kinger8998
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talk about your franchise modes in here, give tips, and post your logs
I had the same happen twice so far (XboxOne)Anyone on PS4 keep having your game crash while creating an expansion team? It's so annoying
The amount of goalies you can steal in the late rounds is amazing, not to mention realistic as typically the best goalies go late, and first rounders are so high risk. The other crazy thing is the amount of low elite Russian snipers I've found late lol. They are constant. Finally I drafted this guy Rich Waters (5 foot 8 playmaker) in the 5, as my scouts said he was a gem, two years later he is 85 overall and pushing for a first line job against my 3rd overall pick from the same year. I love the draft and the late steals.4th draft since starting. Franchise medium level goalie showed up projected at like ~180th on the CS board. Was like 48 overall skill wise, mind you. But Franchise medium taken in the 6th round, man. They really do have some gems of goaliess show up in later rounds, it seems. Had it fully scouted and was sure he was franchise even, then took him in the 6th round. I also saw someone take an Elite medium goalie later that round
Anyone have the issue where basically every day your owner changes his goals while your trying to sim? Extremely irritating
Check where CS has guys ranked at the start of the year and in which leagues seem heavy, (some years DEL has more then Extraliga or Allsveskan etc) and transfer your scouts there (Euro only clearly, you just don't need a scout I. leagues that only have like 3 guys in the top 100 IMO). Then I have my scouts each scouting a different player ranking area for 4 weeks and alternate it. Or just tell them to find any prospect for a long period of time and they'll find you some late round gems, but if you're bad appoint someone for every lottery range guy for sure.any tips for scouting effectively and efficiently? This system is overwhelming me
The team is obviously going to be young and inexperienced, but I'm not expecting a dead last finish. We have a very talented group here, and if I have an opportunity to make this team better in the long-term during season, I will assuredly make sure it happens. I'm not coming here to say we have to bottom out to rebuild, we can build a new contender with what we have now, and with good drafting wherever we draft. We will bring back the Stanley Cup.
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Michael Cammalleri | 79 | 36 | N/A | C/LW | Sniper | 66 GP 7G-22A-29P -3 ... 18 PIM (17-18) | 1/$1.450M |
Benoit Pouliot | 78 | 31 | N/A | LW | 2 way F | 74 GP 13G-6A-19P -8 ... 22 PIM (17-18) | 1/$1.150M |
Kari Lehtonen | 82 | 34 | N/A | G | Hybrid | 37 GP 15-14-3 .912 SV% 2.56 GAA 1 SO (17-18) | 1/$1.250M |
LW | C | RW |
Kreider 83 | Zibanejad 85 | Buchnevich 83 |
Vesey 79 | Hayes 83 | Zuccarello 85 |
Spooner 82 | Chytil 77 | Namestnikov 83 |
Pouliot 78 | Cammalleri 79 | Fast 81 |
Holland 77 |
LD | RD |
Skjei 84 | Shattenkirk 84 |
Staal 78 | Pionk 79 |
Claesson 77 | DeAngelo 77 |
Smith 76 |
Starter | Backup |
Lundqvist 90 | Lehtonen 82 |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Andreas Johnsson | 78 | 24 | Med Top 6F | LW | Sniper | 27 GP 5G-2A-7P +7 ... 2 PIM | 1/$0.790M |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Ext. Years/AAV |
Mats Zuccarello | 85 | 31 | N/A | RW | Playmaker | 28 GP 13G-12A-25P +7 ... 6 PIM | 4/$5.500M |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Steve Santini | 76 | 23 | Med Top 6D | D | Defensive D | 2 GP 0G-0A-0P -2 ... 0 PIM (18-19 NHL) | 3/$1.415M |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Zachary Senyshyn | 72 | 21 | Low Top 6F | RW | Sniper | 23 GP 3G-7A-10P -3 ... 0 PIM (AHL) | 2/$0.925M |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Lias Andersson | 76 | 20 | Med Top 6F | C | 2 way F | 24 GP 8G-11A-19P +3 ... 2 PIM (AHL) | 3/$0.895M |
LW | C | RW |
Kreider 83 | Zibanejad 85 | Buchnevich 83 |
