Yea that's bs (because you can settings the waivers & trades nut not FA in gmmode). The only thing I could think of was to put every ahl guy that I wouldn't callup on waivers/freeagent list. Then sign all good fa to ahl roster so no ones on a team their not on... (that's worth/difference)
We just have to play current season with whatever rosters are current before we start each season. With no season mode you have to use gmmode like its a seasonmode... So rosters would only be updated at the start of every season we play. EA has roster updates at least once/mth & it takes us longer then a mth to play a fullseason...
It just was nice to control all30teams rosters all throughout the season you were playing so you could make trades as they happened in reallife. Now you have to do these things to keep it current/realistic... but once the NHL season starts and all30teams rosters are set & EA has that roster update. There really isint much until deadline & then the deadline roster update...
Its not perfect but you can do what you need to. The gameplay is sweet as well as the improvements.