How's it going in EHM 1? What team are you?

[dabo]

One of the most amazing emotional rides ever, and I never thought this type of game would be fun for me, but by god the challenge is so brutal, and I think I woke my neighbours when we won from yelling so loud.

Too bad we need a game to experience that...

[Stray Games]

I'm currently having a go with my 4th different team. This time I've decided to rebuild the mess that the Leafs are!
All my games before this one was somewhat realistic, but now it's really ridiculous.

I'm currently sitting 1st in the league with an amazing record: 35-8-2 (The leafs first in the league.. what the!)
Now where it's even more ridiculous:

These guys have ridiculous stats (they are not exact per say, I'm rounding them up) :

Kessel ( 45 goals, 45 assists)
St.Louis (40 goals, 45 assists)
Bozak (15 goals, 60 assists)
Nyquist (30goals, 30 assists)
Fowler (10 goals, 45 assists)
Phaneuf (5 goals, 35 assists)
JVR (20 goals, 20 assists)

But how is that possible!? Until a few games ago, Kessel was on pace to beat Gretzky's record for most goal in a season.
And for the most part of the season, I had 3 guys scoring 2 points per games. Half of my team has a average game rating over 8.00.

My team is by far 1st in the league for the most goals scored. (By at least 60!)
I am scoring 5+ goals per games (often winning 8 -0, 7-0, etc.)

I'm like happy and somewhat disappointed at the same time
Isn't that unrealistic?

What could be the cause of this non-sens?


HOW I got there..

Anyway, this was the first time I was really going to dive into all the micro stuffs. So I started by firing all the coaches and all the scouts (except 2 or 3 that had decent judging player ability and potential skill)

COACHES + PRACTICES
Head Coach: Tortorella (LOL.. deep down, I was hoping to make the team crash even more!),
Assistant Coach: Gretzky
Assistant Coach: Dan Bylsma
Assistant Coach: I'm currently forgetting his name but he has 20 coaching defense and really good (17+) in many other important areas
Goalie Coach: Tom Barrasso

Made a few practices scenarios (all with Intensive/Medium)...

TRADES (Only the first tree were made at the beginning of the year
-Lupul VS St.Louis
-Rielly VS Fowler
-Leivo + 3rd VS Nyquist
-Matt Greene (picked off waivers)
-3rd + 4th VS McClement
-Percy + 4th VS Vatanen
-4th + Nylander VS 3rd + Toffoli (Sad to let go my best offensive prospect, but could I resist that trade! God no!)
-Horton VS Pearson (needed to get rid of that big salary!)


I also landed a bunch of 2nd rounders while offloading a bunch of guys that didn't have any place in my lineup (Robidas, Brewer to name two..)

LINES + TACTICS
Kessel - Kadri - St.Louis
JVR - Bozak - Nyquist
Lindstrom - McClement - Komarov (now replaced with Toffoli)
Booth - Sill - Panik

Fowler - Phaneuf
Gardiner - Vatanen
Erixon - Greene/Polak

I've then spend a little while tweaking all my units:
Having two really offensive lines and two defensive one.
And individual players. (Making sure St.Louis makes ambitious passes, making sure JVR, Nyquist, Kessel shoots a lot!) I also made sure all defensemen were making safe passes, except for Fowler.

It seems we have a lot in common!
Many of the same players, Gretzky got fired by the board, but we won the cup.
I added Ryan O'Reilly through offersheet and he JVR and Kessel are killing it so far.

[nickflyers]

I have simmed out to 2035 to see how the league shapes up(and the game handles it) Arizona became a dynasty in the late 2020s on the back of McDavid and three elite forwards(iirc) that were late 1sts and late 2nd round picks. There are quite a few late round gems and 1st round busts(couple Top 5s busted HARD) I'll post more about this later when I'm home.

Off the top of my head
Definitely high scoring right now. Teams are scoring 300+ goals(based on season leader tab) and high scoring games are aplenty on the game records(11-2, 9-8, etc.) Prior goalie records(i.e Brodeur career wins) are not in the 7.3 DB.

[steviewhy]

I have simmed out to 2035 to see how the league shapes up(and the game handles it) Arizona became a dynasty in the late 2020s on the back of McDavid and three elite forwards(iirc) that were late 1sts and late 2nd round picks. There are quite a few late round gems and 1st round busts(couple Top 5s busted HARD) I'll post more about this later when I'm home.

