Why would they create a WCOH mode and leave out the ability to choose who makes the team?
Add in some form of chemistry, and that could actually make it fun.
Theyve had international tournaments in the game forever and nobody touches them because there isn't much to them. Let me guess, they took it out of next gen, brought it back with a new name, and all ofna sudden it is considered a new feature?
Bingo. That's EA's recipe for success.
Wait for next-gen consoles to come out, remove all the features just so you can claim "ALL NEW" every year until the next-gen consoles come out 7 years from them.
The NHL series has basically just been recycled a half-dozen times over the past 25 years.
Has the Franchise Mode ever had any meat to it?
NHL2K5, a game that is 12 years old, had signing bonuses, performance bonuses and dynamic budgets.
NHL2K10 also had those blogs at the start screen so you could see all the news around the league; which players were on a hot streak, who was cold, injuries, trades, etc.
It made you feel like you were part of something larger than yourself.
Playing all these other sports games, it makes you realize how little work is put into the NHL series in comparison.
Someone here pointed out that SCEA, which develops MLB: The Show, has a similar sized team and yet that game's polish destroys NHL's. Same with their franchise mode.