A streamlined database with the focus on a 36-team expanded NHL and prospects and prospect development. For quick simming play.
Key Features
- The only playable leagues are the NHL and AHL (the AHL because some users like to control the usage of their depth/prospects at that level).
- Heavily reduced database – features completely updated NHL rosters, ratings and prospects from the 2022-23 season as well as key players from other leagues.
- As always with my NHLX databases – a heavy, heavy emphasis on future real prospects including through the 2009 birth year and maybe a few easter egg real prospects after that point. Prospects that have real difference making potential for your drafts. Even the USNTDP team is stocked with potential real players through 2008.
- Future non-generated players for 50+ years with high-end potential are built-in. They have been curated to come from a variety of nationalities including smaller countries in the NHLX international universe. Tiered for strength of nation and to provide a variety of player types to keep NHL drafts running strong with talent for the duration of your game.
- Other leagues may not be playable but league structures are updated (ie, Lada Togliatti in the KHL, updated Euro leagues that have promotion, etc).
- As always with NHLX, an accompanying logo and graphics pack that will keep every team in the database updated – including new and some modified/updated logos for all teams.
What you will not find:
- Global playable leagues outside the NHL/AHL. All other leagues are now simply background leagues. If you were wanting to guide MoDo to the top of the Swedish pyramid or enjoyed managing a team in the South American league or an NCAA expansion team I had in previous versions – sorry to say but those have been removed. Too much to update and too much instability in league structures and rules in terms of forcing the game to keep things realistic 5, 10, 15 years into the sim.
- There is no attempt to fill 25-man rosters for every team in the database. The concept is to keep the NHL and prospects heavily updated and have players and prospects above a certain rating but to weed out depth that has no NHL/AHL level relevance.
- Most of the expanded international tournaments of previous NHLX databases have been scaled back to just the top tier competitions. They were fun for sure but this is a “Turbo” database for a reason.
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DOWNLOADS
- You'll want to make sure to grab the DB file and the extra config. I'm going to try to keep this link to the database folder "live" so you can grab an update whenever you want.
NHLX TURBO DATABASE
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtIMzu_jrD0_h9Nhki3 ... A?e=g7hAWC
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BETA NOTES - 2023_04_22
LEAGUES
- You can only play the NHL and AHL. This is why this is NHL "Turbo"
PLAYERS
- NHL UFAs are unattached. I have not messed with RFA's yet, they are still on their 2022-23 contracts on their teams
- ELC contracts have been "slid" with their new numbers per CapFriendly.
- Aged out drafted CHL players remain property of their NHL teams for now.
- Aged out drafted NCAA players - if the player has a 5th year of eligibility, they remain in college. If not, they've been made free agents with no NHL rights.
- I've removed NHL rights for older guys who aren't even prospects anymore and are playing in Siberia or have basically no chances at NHL careers. Some of them were deleted in the great purge anyways.
- NHL roster and systems including prospects have been re-rated based on 23-24, although I'm still messing with some things as usual
- 2007, 2008 and 2009 real prospects have been updated - includes the 2007 U17 USNTDP Team (plus a projected 2008 USNTDP roster), last night's 2007 OHL draft class (the highlights anyways) and projections for future CHL draft classes.
- All other rosters outside the NHL will be in flux, plenty of updates but tons more to do. Have yet to really dig into European rosters (but also keep in mind in this streamlined DB, many rosters will feature only "highlights" - top prospects and players with legit potential)
- Old players and staff have been completely weeded ou
- Lots of future added players for robust draft classes throughout the sim (the real prospects right now stop in 2008 with a few dozen in 2009). Have yet to hit some of the minor nations yet - future versions will have greater chances at legit players from smaller countries. ECK - I stole some of the nationality name lists from TLB/Pivot so thanks!
(the actual player attributes are completely different though)2023-24 NHL STATS
- All updated so you'll have accurate prospect lists and rankings and competition for the 2023-24 Calder Trophy.
TEAMS
- Atlanta, Houston, Quebec and Salt Lake City are the NHL expansion teams.
- Some updating of Euro league tiers but not a lot yet (and keep in mind - not playable anyways)
- Keeping the OHL Bulldogs in Hamilton since Brantford is only a temporary home
- There is no ECHL or lower level North American pro leagues...just not interested in playing them, their rosters fluctuate too much and the level of players are bad. NHL teams only have an AHL affiliate but with the reduced database you will have plenty of space to store prospects on your AHL team
2023 NHL DRAFT
- The first two rounds are integrated into the DB. This will get the top real prospects on their proper development track and keep the top of the 2024 draft more accurate. Made some projections on 2023-24 clubs including import possibilities.
- Did a random lottery results generator...don't complain to me that your team didn't get Bedard. You can always edit with archi's editor. LOL.
- Will of course update everything after the real draft
OTHER STUFF
- Olympics will be wonky, have yet to update them
- Recommend playing with "FULL" database size since the DB is so much smaller now anyways.
- You shouldn't need to add any fake players or prospects or staff.
Here's the settings I use:
GRAPHICS
- In flux, but here is the latest graphics pack. I am streamlining even more stuff so some of the logos are not updated especially for the "reduced" youth-type leagues. This is logos only, not the full NHLX Skin.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtIMzu_jrD0_h9N6BLT ... A?e=KAw5LC
