NHL 19 Franchise Mode Thread

[kinger8998]

so....can we join this or....?

no need to ask for permission to join lol, if you have a franchise mode you'd like to share, go ahead and do it, no matter the team. always love reading a good log as much as i attempt to try and write one!

 

[kinger8998]

Have you ever tried Franchise Hockey Manager? That might be perfect for someone like yourself.

never, does it cost anything?

 

[kinger8998]

@ted1971 LOL twist my arm a little more ... just bought FHM, i'll let you know how i like it! thanks for the tip!

 

[Cygnusx1018]

@ted1971 LOL twist my arm a little more ... just bought FHM, i'll let you know how i like it! thanks for the tip!

I personally see it as a strictly superior version of NHLea Franchise Mode

 

[kinger8998]

Hartford Whalers Expansion Mode

Frustration

*** Typing up this writeup, when randomly out of the blue, my chrome browser says "Aw Snap, we couldn't find what you were looking for" and just like that a writeup that took 3 hours was gone. Stupid things like that is what makes me lose interest in things. Anyways, here's a quick recap of what I had typed, although it's nothing like the writeup I had written.***

Expansion Draft, Resign Phase, Free Agency Recap

BREAKING NEWS: Francis and Bettman prepare for joint Press Conference
June 11th, 2018
Just weeks ago, plans for Seattle Expansion fell apart on the NHL. Immediately, Gary Bettman promised a solution to the fans thirst for Expansion. Critics were skeptical, how could the NHL find a solution so soon. Now, we may have an answer. Gary Bettman is in Hartford and has been seen with Hall of Famer Ron Francis. Could Hartford be the NHL's next Franchise? It sure seems so. Let's tune into the Press Conference now:

Bettman: Welcome reporters, fans, and everyone tuning in on television to see this. Just like you fans, we were very disappointed when Seattle was forced to withdraw from Expansion due to unforeseen circumstances. That being said, I think this solution is going to make everyone very happy. Now let's get on with it. I'm very pleased to announce that the NHL will be granted a 32nd team to the Hartford Whalers for the upcoming season. And without further ado, the man who made it happen, Ron Francis!

Francis: The moment I found out about this opportunity to bring the Whalers back to Hartford, I just knew I had to do it. I had some great years in Hartford, and I know you fans loved the team. So, I gave Gary a call and inquired about buying a franchise and everything was pretty smooth sailing from there. This is a fresh start for us. Speaking of fresh, I'm going to turn it over to the first GM of the Hartford Whalers, Brant King.

King: Thank's Ron. When Ron gave me a call saying he wanted a fresh face to match the idea of a clean slate, I was shocked. I wasn't expecting it. But, how could I say no. It's an honor to be pegged as the man to be at the helm of this operation here in Hartford, and I can't wait to get going. In just a week, the protected lists will be finalized and we will select our team, then we have a resign period followed by Free Agency. After that, we begin our season in October. We're going to be joining the Atlantic Division, while Detroit is going to shift over into the Central. Thank you all, and we'll be speaking soon

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Selections

Trades/FA Signings

ANA - Michael Del Zotto (walked to FA) ARZ - Jason Demers (under contract 2 years) BOS - Kevan Miller (under contract 1 year) BUF - Nathan Beaulieu (signed 2 year deal) CGY - Curtis Lazar (signed 1 year deal) CAR - Brock McGinn (signed 3 year deal) CHI - Slater Koekkoek (signed 1 year deal) COL - Ian Cole (under contract 2 years) DAL - Andrew Cogliano (under contract 2 years) DET - Frans Nielsen (under contract 3 years) *EDM - Ty Rattie (signed 1 year deal) FLA - Mark Pysyk (under contract 1 year) **LAK - Nikita Scherbak (signed 1 year deal) MIN - Marcus Foligno (under contract 2 years) MON - Xavier Ouellet (walked to FA) ***NSH - Colton Sissons NJD - Cory Schneider (under contract 3 years) NYI - Tom Kuhnahckl (walked to FA) NYR - Jesper Fast (under contract 1 year) OTT - Bobby Ryan (under contract 3 years) PHI - Dale Weise (under contract 1 year) PIT - Riley Sheahan (walked to FA) SJS - Brenden Dillon (under contract 1 year) STL - Alexander Steen (under contract 2 years) ****TBL - Cedric Paquette (walked to FA) TOR - Martin Marincin (signed 2 year deal) VAN - Brendan Gaunce (signed 2 year deal) WSH - Phoenix Copley (signed 1 year deal) WPG - Marko Dano (signed 1 year deal)

* - EDM trades 2021 3rd round pick and Ty Rattie to HFD to select Ryan Spooner (under contract 1 year) ** - LAK trades 2020 2nd, 2019 3rd to HFD to not select Adrian Kempe, Derek Forbort *** - NSH trades 2019 1st to HFD to not select Craig Smith, Kevin Fiala **** - TBL trades 2020 1st, Taylor Raddysh (under contract 2 years) to HFD to not select Stralman, Killorn, Palat ~ FA Signing: Anthony Duclair (2 year deal, $2.000M AAV) ~ Preseason Trade: Kevan Miller and Jesper Fast -> PHI; Andrew MacDonald (under contract 1 year) and Philippe Myers (under contract 2 years) -> HFD

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First Half of Season

LW	C	RW
Steen 84	Nielsen 80	Ryan 81
McGinn 78	Scissons 80	Rattie 78
Cogliano 80	Spooner 79	Duclair 80
Dano 77	Foligno 78	Lazar 78
Gaunce 77

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LD	RD
Dillon 82	Demers 82
Cole 81	Beaulieu 79
Koekkoek 78	Pysyk 80
MacDonald 77

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1A	1B
Schneider 83	Korpisalo 81

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BREAKING NEWS: Whalers win Season Opener over Oilers 3-2
Oct. 12th, 2018
Down 2-0 after their first period back in the League, Hartford was looking like the typical Expansion team. But two 2nd period goals by Andrew Cogliano and Frans Nielsen set the stage for Marcus Foligno's go-ahead-goal in the 3rd to put the Whalers up 3-2. That was a lead they'd hold until the clock hit 0.0.