Off the top of my head
Definitely high scoring right now. Teams are scoring 300+ goals(based on season leader tab) and high scoring games are aplenty on the game records(11-2, 9-8, etc.) Prior goalie records(i.e Brodeur career wins) are not in the 7.3 DB.

What's the salary cap in 2035?

[listro55]

Hey guys, quick question:

Is there a way to control your AHL team's lineup?

I can view their roster, but cannot set the lines, which can be frustrating, because there's a couple guys on my AHL team that I'd like to be getting top line minutes, but they're playing on the 4th line.

Thanks!

Add a new manager and take control of your AHL team. I always play that way and controls the AHL & even the ECHL team along with the NHL team. I don't like the coaching of the AI and you can sign players you are intrested in with those teams to on try-out basis or to contracts and if they are good in the minors you can sign them with the NHL team. Doing it this way you don't have to use a useful spot of the 50's you only got for players in the NHL.

Don't forget, doing this can also allow you to Hire a coaching staff you think can actually help in development of your farm players. I second this strat... I do it aswell. It's situations like this that are actually rectified IRL by doing exactly what we have done. The Leafs for example, own the marlies, and in turn hire an fire whoever they want. Check out marlies.ca and you'll see Dave Nonis' Assistant GM Kyle Dubas is listed as Marlies General Manager.

[Manimal]

What's the salary cap in 2035?

The cap does not change

[Alex the Tall]

What's the salary cap in 2035?

The cap does not change

Oh they still didn' change that sadly

[Peter_Doherty]

Cap not changing won't be a problem as long as the salary demands by the players dont go up after x years...

[RomaGoth]

...There are quite a few late round gems and 1st round busts(couple Top 5s busted HARD)...

I am interested in learning more about this. What round and how well did they turn out?

[Syvis]

Played my first season with the Lightning and dominated. Drouin and Stamkos finished tied for the first place in scoring with 104 points. Kyle Okposo also scored 104 points so it was a three way tie. My record in the regular season was 60-18-4. Scoring is still high but atleast there wasn't anyone getting 120+ points. Goalies had good stats too with Lundqvist being the best with 1.87 GAA and 93,6 save percentage. Could maybe be a bit higher overall but much better than in the 07 version. In the playoffs I beat Capitals in the first round 4-1, Red Wings in the second round 4-1, Rangers in the Conference Finals 4-2 and swept the Blues in the Finals. Blues scored all of three goals in the series. Bishop finished the playoffs with 1.53 GAA and 94,4SV%, up significantly from his regular season stats of 1.94 GAA and 92,8SV%.

[mpronger]

Played my first season with the Lightning and dominated. Drouin and Stamkos finished tied for the first place in scoring with 104 points. Kyle Okposo also scored 104 points so it was a three way tie. My record in the regular season was 60-18-4. Scoring is still high but atleast there wasn't anyone getting 120+ points. Goalies had good stats too with Lundqvist being the best with 1.87 GAA and 93,6 save percentage. Could maybe be a bit higher overall but much better than in the 07 version. In the playoffs I beat Capitals in the first round 4-1, Red Wings in the second round 4-1, Rangers in the Conference Finals 4-2 and swept the Blues in the Finals. Blues scored all of three goals in the series. Bishop finished the playoffs with 1.53 GAA and 94,4SV%, up significantly from his regular season stats of 1.94 GAA and 92,8SV%.

That's some very solid numbers. Did you use any of the preset tactics or you edited according to your players strength?

[philou21]

Hemsky is such a stub in EHM:EA! Many people are posting amazing seasons from him. Can someone post a screenshot of his attribute? He seems so OP.

[nickflyers]

...There are quite a few late round gems and 1st round busts(couple Top 5s busted HARD)...

I am interested in learning more about this. What round and how well did they turn out?

Quite a few 4th Rounders turned out to be pretty solid players. Couple 5th rounders turn into NHL players and I've found a few 6th/7th rounders.

Just a few screenshots

Smolnikov - 3rd Round Kazakhstan Player


Platzer - 4th Rounders


Nuutinen - 4th Round Pick


Sundberg - 4th Round


Vinogradov - 6th Round Pick


Sandstrom - 6th Round Pick


So it can happen. I think the 7th rounder was the Pens back up goalie.

