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NHL36 version 4.0 Update - ***END OF REGULAR SEASON 2017-18 UPDATE*** April 8, 2018
As we head into the off-season for many leagues around the world but still have our minds on the 2017-18 season, I wanted to make sure this database reflects 2017-18 rosters & contractual conditions but with an eye towards everything that has been happening since many leagues are finishing up and moves are being made with the 2018-19 season in mind. With that said, here's a little rundown:
- NHL: All transaction for THIS (2017-18 season) are updatd along with constantly adjusted ratings and depth charts. Future transaction that are already announced for the 18-19 season - signings of players from the CHL, NCAA and Europe - are all coded into the config file. So they will all happen in this database after the 17-18 season completes to maintain a realistic 2017-18 format. Most of these future signings occur on June 1 so that that year 1 of new contracts falls in 18-19...however, a few high profile NCAA and Euro prospects (Tolvanen, Sikura, etc) sign and immediately burn the first years off their entry-level deals so these types of player will actually sign on May 1, and it will burn a year from their deal in the 17-18 season. Retiring guys like the Sedins and Vrbata will retire at the conclusion of the 17-18 season.
- NCAA: Biggest update here, as mentioned in posts above. Over a thousand future commits starting in the 18-19 season and going all the way (right now) to the 21-22 season (for a few high profile young prospects) are in the config file. ALL USHL, NAHL, NCDC, Minnesota High School, New England Prep, CJHL (BCHL/AJHL/MJHL/SJHL/GOJHL/OJHL/CCHL/MJHL) and USNTDP prospects who are committed to Division 1 NCAA Hockey are in the game as well as numerous other Bantam and MM aged top prospects. My goal is to finish out the about 100 additional very young prospects who are committed and not yet in the game within the next few weeks.
- USports: Also started future transferring CHL players headed to USports college next season...one day I would like to have USports fleshed out as much as the NCAA is...not there yet though.
- CHL: Also as mentioned, have started fleshing out 2018 CHL draft classes a bit. The OHL draft has already happened so those players who I already had in the database now have OHL rights added. So Quinton Byfield's rights belong to Sudbury and Evan Vierling's belong to Flint, to name a couple examples. Guys like Antonio Stranges and Cole Perfetti are committed to the NCAA but do have OHL rights...usually they honor their college commitment but it may be possible to get them to play in the OHL. My goal is to get the top 3 rounds of 2018 OHL draftees completely in the game by the next update. The WHL draft is in May and I don't believe the Q draft is until June but there are already a handful (a dozen or so each) of highly-regarded potential draftees in there for both leagues.
- EUROPE: Of course I limit my comments on Europe to the major leagues (KHL, SHL, LIIGA, Extraliga, NLA, DEL) but contract extensions are updated and future transfers for 2018-19 are in there. How I did it, again, to preserve the integrity of the 17-18 season, is for players switching teams in 2018-19, they are listed with a contract for those teams in the database but loaned back for one year to the team they are really on in the 17-18 season.
- AHL: A handful of graduating AHL/CHL players have earned full AHL contracts for 18-19, so they are in the config as future transfers. PTO's are not included.
- PTO (Player tryouts): I do NOT include PTO's in the database - these are temporary tryouts and not full annual contracts. So the horde of graduating NCAA and CHL players you see getting ATO's in the AHL and ECHL are not included until they earn permanent deals - they will then be added as a future transfer in the config file.
