Top 5 Changes Needed For NHL 18 Franchise Mode

[WeirdViper]

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If I had to think of 5 specific things to change/add to Franchise mode I think this would be the list:

1) Extend contracts anytime

If you want to try and extend a pending UFA mid season you can, and if he refuses it can make the decision to trade him by deadline easier

2) Actually hire a staff, Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Trainers etc.

This is a logical one, being able to hire top coaches/favourite coaches, maybe some players after they retire become potential coaches.

3) Draft Pick Trading

I know NBA 2k does this, so I don't see why NHL couldn't. But being able to trade picks with conditions on them... whether its a "top 5 protected" or if its "a x round pick this year or next" and you can choose.

4) GM Personalities

Now this has been kind of done in the past but it be cool if teams had actual GM's, your relationship could grow/fall with each, and GMs had personalities as far as types of deals they like to do, types of players they like, etc. And to keep from having multiple Franchise modes play out the same way, the other gms could be hired/fired, so its not always same teams with same personalities.

5) Scouting

I feel like the current system for scouting is an ok foundation but still needs work, how exactly it should be improved is hard to pinpoint since there are different directions you could go that are effective. But I think its a no brainer it needs to be built up more

[Moose24x]

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To me it is definitely not as big of a deal that they add coaches or GM personalities as it is that they capture the drama and storylines of each season.

Yes, getting contract extensions and RFA rules right and including more drama and excitement around key dates like July 1 and TDL are things they should already be looking at. No brainers.

But for me, what the game seriously lacks is that feeling when you're top center scores his 50th goal with 1 or 2 games left in the season and everyone goes nuts. And the announcers have been talking about will he hit 50, etc. or when you pass the other player who has 50 with 2 goals in the final game of the season to win the scoring race. Same thing with wildcard races for the playoffs. Calder trophy potentials. There are no storylines. They need to keep (improve) the core hockey experience but slightly RPG it so that there are actual STORIES that go with each year of your franchise. If you start a franchise with the Oilers, the bulk of those 25 years are going to revolve around the legacy of Conor McDavid and the young Oilers. What will the story be? Will McDavid dominate and rip off 5-6 Hart Trophies in a row? Will the Oilers young team develop into a dynasty? Will McDavid be cursed with injury issues? Will someone like Eichel or Matthews develop to be the Ovechkin to McDavid's Crosby, where year after year they're neck and neck in the scoring race? If the top two scorers meet in the playoffs or the finals, will the announcers make a big deal about the matchup? That's what the game needs.

[WeirdViper]

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To me it is definitely not as big of a deal that they add coaches or GM personalities as it is that they capture the drama and storylines of each season.

Yes, getting contract extensions and RFA rules right and including more drama and excitement around key dates like July 1 and TDL are things they should already be looking at. No brainers.

But for me, what the game seriously lacks is that feeling when you're top center scores his 50th goal with 1 or 2 left in the season and everyone goes nuts. And the announcers have been talking about will he hit 50, etc. or when you pass the other player who has 50 with 2 goals in the final game of the season to win the scoring race. Same thing with wildcard races for the playoffs. Calder trophy potentials. There are no storylines. They need to keep (improve) the core hockey experience but slightly RPG it so that there are actual STORIES that go with each year of your franchise. If you start a franchise with the Oilers, the bulk of those 25 years are going to revolve around the legacy of Conor McDavid and the young Oilers. What will the story be? Will McDavid dominate and rip off 5-6 Hart Trophies in a row? Will the Oilers young team develop into a dynasty? Will McDavid be cursed with injury issues? Will someone like Eichel or Matthews develop to be the Ovechkin to McDavid's Crosby, where year after year they're neck and neck in the scoring race? If the top two scorers meet in the playoffs or the finals, will the announcers make a big deal about the matchup? That's what the game needs.

to me none of that stuff matters... as far as the goal/point races go, and a player taking the scoring lead, i tend to track that stuff myself anyway.

and when i play NHL I am typically listening to music, or a podcast as a play so the announcing is really irrelevant to me

[derszou]

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All your ideas are so excellent ... if only EA could read this topic ...
My priorities are:
- the speed of the menus ... that's really what made me stop playing this year
- boxscore, stats, 3 stars from the schedule
- sharing roster
- real differences between players
- more strategies during the match

Come on EA, go back to work!

[13whitebread]

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For me one little change I would like to see is this: I play offline and try to imatate the season of my team the red wings so when a wing gets injured I am forced to send him to the minors and bring up the person they bring up but if you could put the injured player in injury mode I guess you would call it it would make things so much simpler

[Deucemonkey23]

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I don't post at all here, but read a hell of alot here and if there's just ONE thing that would improve the game drastically would be roster sharing. The other wishes are some good, some on that "Ehh, yeah Okay." level and some just silly to me, but roster sharing is by far the best thing that could happen to this great game . I know there are some amazing people ready to do what I love when it comes to playing MLB The Show. Roster Sharing should be at the top of Everyones wish list.

[jcas007]

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Ability to play shorter seasons!

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[jcas007]

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Id like to have the ability to change length of the season , every other sports game has it

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[shogunofharlem3]

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Big one for me that really bothers me with 17 is the inability to invite a friend to play coop with. I'm almost 40 as are my friends, wifes, kids, responsibilities. But we used to play GM Connect at night a few times a week.

Give me the option to at least invite them, like NHL 2k10 introduced, to my franchise to choose a position and play if they happen to be online. That would be a day one buy for me.

[canes21]

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Custom draft classes and an expansion mode ala NBA 2k17

On a similar note, I really hope EA takes advantage of this year with Las Vegas and gives us options of when to start our franchise like they did in other past sports games. I'd love the ability to start with Las Vegas before the draft so I can make all of the picks. It would also be great to have options where we can choose if the teams lock off all of the players they really did in real life or let the AI choose the players to lock so that the draft pool may be slightly different.

[Mike Lowe]

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This game truly has the potential to shine in '18. I really hope we see some things cleaned up and Connected Franchise Mode.

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[ejf0255]

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I would love a top 25 of every team roster. Man that would be sick. Then to be allowed a fantasy draft as well. (I am dreaming right) EA make this happen. Make a second game call it a Gold Edition call it a Give Us More Money Edition. I would pay for it. LoL.

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[ejf0255]

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Big one for me that really bothers me with 17 is the inability to invite a friend to play coop with. I'm almost 40 as are my friends, wifes, kids, responsibilities. But we used to play GM Connect at night a few times a week.

Give me the option to at least invite them, like NHL 2k10 introduced, to my franchise to choose a position and play if they happen to be online. That would be a day one buy for me.

2K10 still excels in many ways over EA. I still love the presentation of it. Now seven or is it eight years later. I still pop it in every month or so. Still holds up well.

This game truly has the potential to shine in '18. I really hope we see some things cleaned up and Connected Franchise Mode.

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[babman]

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Bring back legends like in 2015. I dont play the modes with the cards and all that annoying nonsense. I want legends available for all modes.

Have classic teams like NBA 2K does. it is time EA starts listening to its fans and stops shoving crap we dont want into the games.
How fun would it be to play with those great Edmonton teams or Pittsburg teams?

Stop complication deke controls, make it simple so we can actually use them in game play. 2 Button combo is the max we should have to do ofr a deke.