Cory Schneider made 31 saves in the victory. Cue the Brass Bonanza!

BREAKING NEWS: Back-to-Back wins cap off first Month for the Whalers
Oct. 31st, 2018
After surrenderign 4 or more goals in 3 of their past 5 games, the defensive pairings were changed and the Hartford Whalers seemed to respond well. 2-1 and 3-1 wins over Anaheim and Buffalo on back-to-back nights improved the teams record to 5-4-1. Still early in the season, but their record is good enough for the 2nd WC spot and 4th in the Atlantic Division.

BREAKING NEWS: Old rivalry revived in feisty win for Hartford
Nov. 18th, 2018
Before Hartford relocated to Carolina and became the Hurricanes, their most fierce rival was the Boston Bruins. If you weren't sure if that would carry over to this edition of the Whalers, well now you are. In a hard-fought 2-0 win for the Whalers, there was 57 combined penalty minutes.

Brock McGinn scored the go ahead goal early in the third period after the Whalers killed off 2 consecutive penalties, and Frans Nielsen added the empty netter to seal the deal.

Cory Schnieder had 32 saves in his first shutout of the season.

BREAKING NEWS: Hartford falls 3-1 in first ever Whalers-Canes matchup
Dec. 9th, 2018
Despite not being in the same Division, the Whalers and Hurricanes instantaneously Hartford re-entered the NHL. That is, because, Carolina "stole" the original Whalers out of Hartford when the League decided to relocate them.

Hartford was outshot 33-24 in the game and their only goal came from Marko Dano.

The teams face off once more this season on February 20th, just 1 week prior to the NHL Trading Deadline.

BREAKING NEWS: Whalers ink Rattie to 4-year Extension
Jan. 4th, 2019
The Hartford Whalers leading scorer Ty Rattie has signed a 4-year deal to remain with the team. The 25-year old currently has 10 goal and 16 assists for 26 points, all numbers that shatter his previous career highs. Here's the catch: he's juts 38 games into this season. GM Brant King seems to have done some swift work, as the deal comes in at a total of $10.000M ($2.250M AAV). Here's what he had to say on TSN about it:

Honestly, I'm as shocked as some of youguys are. Ty has been incredible for us this season, and we knew he had this in him when we got him from the Oilers. We talked about many different options, like shorter term with a higher salary, but Ty's 25 now, so he went for the security. We're glad to have him around for another 4 years, and hopefully more.

Spoiler: EXTENSION INFO

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Ext. Years/AAV
Ty Rattie	79	25	Med Top 6F	RW	Sniper	38 GP 10G-16A-26P E ... 2 PIM​	4/$2.500M

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Record	Home	Away	GFPG	GAPG	PP%	PK%	Division	Conference	League	Playoffs?
21-17-3	9-9-1	12-8-2	2.51 (T-21st)	2.59 (17th)	17.4% (23rd)	80.4% (19th)	5th	8th	17th	Yes

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Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
Cory Schneider	13-15-3	.920	2.62	4
Joonas Korpisalo	8-2-0	.920	2.29	1

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TSN Says:
Strong play from both goalies has been a key to the Hartford Whalers ability to stay in the Playoff hunt halfway through their inaugural season. It hurts their chance at getting a top end talent, but the experience of making the Playoffs would be invaluable to the young players and overall team morale.

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Jason Demers	41	3	12	15	+4	8
Nathan Beaulieu	41	5	8	13	-2	12
Mark Pysyk	40	0	9	9	+1	0
Slater Koekkoek	41	0	8	8	-1	8
Brenden Dillon	41	1	4	5	-8	31
Ian Cole	41	0	5	5	+4	16
Andrew MacDonald	1	0	0	0	+1	0

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TSN Says:
Brenden Dillon has been disappointing, but other than that the defense of the Whalers has given GMBK and owner Ron Francis nothing to complain about. Jason Demers has been the best of the bunch, on pace for his highest points total since 13-14. Slater Koekkoek is young and will be part of the future, but you wonder where King's head will be at with Mark Pysyk, on an expiring contract

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Ty Rattie	41	10	17	27	E	4
Frans Nielsen	41	10	17	27	-1	4
Alexander Steen	41	7	19	26	+2	18
Bobby Ryan	41	9	14	23	-3	19
Anthony Duclair	41	14	8	22	-3	6
Ryan Spooner	41	3	18	21	-4	4
Brock McGinn	41	11	8	19	-9	14
Colton Sissons	40	10	9	19	-7	26
Marcus Foligno	41	5	9	14	+4	20
Andrew Cogliano	41	4	6	10	-1	16
Curtis Lazar	38	2	8	10	-2	6
Marko Dano	29	5	4	9	+4	0
Brendan Gaunce	16	4	1​	5	+1	2

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TSN Says:
The Whalers have 6 20-point scorers, significant production for an Expansion team. It comes from veterans like Nielsen, Steen and Ryan; their MVP so far Ty Rattie, and redmption stories in Duclair and Spooner. Their 4th line of Foligno with any combination of Gaunce/Lazar/Dano has been an advantage league wide as efficiency as a 4th unit has been unparalleled throughout the NHL. Brock McGinn and Colton Sissons, both on pace for their first 20-goal season, have been very impressive. Perhaps, the lone disappointment up front for the Whalers has been Andrew Cogliano, with just 10 points in 41 games while consistently getting top-9 ice time.

In other news, with Colton Sissons and Marko Dano both being lost to injuries during the final game of the "first half" of the season, Dale Weise has been recalled from the AHL.