[Prowl]

Off to a solid 5-0-1 start with the Flames so far. Backlund, Bouma, and Jones have played really well while Monahan, Johnny Hockey, and Hudler have started to play better. Like the real life Flames, they don't seem to quit. They've battled back to beat Columbus and lost to the Blues in a shootout despite being dominated. Brodie has been awesome. Too bad Giordano's hurt in the rosters. I'll need to worry about drafting some defensive prospects at the draft.

Only blemishes so far are injuries to Wideman and Raymond.

[sluice]

Hemsky is such a stub in EHM:EA! Many people are posting amazing seasons from him. Can someone post a screenshot of his attribute? He seems so OP.

For me, in 4 different career, he consistently scored more than 40 goals for the 2014-2015 season.

[stagbeetle59]

I'm 33 games into my first season with the Canucks, 19-9-5 so far after a 1-4-3 start so doing pretty well. Daniel Sedin's my top scorer with 23G +21A for 44Pts but most of the players who've been on my top line have done well. I lost Burrows on waivers though, not terrible at the time because he was playing awfully but it was a bit inconvenient when both St. Louis and Henrik Sedin were out injured. Also, I traded Eddie Lack straight up for Devan Dubnyk because Lack was just playing awfully and Dubnyk's doing pretty well (not as good as in real life but still pretty well at 6-3-2).

[Syvis]

Played my first season with the Lightning and dominated. Drouin and Stamkos finished tied for the first place in scoring with 104 points. Kyle Okposo also scored 104 points so it was a three way tie. My record in the regular season was 60-18-4. Scoring is still high but atleast there wasn't anyone getting 120+ points. Goalies had good stats too with Lundqvist being the best with 1.87 GAA and 93,6 save percentage. Could maybe be a bit higher overall but much better than in the 07 version. In the playoffs I beat Capitals in the first round 4-1, Red Wings in the second round 4-1, Rangers in the Conference Finals 4-2 and swept the Blues in the Finals. Blues scored all of three goals in the series. Bishop finished the playoffs with 1.53 GAA and 94,4SV%, up significantly from his regular season stats of 1.94 GAA and 92,8SV%.

That's some very solid numbers. Did you use any of the preset tactics or you edited according to your players strength?

I used the same up tempo attacking tactics I used in the 07 version. Seems to suit Tampa very well with all their speedy forwards. I'm surprised by Bishop's numbers as usually goalies don't do so well on my teams. He developed pretty well during the season though. I used the following lineup for much of the season:

Jonathan Drouin - Steven Stamkos - Ryan Callahan
Onrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Valtteri Filppula - J.T. Brown
Brendan Morrow - Brian Boyle - Carter Ashton/Michael Blunden

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman
Braydon Coburn - Jason Garrison
Matt Carle - Mark Barberio

Ben Bishop
Andrei Vasilevsky

The third and fourth lines were more defensively orientated and did a great job of shutting down oppositions best players during the playoffs. For example Ovechkin didn't score any goals and only one assist in the first round series.

[sluice]

Played my first season with the Lightning and dominated. Drouin and Stamkos finished tied for the first place in scoring with 104 points. Kyle Okposo also scored 104 points so it was a three way tie. My record in the regular season was 60-18-4. Scoring is still high but atleast there wasn't anyone getting 120+ points. Goalies had good stats too with Lundqvist being the best with 1.87 GAA and 93,6 save percentage. Could maybe be a bit higher overall but much better than in the 07 version. In the playoffs I beat Capitals in the first round 4-1, Red Wings in the second round 4-1, Rangers in the Conference Finals 4-2 and swept the Blues in the Finals. Blues scored all of three goals in the series. Bishop finished the playoffs with 1.53 GAA and 94,4SV%, up significantly from his regular season stats of 1.94 GAA and 92,8SV%.

That's some very solid numbers. Did you use any of the preset tactics or you edited according to your players strength?

I used the same up tempo attacking tactics I used in the 07 version. Seems to suit Tampa very well with all their speedy forwards. I'm surprised by Bishop's numbers as usually goalies don't do so well on my teams. He developed pretty well during the season though. I used the following lineup for much of the season:

Jonathan Drouin - Steven Stamkos - Ryan Callahan
Onrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Valtteri Filppula - J.T. Brown
Brendan Morrow - Brian Boyle - Carter Ashton/Michael Blunden

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman
Braydon Coburn - Jason Garrison
Matt Carle - Mark Barberio

Ben Bishop
Andrei Vasilevsky

The third and fourth lines were more defensively orientated and did a great job of shutting down oppositions best players during the playoffs. For example Ovechkin didn't score any goals and only one assist in the first round series.

