EHM The Blue Line

I have an issue with player names not being displayed properly when loading up a .sav file from another user. Most names show up as they should, but some have an alias so to speak, with an obviously mimicked name. Dylan Strome shows up as "Dylan Strong", Roman Polak as "Roman Polansky", etc. The players affected are seemingly not connected, as there are NHL players, AHL players, Junior players, both North American and European players whose names are switched. These fake names show up in box scores and on the transaction page and a couple of other places, and the names aren't clickable, i.e. aren't connected to the player ID the way I interpret it. At the same time, those players show up fine with their real and clickable names on the roster page, the tactics page, the depth chart and pretty much everywhere else. But if I adjust my lines and send the .lns file to the other user to load up, the lineup has holes in it where these players with the fake names are supposed to be.

It's all very strange and I figured it could be database related, but I tried uninstalling and re-installing the game and loaded the .sav in a completely vanilla game and the issue is still there, and with the exact same fake names as well, so it can't be a random thing.

Has anyone had this and has solved it, or have any idea what's going on?

I'll bump this in case someone in the know missed it over the last year...

The issue still appears with the new updated TBL database this season. Could it have something to to with the .sav file originating from a user based in the US while I'm in Europe?

This is really doing my head in and i'd be super grateful if someone has any input.

This is one for Riz I think. You should update the before and after saved games to the SI Forums.

Are the names appearing scrambled if you load the saved game into the Editor?