In the minors, prospects Philippe Myers and Nikita Scherbak are enjoying very successful seasons with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs of the AHL. With 33 points in 40 games, Scherbak is 2nd on the team in scoring behind Tomas Hyka (39 PTS). Meanwhile Myers already has tied his career high of 21 points, doing so in just 40 games, while being a +17 and averaging 26:04 minutes per game.

Phoenix Copley has a .914 SV% with 3 SO and a record of 20-4-4.

Second Half of Season

LW	C	RW
Steen 84	Nielsen 80	Rattie 79
Duclair 80	Spooner 79	Ryan 81
McGinn 80	Cogliano 80	Weise 78
Gaunce 77	Foligno 78	Lazar 78
Dano 77*	Scissons 80*

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LD	RD
Cole 81	Demers 82
Dillon 82	Pysyk 80
Koekkoek 78	Beaulieu 79
MacDonald 77

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1A	1B
Schneider 83	Korpisalo 81

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BREAKING NEWS: Hartford takes 2-0 lead in Season Series with 4-1 win over Bruins
Jan. 30th, 2019
Cory Schneider was the hero in Hartford as he made 38 saves, 18 of which came in a lopsided first period where the Whalers were outshot 18-8, en route to an exciting win. Colton Sissons had his best game since returning to the lineup with 2 goals and 3 points in the victory.

The win was an important one for Hartford as they'd gone just 2-4-1 in their last 7 games to kick off the second half of their season.

BREAKING NEWS: Dillon goes back to Dallas for Robertson, Heatherington, pick
Feb. 20th, 2019
Just a week before the Trade Deadline, the Hartford Whalers pulled the trigger on a trade sending pending UFA D Brenden Dillon to the Dallas Stars for prospect Jason Robertson, defenseman Dillon Heatherington and a 4th round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.

Brenden Dillon, 28, rejoins the Stars who he began his NHL career with as they push to make the Playoffs. The Stars currently have 65 points (32-24-3) and sit 6th in the Central, 4 points out of a Playoff Spot.

Meanwhile, Hartford is in a similar situation. They currently sit 6th in the Atlantic, also 4 points out of a Playoff Spot. As an Expansion Franchise, the fact they sit in the picture is impressive enough, but it seems as though GM Brant King is going to play it safe and trade off assets that haven't fit.

Spoiler: PLAYER INFO

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Dillon Heatherington	76	23	Med Top 6D	D	Defensive Defenseman	58 GP 7G-17A-24P +48 ... 42 PIM (AHL)	1/$0.745M
Jason Robertson	65	19	Low Top 6F	LW	Sniper	36 GP 18G-21A-39P +2 ... 6 PIM (OHL)	2/$0.825M

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Next Post: 2019 NHL Trade Deadline and Rest of Season!

*** I know this isn't my conventional stopping point, but I have a grave fear of losing yet another writeup overnight so I'm going to post what I have, and then finish this tomorrow! Hope you all enjoy. ***

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[Kevs Security]

Was doing a franchise mode with Columbus traded both Panarin and Bobrovsky in year 1. In year 7 I make it to game 7 of the conference final I intervened the SIM to find for that game, the game glitched and gave me a phantom Artemi Panarin for game 7. Unfortunetly now the game freezes when I try and super sim again

(warning filmed on my phone so cringe quality)

I love the vid, you're so angry (as you should be).

 

[Boeser Fan]

I love the vid, you're so angry (as you should be).

Lol I was very cheesed I binged played 3 seasons for that to happen.

 

[Kevs Security]

Lol I was very cheesed I binged played 3 seasons for that to happen.

Yeah this game is shit to be honest. I lose my mind every now and then playing it. I should make a video of ny own

 

[n00bxQb]

Continued from NHL 19 - Franchise Mode Thread

NHL 19 - Franchise Mode - Vancouver Canucks - 2021/2022 Season

April 24, 2022

The Vancouver Canucks will move on to the second round of the NHL playoffs as they defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in nail-biting game 7 double overtime last night. Emanuel Jovanovski scored both goals for the Canucks and Jordan Kyrou scored the Blues' lone goal, which tied the game late in the 3rd period. The Canucks will play the Los Angeles Kings in the next round.

May 8, 2022

In yet another thrilling game 7 overtime, the Vancouver Canucks managed to come out on top, defeating the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 to move on to the Western Conference finals against the Winnipeg Jets. Brock Boeser scored the game-tying goal and the overtime winner and goaltender Thatcher Demko posted shutouts in game 2 and in game 6.

May 20, 2022

The Winnipeg Jets defeated the Vancouver Canucks in game 6 last night to advance to the Stanley Cup finals. The Canucks fell behind early in the series by getting shut out 4-0 in the first two games, both at Rogers Arena. The Canucks rallied to take both games in Winnipeg to tie the series, but Winnipeg proved too strong for the young Canucks.

May 30, 2022

The Buffalo Sabres have won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Winnipeg Jets in 5 games. Goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukonen was awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs, posting a 16-6 record with 3 shutouts, a 0.942 Sv%, and a 1.75 GAA.

2021/2022 Vancouver Canucks Playoff Statistics

Record	10-10-0
Goals For	2.20 (11th)
Goals Against	2.30 (4th)
PP%	14.0% (12th)
PK%	73.3% (15th)

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Player	GP	G	A	P
Horvat, Bo	20	6	8	14
Boeser, Brock	20	7	6	13
Jovanovski, Emanuel	20	5	8	13
Pettersson, Elias	20	2	10	12
Baertschi, Sven	20	2	8	10
Eriksson, Loui	20	4	5	9
Granlund, Markus	20	3	5	8
Gaudette, Adam	20	1	5	6
Sutter, Brandon	18	3	2	5
Virtanen, Jake	20	3	2	5
Juolevi, Olli	20	3	1	4
Gagner, Sam	20	2	2	4
Tanev, Christopher	20	1	3	4
Lind, Kole	20	0	4	4
Pouliot, Derrick	20	0	4	4
Woo, Jett	17	0	2	2
Hutton, Ben	10	0	1	1
Stecher, Troy	13	1	0	1
Edler, Alexander	15	1	0	1
Goldobin, Nikolay	2	0	0	0
Brisebois, Guillaume	5	0	0	0

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Goaltender	W	L	OTL	SO	Sv%	GAA
Demko, Thatcher	10	10	0	3	0.929	2.10

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[ted2019]

@ted1971 LOL twist my arm a little more ... just bought FHM, i'll let you know how i like it! thanks for the tip!

