NHL 09: Tips for Earning Your Legend Card Online
 

Yes that's right, earning, as opposed to boosting, win-trading or whatever else people like to call the form of cheating that is commonly used to secure the game's precious attribute points.

Here at Operation Sports, we assume that our audience is above cheating; that they, like us, embark down the path for the legend card with the expectation that the journey itself -- the stories gathered from overtime victories, dominating shutouts and thrilling come-from-behind victories -- will be worth more than any amount of superficial "experience points."

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I think playing as a D-man is the best way to reach an A- legitimately. It is certainly possible playing other positions, but much more difficult. After patch 2, dominating in faceoffs is much more difficult, making center a less viable option. I can usually keep my % around 50, but I rarely get into the 70+ range like I could before the second update.

But in the month after it, I was an A- playing center exclusively in EASHL play (you can sort stats by month/week in the community skaters leaderboard). Of course, we were rolling over former juicers and those who couldn't grasp the concept of interference almost every game...

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Regardless of whether you want to play D (which is the easiest way) or any other position, the most important thing about obtaining your legend card is to NOT PLAY random OTP games. Find a club or make one yourself and start playing smart hockey. In random OTP it is pretty hard to get A- at least from my experience. I stopped playing random OTP and just played with my club and I got my legend pretty quickly. Just my 2 cents

I think it all depends on how good your club is and how good the competition is that you're going up against.

And unless you're on a good, coordinated club, playing in the mid-lower divisions, I think OTP games are a little easier to earn high marks in.

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I got my Legend card as a wing, and you pretty much have to pass it right away to avoid turnovers, which KILL your team play. You also need to average 1-2 points per game. That's how I got mine. Turnovers were the hardest thing to overcome.

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Yep, turnovers are the biggest obstacle. That's why it's usually easier on D; you have the puck less, so you turn it over less.

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its brutal because i take way too many chances with the puck when im drinking and it kills my stats, but whenever i come home with a few beers in me i have to play. i neeeeeed to

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