NHL 21 Franchise Mode Stories

[puckinwilk]

Franchise Mode Game 22 Colorado Avalanche at Arizona Coyotes

In the finale of a three game road swing out West the Avs took on the Coyotes down in the desert. The NHL season is long and some games can turn into slogs, that would be the case tonight. The Avalanche put the pressure on Arizona all night with an aggressive forecheck. In a low event game, the Avalanche came out with a narrow 1-0 win courtesy of a Brandon Saad goal set up by a beautiful Mikko Rantanen deke. Jason Demers' equipment is still being searched for. Besides the deke, the only worthy highlight of the game was the Avs shutting down 5 Arizona powerplays. The Avalanche return home tomorrow night to take on division rival Dallas.

Saad Goal:

Colorado Avalanche at Arizona Coyotes
Nov 23, 2020 1 2 3 F COL (18-4-0) 0 1 0 1 ARI (9-10-2) 0 0 0 0 Three Stars Antti Raanta (ARI) 30 Saves Philipp Grubauer (COL) 17 Saves, SO Brandon Saad (COL) 1 Goal	Team Stats Comparison COL ARI Shots on Goal 31 17 Hits 29 22 Faceoffs Won-Lost 24-17 17-24 Penalty Minutes 10:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 0 5 Time on Attack 7:51 4:54
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD COL Brandon Saad (Rantanen, MacKinnon) 17:12
Colorado Avalanche - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Philipp Grubauer 17 17 100% 0.00
Arizona Coyotes - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Antti Raanta 31 30 97% 1.01

[puckinwilk]

I'm going to pause on the updates for a bit while I look for a new slider set. I've been using TNK sliders, which play well, but it's the first time ever I have felt like an NHL game is too easy on All Star. I made some tweaks and I'm running them on Superstar to see how it goes. I haven't tried Al Tito's yet. He does great work but I usually find them way too frustrating to stick with long term. Anyone here using other sliders they recommend?

[franch1se]

Quote: Originally Posted by puckinwilk

I'm going to pause on the updates for a bit while I look for a new slider set. I've been using TNK sliders, which play well, but it's the first time ever I have felt like an NHL game is too easy on All Star. I made some tweaks and I'm running them on Superstar to see how it goes. I haven't tried Al Tito's yet. He does great work but I usually find them way too frustrating to stick with long term. Anyone here using other sliders they recommend?

I'm using Al Tito right now

[gummomarx]

Great to see the lower shot totals, but the lower scores (avg 4-5 goals per game) is a little concerting. Any way to bump this up without blowing up shot totals to 30 for each team?

[franch1se]

so I sacked by head coach, my team was only a 54% fit for his system and all my lines had 0 or negative chemistry. I promoted my assistant to Interim HC and the team is a 76% fit. Changed all the lines, now every line has positive chemistry, some are +5, others +3 and +1. The team is now 18-4-3 under his reign (all simmed but 2 games) and have turned me into conservative buyers at the deadline. I added Mikael Granlund from Nashville, Mikhail Grigorenko from Columbus and Jordan Eberle from NYI.

The only downside is after the deadline and messing with the lines, my 3rd and 4th line now have 0 chemistry where as before they were +1. At least it's not a negative. But my top two lines are +3 now.

[puckinwilk]

Quote: Originally Posted by gummomarx

Great to see the lower shot totals, but the lower scores (avg 4-5 goals per game) is a little concerting. Any way to bump this up without blowing up shot totals to 30 for each team?

Are you referring to my game posts or a specific slider set?

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[scitychamps87]

Quote: Originally Posted by franch1se

Started the season 7-1-1, then dropped to 7-9-2 and now back up to 10-10-2. Have suffered a ton of injuries and just starting to get some guys back. I'm using my created expansion team the Kansas City Scouts (brought them back) with our AHL team the Kansas Mavericks. Playing in the Central division.

These uniforms are SHARP. Excellent work.

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[puckinwilk]

Quote: Originally Posted by franch1se

I'm using Al Tito right now

I saw your post on there about trying it on Superstar and winning 5-1. Cycloniac just released his so I plan on trying his and Al Tito tomorrow night.

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