I started with the expansion 1967 Flyers and have had a lot of fun with it.

 

[Trizz617]

Quick question centering on realism. Do any of you all prefer to start a Franchise mode after the trade deadline has come and gone and most of those transactions have been completed? Does it even matter? I typically prefer to keep the rosters as current as possible before I start the mode and take it from there on my end, regardless of what the AI decides to pull off during the mode. Just curious what the responses will be, if any.

 

[Emery]

Busy with school and stuff but wanna start another franchise mode, I actually wish they’d bring GM connected back, I enjoyed it alot

 

[Conor Edwards]

Anyone know of players that seem to sim very well despite their overall or how they are IRL?

 

[StrictlyRandysDog]

Anyone know of players that seem to sim very well despite their overall or how they are IRL?

Anthony Duclair always seems to do well

 

[Chr1s97]

someone know why in some Roster update I have Cale Fleury, and some other I dont have him(like rn).

 

[Kellogs]

So this happened in my franchise mode....

And I'm not Edmonton

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Any idea what Can I do to have Poehling and Cale fleury with the habs? also, where is Romanov ?

I know the NCAA doesnt want his Athlete in games but it really sucks to lose a top elite prospect like this.

Also, I traded for Frost and Myers, both have top 4 or top 6 potential. How can I make them develop the right way into 85+ overall ? same for Suzuki and Brook.

also, where is Romanov ?

 

[Nugget910]

Romanov isn't in the game, KHL guys aren't licensed in EA

 

[tucson83]

Anyone know of players that seem to sim very well despite their overall or how they are IRL?

i would look at the season ending stats and try to trade for those guys.

 

[n00bxQb]

Continued from NHL 19 - Franchise Mode Thread

NHL 19 - Franchise Mode - Vancouver Canucks - 2022 Offseason

June 15, 2022

The annual NHL awards were held in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday evening and the Stanley Cup champion Buffalo Sabres were well-represented in the winners column.

Goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukonen added the Vezina trophy as the league's top goaltender in addition to the Conn Smythe trophy he was awarded at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Artemi Panarin won his first Hart trophy as the league's most valuable player and Rasmus Ristolainen won his first Norris trophy as the league's top defenseman.

Flyers forward Claude Giroux won his first NHL award, taking home the Art Ross trophy and Jets forward Patrik Laine won his first Maurice Richard trophy of what some expect will be several as the league's leading goal scorer.

Arizona's Ville Nurminen, a 2nd round pick in 2019, took home the Calder trophy as the league's top rookie with an impressive 32-goal, 67-point performance.

Vancouver's Elias Pettersson took home the Ted Lindsay award as the league's most outstanding player. The Canucks forward is the 3rd Canuck in the past 4 seasons to win the award, joining Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat. Pettersson and Boeser were amongst the league leaders in scoring through most of the year despite injuries to all 3 top line forwards. Pettersson finished with 76 points in 79 games.

Boston's Patrice Bergeron added yet another Selke trophy to his trophy cabinet. This year marks the sixth time Bergeron has won the Selke, the most ever since the award was introduced in 1978. Bergeron surpassed Hockey Hall of Famer Bob Gainey in 2019 with his fifth Selke win and will likely go down as the best defensive forward in NHL history.

Award	Winner
Stanley Cup	Buffalo Sabres
Presidents' Trophy	Toronto Maple Leafs (115)
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl	Winnipeg Jets
Prince of Wales Trophy	Buffalo Sabres
Art Ross Trophy	Giroux, Claude (PHI, 83)
Hart Memorial Trophy	Panarin, Artemi (BUF)
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Ristolainen, Rasmus (BUF)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Kane, Patrick (CHI)
Calder Memorial Trophy	Nurminen, Ville (ARI)
Conn Smythe Trophy	Luukonen, Ukko-Pekka (BUF)
Vezina Trophy	Luukonen, Ukko-Pekka (BUF)
William M. Jennings Trophy	Price, Carey (MTL, 197)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Hague, Nicolas (NYR)
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Bergeron, Patrice (BOS)
Ted Lindsay Award	Pettersson, Elias (VAN)
Maurice Richard Trophy	Laine, Patrik (WPG, 47)

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The Detroit Red Wings won the draft lottery and will make the first overall selection in the upcoming NHL entry draft. American winger Kevin Gormley is expected to go first overall according to NHL Central Scouting.

The Ottawa Senators and the Florida Panthers won the 2nd and 3rd overall selections respectively. The Vancouver Canucks will select 28th overall.

