Premier Pivot Rosters v9.3.0 (2024/25) Released

A new release of xECK29x’s Premier Pivot Rosters for the 2024/25 season is now available for download via Steam! A huge THANK YOU to xECK29x and his many helpers who are keeping EHM alive and well. Comments and questions can be posted here.

General Updates:

• Latest notable transactions for human-playable leagues
• Updated heights/weights for players in playable leagues
• Starting further database cleanup of UFA players/staff, this will take several releases to complete — thanks ArchibaldUK!

Prospect Generator Updates:

All credit to ImActuallyAnOtter and osososos to their research work and dedication to this! Near-complete overhaul of the Prospect Generator:

• GENERAL:
  • Across the PG, the level of potential ability has been increased to match recent drafts but the quality of players has been much more heavily randomized.
  • It will be significantly more difficult to find good goaltending due to the added randomization
  • It will be significantly more difficult to find players that correlate to existing Pivot attributes due to the added randomization
  • The long-term distribution of current ability will much closer match Pivot 2-4 years into a given save rather than what you see on Pivot day 1.
• MENTAL/HIDDEN ATTRIBUTES:
  • The PG now generates ~50% of its players with random attributes, so they will look like “game regens” as opposed to prospect generated players designed to look like Pivot Day 1 players. The other 50% remain the same as the last issue, but with some minor changes only.
  • Determination has been lowered by an average of 5-7 points on a 20-point scale across the board.
  • Consistency and Important Matches have been lowered by 2-4 points on a 20-point scale across the board.
  • Loyalty, Fighting, Pass Tendency and Versatility are now fully randomized for all players, in addition to injury proneness and natural fitness which have been for some time.
  • Significant Updates to defensive role and offensive role based on recent research. Expect to see offensive role remain similar and defensive role to drop compared to priors.
  • Despite increased ability distribution, reduced goalie hiddens/mentals means you should expect average save percentages to drop to the 0.890-0.900 range to match IRL.
• VISIBLE ATTRIBUTES:
  • Goalie Glove and Blocker attributes should be increased at generation
  • With the ~50% randomization, expect to find far less goalies with balanced attributes
• ROLE DISTRIBUTION:
  • More balanced distribution of player roles
  • Expect to see some “archetypes” such as “High Physicals”, “High Mentals”, “PK Specialist”, “PP Specialist” and “PIM Gatherer”, which are introduced in this version

International Updates:

• Added Euro Hockey Tour and World Cup back in with some fixes. World Cup will go in 2024 with Olympics in 2026, should get a best on best with NHLers international tournament every 2 years.
• Updated WJC-U20 players/staff

NHL Updates:

• NHL Re-rates starting in January, nothing completed yet in this release, looking for help via fan feedback!
• Updates to several 2025/2026 notables

Canadian Updates:

• Updated several clubs/competition names and colors — thanks Dani9!!
• Changed Junior Preference of CHL league contracted, NHL unsigned players to None from Major Junior. This should allow these players to also have the option of not extending with their junior team and potentially transferring to the NCAA or other College leagues. I have also set all CHL league contracts to 1.2.1900 which should default most to one year to allow these transfers.
  • While there is no guarantee this will work, its a good enough workaround until there is proper game code added to support the CHL -> NCAA transfer rules.
  • Any IRL player that has submitted for a transfer will have their preference set to College as I find them.

Czechia Updates:

• Added/Updates clubs and updated Czech Maxa liga and Czech 2. Liga structures — thanks Matee!!

Germany:

• Adjusted PA ranges of IRL 13-15 y/o German players — thanks kev26!

Russian Updates:

• Updated KHL staff

United States Updates:

• Updated several clubs/competition names and colors — thanks Dani9!!