How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

[mjavon]

It's time we got this thread started...

I started my expansion franchise over the weekend. I decided to go with the old, AND with the new, and created the Seattle Whalers. I also made a custom AHL affiliate, the Denver Roughriders.

I'm off to a 2-2-0 start, with overtime wins at the Penguins and at the Predators to open the season, and back to back one goal losses at the Panthers and home against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Winger Jesper Fast is leading the team with 6 points through the first four games, and linemate Yani Gourde leads the team with two goals.

[creevjam9]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

I'm going to eventually do a Flyers one once the rosters are updated and I go through and adjust ratings and such. We so badly need roster sharing....

Anyway, in the mean time I'm stuck between the Virginia Hammerheads (replace Detroit in the Atlantic and move them to the central). Or the Wisconsin Whalers


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[franch1se]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

2-0 with the Kings so far. Won game one vs SJ 1-0 in OT and beat Det 3-0 both at home. Kovalchuk has 2 Power Play goals so far. I am having fun using him right now

[kinsmen7]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

It's time we got this thread started...

I started my expansion franchise over the weekend. I decided to go with the old, AND with the new, and created the Seattle Whalers. I also made a custom AHL affiliate, the Denver Roughriders.

I'm off to a 2-2-0 start, with overtime wins at the Penguins and at the Predators to open the season, and back to back one goal losses at the Panthers and home against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Winger Jesper Fast is leading the team with 6 points through the first four games, and linemate Yani Gourde leads the team with two goals.

Started one as the Seattle Spartans. Curious as to what trades you made after the expansion draft? I did mine and because the best players available seem to be D-men, I ended up moving back enough of those prize fighters (Ekholm, Dumolin, Larsson, Martinez, etc.) to end up with 5 1st round picks in 2019. Kinda felt like cheating though since I didn't end up with bodies. Just curious to know how others handle this.

[IlliniOne82]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

I haven't played an NHL game in probably 9 years but decided I'd give this a try. I started a Blackhawks franchise using the most recent roster update and AlTito's sliders. Kind of just dove right in without playing any "play now" games to learn and would just figure it out as I went. Lost the first two games 3-0 and 2-0 to Ottawa and St. Louis. Had a lot of trouble creating many chances or shots. By the 3rd game I started to anticipate movement of the players on my team and was able to create more chances, losing 3-2 to Toronto. I'm still getting vastly outshot but the gap has closed game by game. A lot of this is because I can't win a faceoff to save my life. I would guess over 3 games I'm only winning 20-25%. But I'll keep at it and I'm having a lot of fun with this game.

[mjavon]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

Started one as the Seattle Spartans. Curious as to what trades you made after the expansion draft? I did mine and because the best players available seem to be D-men, I ended up moving back enough of those prize fighters (Ekholm, Dumolin, Larsson, Martinez, etc.) to end up with 5 1st round picks in 2019. Kinda felt like cheating though since I didn't end up with bodies. Just curious to know how others handle this.

I can't really remember all of them (should have written them down), but the biggest moves I made were:

1) Signing Adrian Kempe, gave up a 2nd rounder for him as he was an RFA. He's only 21, has NHL experience, and projects as a Top 6 forward, 81 overall currently according to my scouts.

2) Traded away one of my three solid goalies, I can't remember who, but he was a fringe starter. I believe I got a third for him.

3) Was offered a trade where I received Antione Vermette. He's not very good, but I needed another center (they're slim pickings in the expansion draft) and he has something like 88 faceoffs, which is incredibly valuable on the PK unit.

4) Signed Riley Sheahan to be my 2C/3C.

My best players are Yani Gourde, Riley Nash, Tyler Myers and Phillip Grubauer... besides that it's a team loaded with 3rd liners for the most part. Dominic Simon is 1C on my AHL Denver Roughriders (who play at the "RC Cola Center", lol) and has been killing it with 7 points through 4 games, so I may give him a call-up at some point if he keeps that up.

[franch1se]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

4-1 with LA. Played 3 simmed 2. Kovalchuck leads the league in goals with 5 so far. Having a hard time scoring with everyone else except him and toffoli.

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[WeAreAllKings]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

Started an LA Kings franchise. I’ve only played one preseason game which against Vegas. I won that game 6-1. I’ll have to double check which roster I’m using, but I always go with Al Tito’s slider set. I’ve actually been playing more of the Champions Hockey League tournament as the Eisbaren Berlin. It’s a lot of fun playing on the larger ice surface. I’m currently sitting at 2-0-1 in the tournament. Will post more about my Kings franchise once I fire it up....


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[WeAreAllKings]

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The second preseason game is in the books as I beat Vancouver 2-1 in OT. The Canucks took the early lead and led 1-0 after a PPG in the 1st period. I would score with a little over 5 minutes left in the 2nd period when Doughty scored on a wrist shot from just above the right face off circle. The game would end 1-1 with each team failing to score on the PP. Muzzin would score the GWG on a nice cross ice feed from Doughty. Overall a good game with a lot less scoring on my part. It’s good to see such a contrast from one game to another. Definitely enjoying NHL 19 so far and the new tuner (1.01) seems to have fixed the annoying poke check always causing a tripping penalty....


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[kinsmen7]

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Does anyone post in the dynasty section anymore? I've started one mainly for my own benefit so that I can stay a bit more interested, and can look back at it.

If anyone is interested, I'd appreciate any feedback/suggestions!

https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/hockey-dynasties/939721-seattle-spartans-nhl-19-a.html

[SuperGoalies]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

Added! Franchise All-Star: Full Sim NHL 19 Sim Engine Sliders 20 (Minutes)


you'll love those , in my third season with phoenix coyoties, we had 1 ahl calder cup win and 1 gem and a lot of elites, am really impressed with sim engine now.

[Northernwolf]

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Anyone doing any created franchises this year?

Are there any changes for created franchises this year?

Can you start with custom rosters for expansion franchise? I heard some chatter about this, so it would be nice to verify.

[mjavon]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

Anyone doing any created franchises this year?

Are there any changes for created franchises this year?

Can you start with custom rosters for expansion franchise? I heard some chatter about this, so it would be nice to verify.

Yep, you can.

[hijeffinition]

Re: How's your franchise going? NHL 19 Edition

I started a Vancouver Canucks franchise (I almost exclusively play franchise/Be A GM, and play only about 5-10 games a season and sim the rest). Made some sweeping changes (traded away Eriksson, Roussel, Gagner, Del Zotto, Markstrom, picked up Ekholm, Morrissey, Brown, Theodore, Saros in goal, and a 1st round pick). Missed the playoffs by a tiebreaker to end 2018-19 season. Ugh.

In 2019 draft, I traded up to get the 1st overall pick, a franchise RW. Signed Mark Stone, Panarin, Myers (replacing Tanev) in FA, traded for Sanheim mid-season for depth. Demko took over as starting G, Pettersson grew to an 89 and moved up to 1st line C, Boeser scored 46 goals. We won 60 games, 123 points (President's Trophy), simmed and ... lost in the first round to Calgary (8th seed) in 6 games. So yeah, same old EA NHL!

Overall, I'm really enjoying it. The new scouting/fog of war makes it more interesting, and the simming seems to be smoother/quicker overall. The gameplay is also much more realistic.

[tv9924]

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How do you guys get your top players to score? I have a 95 and 90 overall on my top line averaging only 60-70 points a season.