NHL18 Information Thread - 3v3, GM Overhaul, Defensive Stick, Expansion Mode

[Deku]

yeah exactly, the full list was only visible during the draft. Also, I saw in a video that they show directly the overall of players during the draft (was about time)

 

[OttawaOilers]

RUB up to 5, and you don't even get rares from the packs. Maybe 1 a pack. Lol. Well looks like another year of no HUT.

 

[IronMosher]

RUB up to 5, and you don't even get rares from the packs. Maybe 1 a pack. Lol. Well looks like another year of no HUT.

I see a 36 card pack with 18 rares for 150K pucks.

 

[OttawaOilers]

I see a 36 card pack with 18 rares for 150K pucks.

That's if you spend money/coins.

I'm talking about the Returning User Bonus. Getting nothing for all the hard work done in '17, for '18. Oh well. I stopped playing HUT years ago.

 

[BruinsFTW]

I was playing NYR and apparently it was Nash's 1000th NHL game and during a break they showed a ceremony giving him the Silver Stick for playing 1k games in NHL.

Thought that was pretty cool.

 

[IronMosher]

That's if you spend money/coins.

I'm talking about the Returning User Bonus. Getting nothing for all the hard work done in '17, for '18. Oh well. I stopped playing HUT years ago.

Ah got ya. You're right about that unless you don't get it with the early access trial.

 

[trueseraphim]

I can confirm there is no Trade deadline event (cellphones/multiple offers). Didn't see an All-star game either.

 

[PG Canuck]

I'm out of the loop right now, but is this out right now (if you get early access or whatever crap they make you pay)?

 

[Male75FromFinland]

Can you trade players/picks between expansion draft and normal draft?

If I play with expansion team and I wanna pick player and trade him before draft, can I do that?

 

[Holtz My Bahls]

I'm really annoyed with the lack of pictures on younger players.

You mean like Nico Hischier, the first overall pick that has a scanned face. EA sucks!

Edit: Just hope they put player portraits in an update a bunch are missing.

 

[voiceofytown]

I really like the solo challenges i wonder is that it for the year or like madden will they update new ones every quarter or so.

 

[voiceofytown]

Also can someone answer this please. I got my rookie pack mcdavid pack and 3 gold user packs for returning bonus?? but where are my first 2 packs out of the 40 i get?? iknow i get 2 a week for 20 weeks never got them. Also never got the "2 gold plus packs u get with preorder" i am seeing streams with ppl having them i contact ea through facebook or tweeting and they don't respond. Unless i won't get that bonus until tuesday?

 

[voiceofytown]

I see a 36 card pack with 18 rares for 150K pucks.

Why is this person getting gold plus packs for returning bonus? me and everyone else i know jsut got 3 regular gold is this due to games played coin balance etc?

 

[Cor]

Not that I care, but I didn't get those loyalty HUT jerseys, despite playing HUT in all 3 games.

 

[Cor]

Doing the 2020 NHL draft. (Nolan Foote draft)

Every player is 55-57 overall.

There are no Canadians projected to be drafted after the 1st round.

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Doing the 2020 NHL draft. (Nolan Foote draft)

Every player is 55-57 overall.

There are no Canadians projected to be drafted after the 1st round.

Oh boy. And again Rammers moneywhoring crew only focuses on the first few years on franchise mode. After that it always gets horrible. And why do players still not grow until you draft them? That used to be in there last gen.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

Not that I care, but I didn't get those loyalty HUT jerseys, despite playing HUT in all 3 games.

Not out til' the 12th, I think.

 

[Cor]

Oh boy. And again Rammers moneywhoring crew only focuses on the first few years on franchise mode. After that it always gets horrible. And why do players still not grow until you draft them? That used to be in there last gen.

Just looked at the 2021 draft class and there seems to be a majority of Canadians again. I'll have to see when I get to the draft if overalls are better. Maybe the 2020 draft was "weak"? I dunno

 

[ThorNton Apologist]

Just looked at the 2021 draft class and there seems to be a majority of Canadians again. I'll have to see when I get to the draft if overalls are better. Maybe the 2020 draft was "weak"? I dunno

2021 draft had a couple 70+ elite potential forwards. I noticed 2020 was mostly just Russian defensemen besides Foote

 

[Lessavyfav]

Can you trade players/picks between expansion draft and normal draft?

If I play with expansion team and I wanna pick player and trade him before draft, can I do that?

I didn't try to trade between the two drafts, but I was able to trade at the draft.

One funny thing about creating a new expansion team is that some of your players will lose morale in the middle of summer of the year they were drafted for poor team play.

Some thoughts on the draft.

For drafting, always sort by potential in the later rounds. There are multiple mid and low elite players that go undrafted. There was one draft that had 12 elite players in round 6 and 7. At least 3 of them were mid elite.

It also seems like there are more starting potential goalies in the later rounds.

Over 4 drafts, there has been 2 franchise players so far.

Trading for draft picks is easier than previous years because the value of mid 1sts and future 1sts were decreased.

The draft menu is really slow. It sometimes lags and I accidentally selected the wrong player more than once.

One problem is that the game crashes often. I've experienced more crashes than any previous game. One crash allowed me to keep all the players I drafted, but restarted the draft. I wasn't able to trade the picks.

 

[Dagistitsyn]

I didn't try to trade between the two drafts, but I was able to trade at the draft.

One funny thing about creating a new expansion team is that some of your players will lose morale in the middle of summer of the year they were drafted for poor team play.

Some thoughts on the draft.

For drafting, always sort by potential in the later rounds. There are multiple mid and low elite players that go undrafted. There was one draft that had 12 elite players in round 6 and 7. At least 3 of them were mid elite.

It also seems like there are more starting potential goalies in the later rounds.

Over 4 drafts, there has been 2 franchise players so far.

Trading for draft picks is easier than previous years because the value of mid 1sts and future 1sts were decreased.

The draft menu is really slow. It sometimes lags and I accidentally selected the wrong player more than once.

One problem is that the game crashes often. I've experienced more crashes than any previous game. One crash allowed me to keep all the players I drafted, but restarted the draft. I wasn't able to trade the picks.

Most of this is good news. Thanks. I hope they will have a patch for actual release re: crashing

 

[Cor]

I find that while there is a ton of prospects that have NHL value in the later rounds, the players develop much slowly or not at all.

I drafted an Elite Center in the 3rd Round in 2019 and entering his D+3 he's still not even 60 overall

 

[Dagistitsyn]

I find that while there is a ton of prospects that have NHL value in the later rounds, the players develop much slowly or not at all.

I drafted an Elite Center in the 3rd Round in 2019 and entering his D+3 he's still not even 60 overall

Oh for ****s sakes. That makes all the improvements I've been hearing about pointless

 

[Lessavyfav]

I saw the same thing as Cor. Unfortunately I hit 10 hours so I don't know if they eventually pan out.

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Oh for ****s sakes. That makes all the improvements I've been hearing about pointless

It makes sense in a way. It would be logical for late round steals to develop slower since that's what usually happens. Hopefully it's only for late rounders.