Rank	Player	Position	Team (League)
1	Gormley, Kevin	RW	USA Central
2	Yandle, Steve	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	McKee, Dallas	D	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
4	Jekimovs, Pavel	C	Ukraine (Russia)
5	Laflamme, Gilbert	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
6	Phillips, Austin	D	Ukraine (Russia)
7	Matvichuk, Kristopher	RW	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	Green, Ned	D	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9	Datsyuk, Oleg	RW	Russia (Russia)
10	Platt, Marvin	C	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
11	Dupuis, Mathieu	C	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
12	Ollas, Lars	D	Skelleftea (SHL)
13	Ledin, Ola	C	Tappara Tampere (Liiga)
14	Hillen, Justin	LW	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
15	Bussieres, Vincent	D	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
16	Wagner, Ken	LW	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
17	Grant, Will	D	USA West
18	Seidenberg, Sven	D	Lulea Hockey (SHL)
19	Backlund, Mathias	D	HV71 (SHL)
20	Solis, Cesar	D	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
21	Silvester, Leonel	LW	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
22	Worrell, Timothy	C	USA Central
23	Frattin, Quinton	RW	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
24	Brouillette, Georges	RW	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
25	Hyvonen, Marko	RW	Jyvaskyla Jyp (Liiga)
26	Tallackson, Jeff	LW	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
27	Erne, Bruce	C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
28	Kidd, Dwight	D	London Knights (OHL)
29	McFarland, Jeffrey	RW	USA Central
30	Hinote, Vince	D	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
31	Estrada, Quinn	LW	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

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June 22, 2022

The annual NHL retirements were announced yesterday, headlined by defensemen Zdeno Chara.

The 45-year-old, 6'9" Chara set an NHL record for most games played by a defenseman this season, surpassing Chris Chelios and finishing with 1718 games played. Chara captained the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup finals three times, winning the Stanley Cup in 2011. Chara finished his career with 688 points, which ranks 28th all-time amongst defensemen.

Brent Burns is one of the few defensemen to best Chara in career points, finishing with 745, good for 21st all-time, although teammate Erik Karlsson, who has 710 career points, may pass him. Burns is also well-known for his wild facial hair and Chewbacca-like appearance.

"Mr. Game 7" Justin Williams wraps up a career filled with postseason success. Williams won three Stanley Cups along with a Conn Smythe trophy along with NHL records for goals and points in game 7s with 7 goals, 14 points in 8 game 7 playoff games.

Other notables include Dustin Brown, the Los Angeles Kings' captain who won 2 Stanley Cups, Brent Seabrook, who won 3 Stanley Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks, and Chris Kunitz, the undrafted forward who won 4 Stanley Cups with Anaheim and Pittsburgh.

Player	GP	G	A	P
Chara, Zdeno	1718	210	478	688
Williams, Justin	1458	338	528	866
Brown, Dustin	1355	310	367	677
Burns, Brent	1266	247	498	745
Seabrook, Brent	1265	103	372	475
Steen, Alexander	1199	292	441	733
Kunitz, Chris	1197	290	378	668
Vanek, Thomas	1129	386	445	831
Daley, Trevor	1090	95	219	314
Girardi, Dan	1037	56	210	266
Coburn, Braydon	1010	47	176	223
Johnson, Jack	992	74	244	318
Staal, Marc	934	41	144	185
Brodziak, Kyle	923	128	173	301
Nielsen, Frans	902	171	308	479
Comeau, Blake	883	140	187	327
Callahan, Ryan	869	195	196	391
Stafford, Drew	866	199	232	431
Boyle, Brian	847	123	104	227
Boychuk, Johnny	811	61	163	224
Braun, Justin	767	37	144	181
Upshall, Scottie	759	138	147	285
Fehr, Eric	722	121	112	233
Stuart, Mark	713	28	68	96
McQuaid, Adam	698	19	82	101
Gunnarsson, Carl	658	29	101	130
Soderberg, Carl	642	118	209	327
Bernier, Steve	637	105	125	230
Hunwick, Matt	623	27	99	126
Korpikoski, Lauri	609	86	115	201
Quincey, Kyle	586	36	122	158
Prosser, Nate	487	15	48	63
Read, Matt	437	87	100	187
Schultz, Jeff	409	11	65	76
Gerbe, Nathan	396	58	80	138
Sheppard, James	394	23	68	91
Fayne, Mark	389	17	48	65
Lehtera, Jori	354	40	89	129
Ryan, Derek	353	53	71	124
Falk, Justin	328	4	38	42
White, Ryan	313	31	30	61
Bartkowski, Matt	268	7	43	50
Stortini, Zack	257	14	27	41
Bollig, Brandon	241	10	13	23
Wilson, Ryan	230	7	60	67
Cracknell, Adam	208	21	22	43
Haley, Michael	205	8	17	25
Strait, Brian	187	6	23	29
Bergfors, Niclas	173	35	48	83

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Goaltender	GP	W	SO	Sv%	GAA
Anderson, Craig	770	350	57	91.4%	2.74
Smith, Mike	613	257	40	91.2%	2.72
Elliott, Brian	592	307	53	91.4%	2.45
McElhinney, Curtis	205	69	11	90.9%	2.83

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June 24, 2022

The Detroit Red Wings kicked off the NHL Entry Draft by selecting the consensus #1 Kevin Gormley with the first overall selection. The 5'10" 179 lbs winger scored 109 points in the USHL in his draft year and is expected to be a boon to Detroit's offense moving forward.

The Ottawa Senators selected Sault Ste. Marie defenseman Steve Yandle with the second overall pick and the Florida Panthers selected Latvian centre Pavel Jekimovs from the KHL with the third overall pick.

Vancouver chose another winger with the 28th selection, opting to take American Jeffrey McFarland of the USHL. All seven selections made by the Canucks were from North America, with two from the USHL, three from the WHL, and two from the QMJHL.

The draft saw 5 trades, all involving draft picks, starting with the Winnipeg Jets trading the 30th overall pick to Dallas for the 44th overall pick and a 2023 3rd. The Jets then flipped the 44th overall pick to Nashville in exchange for the 51st overall pick and a 2023 5th. That trade was the first of 3 trades made by Nashville to move up in the draft, acquiring the 44th, 71st, and 128th picks in exchange for the 51st, 82nd, 113th, 144th, 2023 5th, and 2023 7th picks. Nashville also had four 1st round picks thanks to trades made near the trade deadline earlier this season, making for one eventful draft.

