NHL 17 Wishlist: Features We'd Love to See

[clarkerots]

Besides the ones mentioned I would like to see goalie fatigue (was back in 02 I think, where goalies would be tired after 4 or 5 games) should depend on durability or fatigue rating.

More injuries. Lets face it, if you don't sim any games, at the highest slider, you can go a whole season without really needing your AHL team at all.

Goalie injuries. Its huge and it happens. I shouldn't be able to use Quick for 78 games in a season, and the only reason for not 82 is because I just decided to give the backup some work.

Total edit control. I've been saying this for years. If you play online, then you have to use the online roster, which has the correct teams and ratings. For offline, its all mine. Who cares if I give my entire team the same last name, face, and hair. Its my offline league, and I should have total control.

[BurghFan]

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I have been waiting for them to add the ECHL so we have another level to develop young prospects instead of having the lower rated players sitting on the bench and not getting any experience in the AHL.

[Gotmilkman24]

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Someone did mention it, but crowd improvement for you offline mode players would be nice. And with that I mean, let them stand up on a breakaway, or make some sort of sound when you hit the bar. Some sort of interaction when the goalie makes a huge save. 2K had it in their game 10 years ago. No excuse to be in a current gen game now.
And as everyone else has said. AI needs some big improvement. They don't need to be the best poke checkers or great at stick lift. Just some sort of awareness would be nice.

[KidShowtime]

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Someone did mention it, but crowd improvement for you offline mode players would be nice. And with that I mean, let them stand up on a breakaway, or make some sort of sound when you hit the bar. Some sort of interaction when the goalie makes a huge save. 2K had it in their game 10 years ago. No excuse to be in a current gen game now.
And as everyone else has said. AI needs some big improvement. They don't need to be the best poke checkers or great at stick lift. Just some sort of awareness would be nice.

Just to add to this:

- The Crowd yelling 'SHOOOT' on the PP when the puck gets to the point or during offensive pressure during the final seconds during a close game.

- Up the decibel level on the crowd during playoffs. In HUT, EASHL & Offline Season modes. Let's FEEL that it's the playoffs.

[unisol_us]

A couple of additions I would love to see in the future have to do with gameplay. Not just skating, shooting hitting ect.. but all of the games within the game that make hockey so fun to watch and play. Here are a couple of ideas.

- Momentum. Some ways for the player to shift momentum especially when they are playing poorly. Maybe a coaching decision, puck possession, pep talk, stretch passing are just some ways to influence gameplay. Maybe some type of meter that shows the current balance in the game.

- There really needs to be more coaching / strategy options within the game and a much better tutorial on what the current strategies do. Perks for prepping your goalie for tendencies of opponents, much more line match up options, ability to key certain players on the opponents. This could be very robust and I think would add to the overall enjoyment of BeApro and BeAGM.

- Lastly has to be improved AI. I do not want to ramble as I do believe that it is much improved this year, but a good step for 17 would be improved odd man rushes for both the AI and the human player and the neutral zone really needs some work. AI offense is pretty unrealistic, at least on the higher difficulty levels, by the infinite passes in the neutral zone that is designed to pull your players out of position while the CPU works for the on timer in the slot. As the human player it is very hard to set up your players on a 3 on 2 or 2 on 1 and when it works its almost always the same one timer.

I have more but if any of these areas got an upgrade I would be extremely happy.

[headzapp]

I have one, from playing a few games last night and getting frustrated. Puck IQ. As in if there is a loose puck in front of the net, have your teammates push forward and try to shoot the puck. They just skate around. Attack the net please! Help me out a little. I shouldn't be the only one in control trying to score.

[Chris200000]

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create a team?

[jmbxny]

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it would be real nice if line changes worked no matter what controller settings are being used.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Pretty good list. I'd love to see a few legacy items finally fixed.

1. For the love of god give me at least one additional PK line to set.

2. Please fix the salary cap and AI roster/lines management in Be a GM.

I do not want to see the cpu playing a forward on their sixth d-pairing or a seventh defenseman playing on the fourth line.

[MNgoneWILD]

1. FIX ULTIMATE TEAM!! its a joke I have bought a total of 11 packs my best pull was an 83 overall. It's a joke its disrespectful to the fans that buy the packs and It's just stupid I don't even play the ultimate team game mode anymore because of how ridiculous it is. I've played both FIFA 16 and Madden 16 both ultimate team game modes are BETTER BY A WIDE MARGIN the packs are always good however on nhl in order to be a good team you need to spends thousands of dollars its such a joke they need to stop being so STINGY we already bought the dang game.
2. Line Changing- So many times I'm playing in a tight game and I pass the puck up to a winger and he just hops off the ice and then the puck gets iced
3. add gm mode

[thesiv]

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Bring back the custom attribute modifications from NHL 14's EASHL. If that's not an option than don't even bother creating an NHL 17 because it will suck just like NHL 15 and 16 suck.

[pf8363]

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Can't stress enough how much custom music impacts the playing experience. My biggest hope for the game by far.

[nkitos84]

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Can't stress enough how much custom music impacts the playing experience. My biggest hope for the game by far.

New leagues KHL, NCAA. More prospects play in this championships.

[actionhank]

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New leagues KHL, NCAA. More prospects play in this championships.

It would be nice if they could make "generic" leagues to take the place of the ones they don't have the licensing rights to.

I don't know that the NCAA ever happens, just because of the way the NCAA handles their player's rights. If they did manage to get the NCAA included, it would likely be the same as it was in NCAA football and basketball games, where players were just represented by vague likenesses, with numbers instead of names.

That said, if they could somehow make a system like Eastside Hockey Manager where teams are all generic and their logos and rosters are easily replaced (this would obviously be a bigger task with a console system, and 3D player models in the game) then it would be possible for people to create their own rosters, jerseys, and logos and import them into the game.

Based on our current and past levels of customization, I don't have a lot of faith we'll see something like that.

[badazzleroybrown]

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1. better face off system and broken sticks from face off battles

2. more break aways plays from turn overs

3. a realistic amount off face offs and game stopages 60 to 75 face offs per game

4. more battles or scuffles for the puck along the boards with mutiple players

5. tired of watching the cpu face one way and make blind passes to team mates to score crazy goals there has to be some kind of ice awareness before certain players are available to pass too.

6. legends used in offline modes

7. historic teams from the past

8. each player have there own celebration styles

9 special signature moves for superstars

10 more speed seperation from average players to elite

11. the ability to create or import custom goalie masks
or purchase anything is better than what the game has now.

12. goalie size differential 5-10 guys vrs 6-5 should look different in goal

13. more older uniforms to purchase or earn

14. the ability to track and break nhl records and your teams records

15. game stats that track your points so if i had 45 goals before that game
and i started playing and scored the anouncers would say that was his 46 goal of the season.

16. real nhl coaches faces

17. more nhl referee crews or faces dont want to see the same ones game after game.

18. a better draft experience

19. the ability to just cut players off my roster
and the ability to start at the draft or after.

20. more pan shots of the arena while playing

21. custom music imports

22. roster share

23. more jumbotron shots like after a score players glance at the jumbotron to watch replays.

24. announcers who identify players who were just added to your team via trade or free agency

25 more stat overlays during game play like current standings how you rank in certain stat areas or maybe how close you are to breaking records.

26. what about hot and cold streaks some kind of system where your players can play above there head or could not hit the side of a barn if cold.