to waste SO much time playing it.

It does have a pretty steep learning curve and the tutorials for setting everything up properly aren’t the most user friendly. Their forums and the thread here on HF (in Fantasy) are great resources for getting started.

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[BG44]

 

[BG44]

Wheeler had this to say about him about 18 months ago:

Blumel is an easy player to like. He never stops moving, he works to keep himself in the play, he’s a factor in puck pursuit, and he plays a driven middle-lane, north-south game which has proven to translate well on smaller ice surfaces. He’s also an above-average skater who generates decent power through his pushes, protects the puck well, has a heavy shot and pretty quick hands.

NHL prospect pool rankings: No. 19 Edmonton Oilers

Why were the Oilers 19th in Scott Wheeler's prospect pool rankings? Who is Edmonton's top prospect?

theathletic.com

 

[eartotheground]

I think I'm about to hate you and love you at the same time.

Is EHM the Eastside Hockey Manager? I've never heard of it, but it looks pretty incredible. Is it worth the $20?

I feel like I'm about to waste a lot of time on this if it's what you're talking about.

wow would i have lost that bet.. i can't believe you haven't been heavy into ehm for years. right down your alley.

 

[hairylikebear]

RIP BG44

 

[M88K]

I think I'm about to hate you and love you at the same time.

Is EHM the Eastside Hockey Manager? I've never heard of it, but it looks pretty incredible. Is it worth the $20?

I feel like I'm about to waste a lot of time on this if it's what you're talking about.

If you like management games, there's nothing better.
The 07 edition i got up to 2090 or some shit in 1 play through

 

[The Tourist]

So is EHM like career mode in the NHL video game series without playing the games? Drafting, trading, and signing free agents is probably my favorite part of career mode.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

So is EHM like career mode in the NHL video game series without playing the games? Drafting, trading, and signing free agents is probably my favorite part of career mode.

Pretty much, you can coach games as well and setup linesup and style of play.

I found the game pretty good, but the SIMs are very slow which I found annoying. Like I want to SIM a month at a time or two months and just let the AI take control of the team but I never found an efficient way to do it.

 

[WhoahNow]

There is a good EHM thread on the General Fantasy Talk board

 

[LT]

Pretty much, you can coach games as well and setup linesup and style of play.

I found the game pretty good, but the SIMs are very slow which I found annoying. Like I want to SIM a month at a time or two months and just let the AI take control of the team but I never found an efficient way to do it.

You have to "Go on vacation" but carefully set the AGM responsibilities. Even then it's still kind of slow.

 

[Kcb12345]

Pretty much, you can coach games as well and setup linesup and style of play.

I found the game pretty good, but the SIMs are very slow which I found annoying. Like I want to SIM a month at a time or two months and just let the AI take control of the team but I never found an efficient way to do it.

You can do those things in the NHL game as well. What's the biggest difference between the two?

 

[LT]

You can do those things in the NHL game as well. What's the biggest difference between the two?

EHM is a LOT more detailed if you really get into it. I'd also argue it has a much better prospect system and is more configurable, albeit more difficult to work with.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

You have to "Go on vacation" but carefully set the AGM responsibilities. Even then it's still kind of slow.

That method works OK, but like you said it is so slow. If you SIM a month that could take like 15+ mins if I remember correctly haven't played in a while. Plus I couldn't alt-tab out of that game without it crashing so you are basically stuck with it siming and can't do anything else.

 

[WhoahNow]

You can do those things in the NHL game as well. What's the biggest difference between the two?

EHM is way better as a GM mode, so much more fun

 

[Satan]

@BG44 has been playing EHM for years but in his Excel Spreadsheet

 

[Captain Awesome]

I think I'm about to hate you and love you at the same time.

Is EHM the Eastside Hockey Manager? I've never heard of it, but it looks pretty incredible. Is it worth the $20?

I feel like I'm about to waste a lot of time on this if it's what you're talking about.

I love it, but it can definitely get a bit tedious, and it's long in the tooth. That being said, there are still roster updates despite the game not having an official one since 2015, face packs for most of the players and some staff, logo packs to make it all look legit, and it's a very deep game. I feel really bad for mentioning my EHM game, I feel like you're gonna go down a hockey sim rabbit hole and never come back.

If I were in your position I might also have a look at FHM 8, which is another hockey sim series that has been steadily improving, and is the only one getting an annual release. In my opinion, it's gotten close enough that you may want the more modern quality of life features over EHM, but I think it's very debatable, so I'd hesitate to outright suggest either one. Maybe check out one of the many FHM vs EHM reddit threads or have a look around youtube to see if one looks more interesting to you.

Not sure either is a perfect representation of the NHL at this point. The first thing I do in any EHM game is trade away Seguin and Benn for peanuts to clear out the cap, and then tank like a motherf***er. For some reason Shane Wright was much better in my game than I expect he'll be in real life. The other flipside of that is the AI doesn't really consider cap much unless they are going to go over it or under it. You can't weaponize your cap space and so long as you find a partner you can trade good players that are severely overpaid.

Pretty much, you can coach games as well and setup linesup and style of play.

I found the game pretty good, but the SIMs are very slow which I found annoying. Like I want to SIM a month at a time or two months and just let the AI take control of the team but I never found an efficient way to do it.

Yup, the joys of a game so old that it only runs on one core, regardless of your processor. I think the thing I find most annoying is I'm not sure FHM is any faster despite being much, much newer.