Selection	Team	Player	Position	Team (League)
1	Detroit	Gormley, Kevin	RW	USA Central
2	Ottawa	Yandle, Steve	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	Florida	Jekimovs, Pavel	C	Ukraine (Russia)
4	Edmonton	Laflamme, Gilbert	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
5	NY Rangers	McKee, Dallas	D	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
6	Carolina	Phillips, Austin	D	Ukraine (Russia)
7	NY Islanders	Matvichuk, Kristopher	RW	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	Chicago	Platt, Marvin	C	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
9	Minnesota	Green, Ned	D	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
10	Calgary	Datsyuk, Oleg	RW	Russia (Russia)
11	Nashville (via ANA)	Dupuis, Mathieu	C	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
12	Vegas	Ollas, Lars	D	Skelleftea (SHL)
13	Dallas	Bussieres, Vincent	D	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
14	Pittsburgh	Ledin, Ola	C	Tappara Tampere (Liiga)
15	New Jersey	Hillen, Justin	LW	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
16	Nashville (via STL)	Wagner, Ken	LW	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
17	Arizona	Grant, Will	D	USA West
18	Nashville (via COL)	Seidenberg, Sven	D	Lulea Hockey (SHL)
19	Washington	Backlund, Mathias	D	HV71 (SHL)
20	Nashville	Solis, Cesar	D	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
21	Los Angeles	Silvester, Leonel	LW	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
22	Columbus	Worrell, Timothy	C	USA Central
23	San Jose	Frattin, Quinton	RW	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
24	San Jose (via MTL)	Brouillette, Georges	RW	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
25	San Jose (via BOS)	Hyvonen, Marko	RW	Jyvaskyla Jyp (Liiga)
26	Philadelphia	Tallackson, Jeff	LW	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
27	Toronto	Erne, Bruce	C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
28	Vancouver	McFarland, Jeffrey	RW	USA Central
29	Tampa Bay	Hinote, Vince	D	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
30	Dallas (via WPG)	Kidd, Dwight	D	London Knights (OHL)
31	Buffalo	Estrada, Quinn	LW	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

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2022 Vancouver Canucks Draft

Pick	Player	Position	Team (League)
28	McFarland, Jeffrey	RW	USA Central
59	Gray, Desmond	D	USA Central
90	Randell, Clayton	RW	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
121	Danis-Pepin, Gaspard	LW	Val-D'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
152	MacArthur, Dane	D	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
183	Travica, Gordon	C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
214	Rouleau, Jerome	G	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

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June 30, 2022

The Vancouver Canucks re-signed star winger and restricted free agent Brock Boeser to a 5-year, $34.875M contract extension this week, securing a key cog to the organization's offense. The 25-year-old scored at a near point-per-game pace last season, scoring 70 points in 73 games, helping lead the Canucks to their first playoff appearance since 2015.

The Canucks parted ways with AHL veterans Darren Archibald, Jay Beagle, Mitch Eliot, Kristoffer Gunnarsson, Anders Nilsson, and Tim Schaller.

Player	AAV	Years	Total Contract
Boeser, Brock	$6.975M	5 years	$34.875M
Granlund, Markus	$2.375M	3 years	$7.125M
Markstrom, Jacob	$2.025M	2 years	$4.050M
Virtanen, Jake	$1.825M	2 years	$3.650M
Gaudette, Adam	$1.550M	2 years	$3.100M
Hoffmann, Kris	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
King, Ben	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Maier, David	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Panwar, Sahil	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Popov, Andrei	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Sundqvist, Liam	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Eriksson, Loui	$1.975M	1 year	$1.975M
Stecher, Troy	$1.225M	1 year	$1.225M
Roussel, Antoine	$1.150M	1 year	$1.150M
DiPietro, Michael	$1.125M	1 year	$1.125M
Gagner, Sam	$1.075M	1 year	$1.075M
Gaunce, Brendan	$0.875M	1 year	$0.875M
Dahlen, Jonathan	$0.825M	1 year	$0.825M
Edler, Alexander	$0.775M	1 year	$0.775M
Palmu, Petrus	$0.775M	1 year	$0.775M
Brassard, Matt	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
Brisebois, Guillaume	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
Gadjovich, Jonah	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
Jasek, Lukas	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
Laplante, Yan-Pavel	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
Leivo, Josh	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
MacEwen, Zack	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M
Motte, Tyler	$0.750M	1 year	$0.750M

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Dallas Stars management was informed by John Klingberg's agent that the star defenseman will test free agency and likely headline this year's free agency class.

July 2, 2019

For the second year in a row, the New York Islanders landed one of the biggest free agents, this time signing star defender John Klingberg on a 7-year contract worth just north of $51M. The 30-year-old Swede is coming off a 10-goal, 43-point season after an injury-plagued 2020-2021 campaign in which he played just 34 games.

26-year-old Ivan Barbashev signed the second richest contract of the day, inking a 6-year, $28M contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Barbashev scored career highs in goals and points last season with 14 goals and 36 points for the Blues, but the Penguins believe he has more to give despite what critics may say. The Penguins are also in desperate need of help at centre in the future as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin enter their late-30s.

Victor Rask signed with the Vegas Golden Knights for 4 years with an AAV of $5.145M after a 20-goal, 46-point effort and will likely slot in as the 3rd line centre behind William Karlsson and Cody Glass.

Former Canucks goaltenders Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo each signed 1-year deals with new teams. Schneider signed with his hometown Boston Bruins on a $5.045M deal while 43-year-old Roberto Luongo signed a $1.635M contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and will likely back up Carter Hart.