Johnsson 78 | Chytil 77 | Zuccarello 85 |
Vesey 79 | Andersson 76 | Hayes 83 |
Pouliot 78 | Cammalleri 79 | Fast 81 |
Holland 77 |
LD | RD |
Skjei 84 | DeAngelo 77 |
Claesson 77 | Shattenkirk 84 |
Staal 78 | Pionk 79 |
Smith 76 |
Starter | Backup |
Lundqvist 90 | Lehtonen 82 |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Aleksandar Georgiev | 78 | 22 | Med Fringe Starter | G | Hybrid | 21 GP 16-3-2 .923 SV% 2.00 GAA 2 SO (AHL) | 2/$0.790M |
Record | Home | Away | GFPG | GAPG | PP% | PK% | Division | Conference | League | Playoffs? |
19-17-5 | 10-7-4 | 9-10-1 | 2.61 (T-14th) | 2.41 (T-7th) | 14.8% (T-26th) | 90.2% (1st) | 6th | 10th | 20th | No. |
Goalie | Record | SV% | GAA | SO |
Henrik Lundqvist | 16-15-3 | .918 | 2.41 | 3 |
Kari Lehtonen | 3-2-2 | .940 | 1.84 | 1 |
Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
Kevin Shattenkirk | 41 | 5 | 20 | 25 | +9 | 8 |
Brady Skjei | 40 | 1 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
Tony DeAngelo | 41 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 2 |
Marc Staal | 41 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
Neal Pionk | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
Frederik Claesson | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 20 |
Brendan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
Mats Zuccarello | 41 | 19 | 16 | 35 | +5 | 6 |
Mika Zibanejad | 41 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +1 | 28 |
Chris Kreider | 41 | 7 | 20 | 27 | +5 | 28 |
Kevin Hayes | 41 | 8 | 16 | 24 | +5 | 16 |
Pavel Buchnevich | 41 | 7 | 16 | 23 | +1 | 8 |
Andreas Johnsson | 41 (14) | 6 (1) | 10 (8) | 16 (9) | +5 (-2) | 4 (2) |
Filip Chytil | 41 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +3 | 2 |
Jimmy Vesey | 41 | 9 | 4 | 13 | +6 | 6 |
Michael Cammalleri | 41 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 6 |
Jesper Fast | 41 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -16 | 2 |
Lias Andersson | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +1 | 2 |
Benoit Pouliot | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -11 | 6 |
Peter Holland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
LW | C | RW |
Johnsson 78 | Zibanejad 85 | Buchnevich 83 |
Kreider 83 | Chytil 78 | Zuccarello 85 |
Vesey 79 | Andersson 76 | Hayes 83 |
Pouliot 78 | Cammalleri 79 | Fast 81 |
Holland 77 |
LD | RD |
Skjei 84 | Shattenkirk 84 |
Staal 78 | Pionk 79 |
Claesson 77 | DeAngelo 77 |
Smith 76 |
Starter | Backup |
Lehtonen 82 | Georgiev 78 Lundqvist* |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Yakov Trenin | 70 | 22 | Low Top 9F | F | 2 way F | 43 GP ^g-15A-21P +5 ... 8 PIM (AHL) | 2/$0.795M |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Matt Beleskey | 76 | 30 | N/A | W | Grinder | 42 GP 8G-19A-27P +1 ... 41 PIM (AHL) | 2/$3.800M |
LW | C | RW |
Kreider 83 | Zibanejad 85 | Zuccarello 85 |
Vesey 79 | Chytil 78 | Buchnevich 83 |
Johnsson 78 | Andersson 76 | Fast 81 |
Pouliot 78 | Cammalleri 79 | Beleskey 76 |
Holland 77 |
LD | RD |
Skjei 84 | Shattenkirk 84 |
Staal 78 | Pionk 79 |
Claesson 77 | DeAngelo 78 |
Smith 76 |
Starter | Backup |
Lundqvist 90 | Lehtonen 82 |
Player | OVR | Age | Potential | Position | Player Type | Stats | Years/AAV |
Cody McLeod | 75 | 34 | N/A | LW | Grinder | 57 GP 15G-21A-36P +12 ... 50 PIM (AHL) | 1/$0.750M |
Marek Mazanec | 73 | 27 | N/A | G | Hybrid | 31 GP 17-13-1 .914 SV% 2.46 GAA 1 SO | 1/$0.650M |
LW | C | RW |
Kreider 83 | Zibanejad 85 | Zuccarello 85 |
Vesey 79 | Chytil 78 | Buchnevich 83 |
Johnsson 78 | Andersson 76 | Fast 81 |
Pouliot 78 | Holland 77 | Beleskey 76 |
McLeod 75 |
LD | RD |
Skjei 84 | Shattenkirk 84 |
Staal 78 | Pionk 79 |
Claesson 77 | DeAngelo 78 |
Smith 76 |
Starter | Backup |
Lundqvist 90 | Mazanec 73 |
Tony DeAngelo | 78 | 23 | Low Top 4D | D | Offensive D | 65 GP 6G-7A-13P -1 ... 6 PIM | 3/$1.100M |
Neal Pionk | 79 | 23 | Med Top 6D | D | Offensive D | 65 GP 2G-4A-6P -12 ... 4 PIM | 2/$1.650M |
Record | Home | Away | GFPG | GAPG | PP% | PK% | Division | Conference | League | Playoffs? |