Good job on keeping the core of the team together.. this is something I'm afraid I cannot do.
I need to go in transactions rehab.

[Syvis]

That's some very solid numbers. Did you use any of the preset tactics or you edited according to your players strength?

I used the same up tempo attacking tactics I used in the 07 version. Seems to suit Tampa very well with all their speedy forwards. I'm surprised by Bishop's numbers as usually goalies don't do so well on my teams. He developed pretty well during the season though. I used the following lineup for much of the season:

Jonathan Drouin - Steven Stamkos - Ryan Callahan
Onrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Valtteri Filppula - J.T. Brown
Brendan Morrow - Brian Boyle - Carter Ashton/Michael Blunden

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman
Braydon Coburn - Jason Garrison
Matt Carle - Mark Barberio

Ben Bishop
Andrei Vasilevsky

The third and fourth lines were more defensively orientated and did a great job of shutting down oppositions best players during the playoffs. For example Ovechkin didn't score any goals and only one assist in the first round series.

Good job on keeping the core of the team together.. this is something I'm afraid I cannot do.
I need to go in transactions rehab.

I was thinking about getting a top 4 D at the deadline but didn't see a good fit at reasonable price so went with the group I had and it turns out I didn't need another defenseman. Only trade I made was acquiring Adam Larsson for Andrej Sustr. I'm keeping about the same roster for season two aside from letting Morrow go. Might trade Carle for picks and prospects and give Koekkoek, Nesterov or Larsson a chance. Nesterov stepped into the lineup in the playoffs and played really well scoring 3+2 in 17 games on the third pair after Coburn got injured.

[stagbeetle59]

I'm now 2 games after the trade deadline with the Canucks, 43-15-5 good enough for 2nd in the conference, 3 points behind St. Louis but with a game in hand. I made two substantial trades at the deadline, bringing in Sean Couturier to be my new 2nd line centre because Bonino wasn't cutting it and I also brought in Dustin Byfuglien to ramp up my D ahead of a Cup Run.

Here are the deals:

1st Trade:

Vancouver trades:

Will Acton
Ronalds Kenins
Rights to Cole Cassels
Canucks 1st Round Pick in 2019
Canucks 2nd Round Pick in 2016
Canucks 2nd Round Pick in 2018
Canucks 3rd Round Pick in 2019

in exchange for Philadelphia Flyers':

Sean Couturier

2nd Trade:

Vancouver Trades:

Nick Bonino
Joacim Ericsson

in exchange for Winnipeg Jets':

Dustin Byfuglien

Going to make a couple of trades in the summer to sort some of my draft pick issues before the value of the picks skyrocket!

[titi21]

Hi guys. I want to start a career with a team with low expectations, so it could be more easier to get to know the game and the players, without the pressure of good results, but also a team with a lot of youngsters so they can develop with time. Any ideias??

[sluice]

Hi guys. I want to start a career with a team with low expectations, so it could be more easier to get to know the game and the players, without the pressure of good results, but also a team with a lot of youngsters so they can develop with time. Any ideias??

The first 3 that comes to mind: Calgary, Buffalo, Florida

You can also have a look here, to see the best teams in term of prospects: http://www.hockeysfuture.com/team-rankings/

[titi21]

Hi guys. I want to start a career with a team with low expectations, so it could be more easier to get to know the game and the players, without the pressure of good results, but also a team with a lot of youngsters so they can develop with time. Any ideias??

The first 3 that comes to mind: Calgary, Buffalo, Florida

You can also have a look here, to see the best teams in term of prospects: http://www.hockeysfuture.com/team-rankings/

Thanks. I will take a look at those three.

[SimplyMonkey]

Cap not changing won't be a problem as long as the salary demands by the players dont go up after x years...

It matters if you're going to be a team like Chicago...those contracts signed by Kane and Toews are reliant on an increasing cap lol

[SimplyMonkey]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but has anyone noticed that when you start a game the coaches stats change? One save they had Jon Cooper with like 10 for coaching fowards and then in the next new game they had it up to 16. Does anyone know why this is?