Player	Team	AAV	Years	Total Contract
Klingberg, John	NYI	$7.295M	7 years	$51.065M
Barbashev, Ivan	PIT	$4.680M	6 years	$28.080M
Rask, Victor	VGK	$5.145M	4 years	$20.580M
Ekholm, Mattias	STL	$3.255M	5 years	$16.275M
Petan, Nic	PIT	$3.305M	3 years	$9.915M
De Haan, Calvin	NSH	$3.155M	3 years	$9.465M
Lehner, Robin	NYI	$4.050M	2 years	$8.100M
Edmundson, Joel	NSH	$2.650M	3 years	$7.950M
Labanc, Kevin	NYR	$2.445M	3 years	$7.335M
Sheary, Conor	LAK	$2.765M	2 years	$5.530M
Heinen, Danton	VGK	$2.755M	2 years	$5.510M
Schneider, Cory	BOS	$5.045M	1 year	$5.045M
Donskoi, Joonas	SJS	$1.680M	3 years	$5.040M
Van Riemsdyk, Trevor	NSH	$1.660M	3 years	$4.980M
McCabe, Jake	NJD	$1.645M	3 years	$4.935M
Fast, Jesper	WSH	$2.395M	2 years	$4.790M
Johnsson, Andreas	COL	$2.315M	2 years	$4.630M
Pilut, Lawrence	FLA	$2.110M	2 years	$4.220M
Pionk, Neal	DAL	$2.000M	2 years	$4.000M
Girgensons, Zemgus	CAR	$1.875M	2 years	$3.750M
Lowry, Adam	CGY	$1.870M	2 years	$3.740M
Dell, Aaron	MTL	$1.820M	2 years	$3.640M
DeKeyser, Danny	CHI	$3.585M	1 year	$3.585M
Hudon, Charles	VGK	$1.790M	2 years	$3.580M
Jenner, Boone	NSH	$1.750M	2 years	$3.500M
Nelson, Brock	NYI	$1.680M	2 years	$3.360M
Rust, Bryan	COL	$1.680M	2 years	$3.360M
Noesen, Stefan	COL	$1.555M	2 years	$3.110M
Tierney, Chris	MTL	$3.090M	1 year	$3.090M
Khaira, Jujhar	PIT	$1.535M	2 years	$3.070M
Baptiste, Nicholas	NJD	$1.530M	2 years	$3.060M
Smith, Reilly	MTL	$3.055M	1 year	$3.055M
Wilson, Scott	VGK	$1.450M	2 years	$2.900M
Pickard, Calvin	VGK	$1.415M	2 years	$2.830M
Clifford, Kyle	MTL	$1.400M	2 years	$2.800M
Carter, Jeff	MTL	$2.725M	1 year	$2.725M
Bonino, Nick	LAK	$1.325M	2 years	$2.650M
Berglund, Patrik	TOR	$1.235M	2 years	$2.470M
Hutchinson, Michael	WSH	$1.225M	2 years	$2.450M
Chiarot, Ben	DAL	$1.145M	2 years	$2.290M
Nash, Riley	BOS	$1.100M	2 years	$2.200M
Strome, Ryan	NSH	$1.075M	2 years	$2.150M
Lindberg, Oscar	SJS	$1.010M	2 years	$2.020M
Shaw, Andrew	CGY	$1.940M	1 year	$1.940M
Ejdsell, Victor	NYR	$1.840M	1 year	$1.840M
Djoos, Christian	CBJ	$1.810M	1 year	$1.810M
Armia, Joel	MTL	$1.765M	1 year	$1.765M
Panik, Richard	MTL	$1.730M	1 year	$1.730M
Bernier, Jonathan	DET	$1.695M	1 year	$1.695M
Halak, Jaroslav	PHI	$1.670M	1 year	$1.670M
Johnson, Chad	TBL	$1.670M	1 year	$1.670M
Reimer, James	ARI	$1.670M	1 year	$1.670M
Watson, Austin	PHI	$1.670M	1 year	$1.670M
Husso, Ville	NYI	$1.655M	1 year	$1.655M
Campbell, Jack	CBJ	$1.650M	1 year	$1.650M
Jarry, Tristan	WPG	$1.635M	1 year	$1.635M
Luongo, Roberto	PHI	$1.635M	1 year	$1.635M
Connolly, Brett	BOS	$1.620M	1 year	$1.620M
Miller, Kevan	BOS	$1.585M	1 year	$1.585M
McGinn, Jamie	SJS	$1.570M	1 year	$1.570M
Nosek, Tomas	CGY	$1.415M	1 year	$1.415M
Ryan, Bobby	LAK	$1.415M	1 year	$1.415M
Jaskin, Dmitrij	PHI	$1.390M	1 year	$1.390M
Ritchie, Brett	NYI	$1.390M	1 year	$1.390M
Condon, Mike	PIT	$1.375M	1 year	$1.375M
Dubnyk, Devan	TBL	$1.375M	1 year	$1.375M
Erne, Adam	NJD	$1.360M	1 year	$1.360M
Perreault, Mathieu	CBJ	$1.360M	1 year	$1.360M
Maroon, Patrick	CHI	$1.325M	1 year	$1.325M
Johns, Stephen	CAR	$1.270M	1 year	$1.270M
Kesler, Ryan	COL	$1.270M	1 year	$1.270M
Manning, Brandon	PIT	$1.250M	1 year	$1.250M
Angello, Anthony	ARI	$1.245M	1 year	$1.245M
Dahlstrom, Carl	TOR	$1.245M	1 year	$1.245M
Greer, A.J.	CBJ	$1.195M	1 year	$1.195M
Karlsson, Melker	WPG	$1.185M	1 year	$1.185M
Demelo, Dylan	WPG	$1.155M	1 year	$1.155M
Deangelo, Tony	SJS	$1.145M	1 year	$1.145M
Paquette, Cedric	CGY	$1.140M	1 year	$1.140M
Greiss, Thomas	CBJ	$1.120M	1 year	$1.120M
Clutterbuck, Cal	ANA	$1.085M	1 year	$1.085M
Komarov, Leo	WPG	$1.080M	1 year	$1.080M
Sikura, Dylan	EDM	$1.075M	1 year	$1.075M
Kassian, Zack	CAR	$1.050M	1 year	$1.050M
Kerdiles, Nic	BUF	$1.050M	1 year	$1.050M
Dauphin, Laurent	CBJ	$1.030M	1 year	$1.030M
Ennis, Tyler	ANA	$1.010M	1 year	$1.010M
Larsson, Johan	BOS	$0.995M	1 year	$0.995M
Nordstrom, Joakim	CAR	$0.990M	1 year	$0.990M
Cehlarik, Peter	SJS	$0.985M	1 year	$0.985M
Wallmark, Lucas	CBJ	$0.980M	1 year	$0.980M
Lazar, Curtis	BOS	$0.970M	1 year	$0.970M
Ryan, Joakim	MIN	$0.940M	1 year	$0.940M
Reilly, Mike	VGK	$0.910M	1 year	$0.910M
Nilsson, Anders	BUF	$0.805M	1 year	$0.805M

