You guys may remember this thread outlining FHM's historical mode (which has since been improved to feature seasons all the way back to 1917-1918 now.
Franchise Hockey Manager 3 - NHL & WHA Historical mode
Anyways, in the most recent version, they finally added a random debut feature, which I was personally hounding the devs for for quite awhile, and it is honestly an awesome addition for fans of hockey's wonderful history.
The possibilities are essentially limitless. If you check out the OP in that previous thread you'll get an idea of what the game can do. But with random debut, it completely shuffles the years and eras in which the players played. When you choose a year, you have the option to do a fantasy draft of randomly selected players for a league wide draft. If you have the 1st pick, you may have an option to choose from a 25 year old Jean Beliveau or a 26 year old Nicklas Lidstrom.
Let's say you start in 1935. You may have a 27 year old Alex Ovechkin playing for the Montreal Maroons and a 22 year old Eddie Shore playing for the New York Americans. It's really neat playing an alternate history of what ifs. What if Mario Lemieux played in the 1950's? What if Newsy Lalonde played in the 90's?
After you choose a starting year, each off-season thereafter you'll have a new set of completely random draftees. The '75 draft class may have Gordie Howe and Eric Lindros while 1995 may have Howie Morenz and Mark Messier etc..
It uses the FHM development system, so careers may last longer or shorter then in real life, and some players careers will differ as well (but no major crazy differences really), so that way it's not always the same every time you play. If you choose to have players more accurately represented you can also do that with the re-calc option but just not in random debut mode). What this means is that a guy like Tomas Hertl can be an absolute legend in the 80's and a guy like Brett Hull can be a solid NHLer but not the HOFer he was in real life.
It's really quite enjoyable to simulate alternate NHL histories to see how players and teams did for their careers, and it's really interesting to become a GM/coach for any team in any era in history.
I recently ran a test file from 1917 all the way through 2018. If anyone has any questions about how a specific player did in their career or how a team has fared I'd be glad to post some info.
I don't work for FHM for the record, but I do beta test for them and historical mode is something I spend a lot of time helping them tweak through testing and suggestions. I wish more people - especially on here - would see the awesome potential. Hell, you can even do online leagues now. How cool would an online HF historical league be?
Franchise Hockey Manager 3 - NHL & WHA Historical mode
Anyways, in the most recent version, they finally added a random debut feature, which I was personally hounding the devs for for quite awhile, and it is honestly an awesome addition for fans of hockey's wonderful history.
The possibilities are essentially limitless. If you check out the OP in that previous thread you'll get an idea of what the game can do. But with random debut, it completely shuffles the years and eras in which the players played. When you choose a year, you have the option to do a fantasy draft of randomly selected players for a league wide draft. If you have the 1st pick, you may have an option to choose from a 25 year old Jean Beliveau or a 26 year old Nicklas Lidstrom.
Let's say you start in 1935. You may have a 27 year old Alex Ovechkin playing for the Montreal Maroons and a 22 year old Eddie Shore playing for the New York Americans. It's really neat playing an alternate history of what ifs. What if Mario Lemieux played in the 1950's? What if Newsy Lalonde played in the 90's?
After you choose a starting year, each off-season thereafter you'll have a new set of completely random draftees. The '75 draft class may have Gordie Howe and Eric Lindros while 1995 may have Howie Morenz and Mark Messier etc..
It uses the FHM development system, so careers may last longer or shorter then in real life, and some players careers will differ as well (but no major crazy differences really), so that way it's not always the same every time you play. If you choose to have players more accurately represented you can also do that with the re-calc option but just not in random debut mode). What this means is that a guy like Tomas Hertl can be an absolute legend in the 80's and a guy like Brett Hull can be a solid NHLer but not the HOFer he was in real life.
It's really quite enjoyable to simulate alternate NHL histories to see how players and teams did for their careers, and it's really interesting to become a GM/coach for any team in any era in history.
I recently ran a test file from 1917 all the way through 2018. If anyone has any questions about how a specific player did in their career or how a team has fared I'd be glad to post some info.
I don't work for FHM for the record, but I do beta test for them and historical mode is something I spend a lot of time helping them tweak through testing and suggestions. I wish more people - especially on here - would see the awesome potential. Hell, you can even do online leagues now. How cool would an online HF historical league be?
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