Of course, feel free to tinker with Expansion Draft results with the Expansion Draft toolkit for NHL36, released with version 2.7 of the database (link below as well):
Here are the latest v4.0 databases in all flavors (also updated on the front page):
Version 4.0 - Original NHL36 Expansion (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - Original v4.0.zip
Version 4.0 - NHL36 "Great North" (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - Great North v4.0.zip
Version 4.0 - NHL36 "City Lights" (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - City Lights v4.0.zip
Version 4.0 - NHL36 "Wild West" (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - Wild West v4.0.zip
Here is the latest v2.7 Expansion Draft Tookit for NHL36:
Dropbox - Expansion Draft Toolkit (NHL36).xlsx
As we head into the off-season for many leagues around the world but still have our minds on the 2017-18 season, I wanted to make sure this database reflects 2017-18 rosters & contractual conditions but with an eye towards everything that has been happening since many leagues are finishing up and moves are being made with the 2018-19 season in mind. With that said, here's a little rundown:
- NHL: All transaction for THIS (2017-18 season) are updatd along with constantly adjusted ratings and depth charts. Future transaction that are already announced for the 18-19 season - signings of players from the CHL, NCAA and Europe - are all coded into the config file. So they will all happen in this database after the 17-18 season completes to maintain a realistic 2017-18 format. Most of these future signings occur on June 1 so that that year 1 of new contracts falls in 18-19...however, a few high profile NCAA and Euro prospects (Tolvanen, Sikura, etc) sign and immediately burn the first years off their entry-level deals so these types of player will actually sign on May 1, and it will burn a year from their deal in the 17-18 season. Retiring guys like the Sedins and Vrbata will retire at the conclusion of the 17-18 season.
- NCAA: Biggest update here, as mentioned in posts above. Over a thousand future commits starting in the 18-19 season and going all the way (right now) to the 21-22 season (for a few high profile young prospects) are in the config file. ALL USHL, NAHL, NCDC, Minnesota High School, New England Prep, CJHL (BCHL/AJHL/MJHL/SJHL/GOJHL/OJHL/CCHL/MJHL) and USNTDP prospects who are committed to Division 1 NCAA Hockey are in the game as well as numerous other Bantam and MM aged top prospects. My goal is to finish out the about 100 additional very young prospects who are committed and not yet in the game within the next few weeks.
- USports: Also started future transferring CHL players headed to USports college next season...one day I would like to have USports fleshed out as much as the NCAA is...not there yet though.
- CHL: Also as mentioned, have started fleshing out 2018 CHL draft classes a bit. The OHL draft has already happened so those players who I already had in the database now have OHL rights added. So Quinton Byfield's rights belong to Sudbury and Evan Vierling's belong to Flint, to name a couple examples. Guys like Antonio Stranges and Cole Perfetti are committed to the NCAA but do have OHL rights...usually they honor their college commitment but it may be possible to get them to play in the OHL. My goal is to get the top 3 rounds of 2018 OHL draftees completely in the game by the next update. The WHL draft is in May and I don't believe the Q draft is until June but there are already a handful (a dozen or so each) of highly-regarded potential draftees in there for both leagues.
- EUROPE: Of course I limit my comments on Europe to the major leagues (KHL, SHL, LIIGA, Extraliga, NLA, DEL) but contract extensions are updated and future transfers for 2018-19 are in there. How I did it, again, to preserve the integrity of the 17-18 season, is for players switching teams in 2018-19, they are listed with a contract for those teams in the database but loaned back for one year to the team they are really on in the 17-18 season.
- AHL: A handful of graduating AHL/CHL players have earned full AHL contracts for 18-19, so they are in the config as future transfers. PTO's are not included.
- PTO (Player tryouts): I do NOT include PTO's in the database - these are temporary tryouts and not full annual contracts. So the horde of graduating NCAA and CHL players you see getting ATO's in the AHL and ECHL are not included until they earn permanent deals - they will then be added as a future transfer in the config file.
Of course, feel free to tinker with Expansion Draft results with the Expansion Draft toolkit for NHL36, released with version 2.7 of the database (link below as well):
Here are the latest v4.0 databases in all flavors (also updated on the front page):
Version 4.0 - Original NHL36 Expansion (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - Original v4.0.zip
Version 4.0 - NHL36 "Great North" (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - Great North v4.0.zip
Version 4.0 - NHL36 "City Lights" (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - City Lights v4.0.zip
Version 4.0 - NHL36 "Wild West" (April 12, 2018)
Dropbox - NHL36 - Wild West v4.0.zip
Here is the latest v2.7 Expansion Draft Tookit for NHL36:
Dropbox - Expansion Draft Toolkit (NHL36).xlsx
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