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September 12, 2022

Tomorrow marks the first day of NHL training camps as players fly in from all over the world to cities new and old.

The New York Islanders continued to make big moves in the summer, pulling the trigger on a trade in late-July to acquire Kevin Shattenkirk, Max Pacioretty, and Charles Hudon from Vegas in exchange for 2021 1st round picks Kyle Crnkovic and Landon Versi.

Defenseman Slater Koekkoek also found himself traded twice this summer, first from Carolina to Los Angeles and then to Dallas.

Date	Team 1	Team 1 Acquisitions	Team 2	Team 2 Acquisitions
2022-07-04	To CAR	2023 3rd, 2023 5th	To LAK	S. Koekkoek, 2023 6th
2022-07-21	To NYI	K. Shattenkirk, M. Pacioretty, C. Hudon	To VGK	K. Crnkovic, L. Versi
2022-07-26	To CGY	I. Kolesnik, 2023 2nd, 2023 2nd	To COL	T. Hamonic, A. Lowry, 2023 3rd
2022-07-31	To DAL	S. Koekkoek, 2023 4th	To LAK	Z. Hyman
2022-08-04	To ARI	C. Esposito, 2023 3rd, 2023 4th	To BUF	C. Garland, 2023 3rd
2022-08-22	To CHI	2023 2nd	To DET	C. Murphy

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[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

The game is too easy. I went 12-1-1 in my first 14 games on all star with NY Rangers. I scored +5 goals and let in 1-2 goals per game.

I changed to superstar and still won a lot.


But the worst part is the re-signing, or lack of re-signing I should say. So many players hit UFA or RFA's don't get extended.

I win every offersheet due to this. It's so bad that I sometimes try to trade for players with high caphits with 1-2 years left so this won't happen. They'll re-sign some mediocre players and leave unbelievably good players sitting out a whole season.


I modify players and prospects on my own. I just picked up (by offersheet, after one season) 88 overall Brayden Point. 5 years, $8M per year. There's no way in hell Tampa would let that happen irl. They'd trade Miller, Gourde, Killorn etc before letting that happen.

When the season started Point was at 90 overall. Last time I checked I had 18 points in 14 games with him, that was on all star difficulty. I played those games btw, didn't simulate.


Also every team gets to caphell after 1 season, it sucks..

What to do? Turn off the cap?

 

[SPV]

The game is too easy. I went 12-1-1 in my first 14 games on all star with NY Rangers. I scored +5 goals and let in 1-2 goals per game.

I changed to superstar and still won a lot.


But the worst part is the re-signing, or lack of re-signing I should say. So many players hit UFA or RFA's don't get extended.

I win every offersheet due to this. It's so bad that I sometimes try to trade for players with high caphits with 1-2 years left so this won't happen. They'll re-sign some mediocre players and leave unbelievably good players sitting out a whole season.


I modify players and prospects on my own. I just picked up (by offersheet, after one season) 88 overall Brayden Point. 5 years, $8M per year. There's no way in hell Tampa would let that happen irl. They'd trade Miller, Gourde, Killorn etc before letting that happen.

When the season started Point was at 90 overall. Last time I checked I had 18 points in 14 games with him, that was on all star difficulty. I played those games btw, didn't simulate.


Also every team gets to caphell after 1 season, it sucks..

What to do? Turn off the cap?

The only thing you can do to stop big names going to free agency is to edit your roster before starting the franchise & extend those players with their original teams.

I usually do this, and shut off trades for the first couple of seasons; this gives you a little bit of a higher difficulty curve in that you can't gather up better players in trades & free agency, and you can't stack draft picks. It also keeps the rosters a little more 'realistic' , which I find helps with my immersion

As far as being too good at the game, can't really help you there as the game sliders don't really work. What I've done is limit my engagement in games. I won't play away games in a franchise, and only about 15-20 home games. And most of the home games, i'll sim the first two periods and then jump in.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

any one knows how the player stats progression work ?

Kotka and Konecny both had 23p during their first playoff with Montreal. After the playoff they went +2-3.

is there any correlation for the development of the payers or it's pure luck ? Like Kotka is still 83 after a full offseason

 

[n00bxQb]

I believe it’s based on production relative to their role.

For example, this past season (21-22), Markus Granlund and Jake Virtanen were both 79 overall for me. Granlund’s role was a “Depth Forward” while Virtanen was a “3rd Line Scoring Forward.”

Granlund scored 12-16-28 and Virtanen scored 16-16-32.

Granlund improved by 3 overall via stats while Virtanen did not improve.

 

[Dr Good Vibes]

Question. I’ve been playing coach mode recently, position locking coach, and then trying to analyze my team that way. It’s actually a pretty fun way to play and lets you mess around with strategies real time.

Only one problem. There’s no hitting. Zero hits in a game in coach mode. I tried messing with the aggression slider but it didn’t do anything. Anyone know how to fix this? Big hits would make coach mode better imo.