36-37-9 | 17-17-7 | 19-20-2 | 2.55 (20th) | 2.72 (23rd) | 18.3% (22nd) | 84.0% (6th) | 6th | 10th | 22nd | No. |
Goalie | Record | SV% | GAA | SO |
Henrik Lundqvist | 23-26-5 | .909 | 2.69 | 3 |
Marek Mazanec | 3-5-0 | .915 | 2.69 | 0 |
Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
Kevin Shattenkirk | 82 | 8 | 35 | 43 | -10 | 12 |
Brady Skjei | 81 | 4 | 29 | 33 | -16 | 47 |
Tony DeAngelo | 82 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 6 |
Marc Staal | 82 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 37 |
Neal Pionk | 82 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -16 | 4 |
Frederik Claesson | 82 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 34 |
Brendan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM |
Mats Zuccarello | 82 | 29 | 32 | 61 | -5 | 14 |
Mika Zibanejad | 82 | 25 | 35 | 60 | -7 | 44 |
Chris Kreider | 82 | 16 | 39 | 55 | +3 | 42 |
Pavel Buchnevich | 82 | 16 | 28 | 44 | -16 | 16 |
Andreas Johnsson | 82 (55) | 13 (8) | 26 (24) | 39 (32) | +15 (+8) | 10 (8) |
Lias Andersson | 54 | 12 | 26 | 38 | +3 | 8 |
Jesper Fast | 82 | 14 | 16 | 30 | -7 | 10 |
Filip Chytil | 82 | 16 | 13 | 29 | -10 | 10 |
Jimmy Vesey | 82 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
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Benoit Pouliot | 70 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -29 | 20 |
Peter Holland | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -19 | 2 |
Matt Beleskey | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -13 | 10 |
Anyone on PS4 keep having your game crash while creating an expansion team? It's so annoying
Anyone on PS4 keep having your game crash while creating an expansion team? It's so annoying
Anyone on PS4 keep having your game crash while creating an expansion team? It's so annoying
would agree the scouting overhaul and the draft and phenomenal in this gameThe draft is so much more immersive, I'm really loving it
The amount of goalies you can steal in the late rounds is amazing, not to mention realistic as typically the best goalies go late, and first rounders are so high risk. The other crazy thing is the amount of low elite Russian snipers I've found late lol. They are constant. Finally I drafted this guy Rich Waters (5 foot 8 playmaker) in the 5, as my scouts said he was a gem, two years later he is 85 overall and pushing for a first line job against my 3rd overall pick from the same year. I love the draft and the late steals.
I've seen a guy drop from 1 to 3 in the rankings and be considered a gem I traded up from 9 with along with 2 top 4 D prospects that I drafted 9th and 19th the previous year in order to move up and get him.In this game I have taken a much different approach. I used to sign every prospect I drafted as I never really ran into getting close to max contracts in previous NHL games. I ran into that issue very early in this game so sans any sure fire elites, I don't sign my prospects for at least a year so I can see what I am getting. Those "Gems" though, they really are good. I also found a franchise goalie in the later rounds on a scouts recommendation.
I have noticed that their are a **** ton more DFD and TWD than their are OFD.
Was it worth it?I've seen a guy drop from 1 to 3 in the rankings and be considered a gem I traded up from 9 with along with 2 top 4 D prospects that I drafted 9th and 19th the previous year in order to move up and get him.
I did the same thing until now aswell.In this game I have taken a much different approach. I used to sign every prospect I drafted as I never really ran into getting close to max contracts in previous NHL games. I ran into that issue very early in this game so sans any sure fire elites, I don't sign my prospects for at least a year so I can see what I am getting. Those "Gems" though, they really are good. I also found a franchise goalie in the later rounds on a scouts recommendation.
I have noticed that their are a **** ton more DFD and TWD than their are OFD.