NHL 20 GM Mode Logs & Conversation

[ETTHAKING67]

I dream of an NHL game with no overall stat. Just individual stats and performance stats to make decisions on.

This would be perfect.

Anaheim is such a great team to do as well. If you do start one, don't forget to create Zegras.
Zegras & Drysdale is a great 1C & 1D to start the rebuild. Comtois,Lunderstrom,Jones and Steel will be important depth. I might make one with the Ducks later in the year, after Arizona.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Well my Xbox1 committed suicide. So that’s not as fun . RIP my Xbox 03/2020-10/2020.

 

[Mal Reynolds]

Well my Xbox1 committed suicide. So that’s not as fun . RIP my Xbox 03/2020-10/2020.

That sucks!

 

[MarkusKetterer]

That sucks!

Yup. Seeing I’ve only beat one game and was loving playing RDR2.

 

[OttawaOilers]

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So, there appears to be 2 very game-altering glitches or bugs in NHL21 GM/Franchise mode. The first and most obvious one is that Defenceman have Forward chemistry stats. Just very weird, and quite plain stupid, lol. (Seen here Dalla Stars Defenceman Miro Heiskanen with Forward chemistry stats).

The 2nd is more in-depth, and maybe it is EA just added in hidden statistics to Defenceman. But there is a different overall for a player when editing in his attributes and that of his overall that appears on-screen outside the edit attributes screen. (Seen here Cale Makar a 91 in his edit attributes sections, and 89 in the on-screen overall. As well as Josh Manson who is an 84 when you go into edit his overall, and 88 outside the edit attributes screen).

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Now I edited both overalls to how I saw fit. But Maker the OFD, Offensive Defenceman, and Josh Manson the DFD, Defensive Defenceman. Looking into it more, and going off of what others are saying. It seems like OFD's can go down -3 in hidden stats and conversely, DFD can go +3 in hidden stats, depending on you messing around with attributes and how you're editing them.

Just very weird, and I still haven't exactly figured out what's going on. Is it just a glitch/bug, that EA will and can fix?! Or is it a hidden stat-attribute that affects not only real-time GM Franchise simulation or in-game simulation. Still don't know. We will see. If anyone has any thoughts, opinions, suggestions, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks.
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[MarkusKetterer]

^ to me that first graphic implies which forward lines the Dman works better with. As for the different player rating, maybe it’s also like that, and their “rating” varies between the two based on the forward line they’re with

 

[Cor]

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So, there appears to be 2 very game-altering glitches or bugs in NHL21 GM/Franchise mode. The first and most obvious one is that Defenceman have Forward chemistry stats. Just very weird, and quite plain stupid, lol. (Seen here Dalla Stars Defenceman Miro Heiskanen with Forward chemistry stats).

The 2nd is more in-depth, and maybe it is EA just added in hidden statistics to Defenceman. But there is a different overall for a player when editing in his attributes and that of his overall that appears on-screen outside the edit attributes screen. (Seen here Cale Makar a 91 in his edit attributes sections, and 89 in the on-screen overall. As well as Josh Manson who is an 84 when you go into edit his overall, and 88 outside the edit attributes screen).

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Now I edited both overalls to how I saw fit. But Maker the OFD, Offensive Defenceman, and Josh Manson the DFD, Defensive Defenceman. Looking into it more, and going off of what others are saying. It seems like OFD's can go down -3 in hidden stats and conversely, DFD can go +3 in hidden stats, depending on you messing around with attributes and how you're editing them.

Just very weird, and I still haven't exactly figured out what's going on. Is it just a glitch/bug, that EA will and can fix?! Or is it a hidden stat-attribute that affects not only real-time GM Franchise simulation or in-game simulation. Still don't know. We will see. If anyone has any thoughts, opinions, suggestions, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks.
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The player editing is all f***ed up.

I don't see why the player editor area, and the menu area would show different overalls for any particular reason tbh.

I am assuming the overall in the actual creation suite is the right one, if not, I'll have a lot of work to do

 

[Cor]

I have Vancouver, Vegas, Washington, Winnipeg left in my player editing. Already done the AHL. Then I need to go through the junior leagues and euro leagues (that tends to be quicker, as I only really pay attention to prospects, or guys I think could be FA's that jump over IRL).

Then, starts the process of creation. I've done four so far as I posted in the dedicated thread, but I'd say there is at least 40 guys to create.


Though, the fact that Corey Perry and Travis Hamonic are MIA from the EA roster update discourages me, because while I can move over the created prospects on the next roster update, I'd have to redo all of the roster editing.


This company really f***ing the Franchise diehards here. All these issues are things that have no reason to have happened, and simple play testing beforehand, would have caught these issues.

 

[Cor]

Another bug. Draft prospects or drafted prospects playing in junior leagues don’t record points.

Only shows AHL/NHL stats.


Ugh

 

[Cor]

Another bug!!!

Went into franchise mode game. Stamina locked on full bars and couldn’t change lines, and neither would CPU. Starting 5 for both teams just on the ice the entire time until I quit the game.


This game is so f***ing broken

 

[Tak7]

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So, there appears to be 2 very game-altering glitches or bugs in NHL21 GM/Franchise mode. The first and most obvious one is that Defenceman have Forward chemistry stats. Just very weird, and quite plain stupid, lol. (Seen here Dalla Stars Defenceman Miro Heiskanen with Forward chemistry stats).

The 2nd is more in-depth, and maybe it is EA just added in hidden statistics to Defenceman. But there is a different overall for a player when editing in his attributes and that of his overall that appears on-screen outside the edit attributes screen. (Seen here Cale Makar a 91 in his edit attributes sections, and 89 in the on-screen overall. As well as Josh Manson who is an 84 when you go into edit his overall, and 88 outside the edit attributes screen).

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Now I edited both overalls to how I saw fit. But Maker the OFD, Offensive Defenceman, and Josh Manson the DFD, Defensive Defenceman. Looking into it more, and going off of what others are saying. It seems like OFD's can go down -3 in hidden stats and conversely, DFD can go +3 in hidden stats, depending on you messing around with attributes and how you're editing them.

Just very weird, and I still haven't exactly figured out what's going on. Is it just a glitch/bug, that EA will and can fix?! Or is it a hidden stat-attribute that affects not only real-time GM Franchise simulation or in-game simulation. Still don't know. We will see. If anyone has any thoughts, opinions, suggestions, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks.
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You can view a Dman's line fit at basically any screen other than the Edit Line screen - I use the Contract Page.

It's pathetic, but it's the only workaround at the moment.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

So i got this guy and I doubt I'll ever get another one like him. And no, I did not create him.


Last 3 seasons:
34g 81a =115 p
27g 79a = 106 p
27g 95a = 122 p

E: I think he has 5 Norris's now, 1 Art Ross, 1 Lindsay, 1 Hart, 1 Conn Smythe and 2x Lady Byng. Scored 100+ points 5 seasons in a row, latest was only 97, the scrub.

 

[Ghost Bear]

^ Liability in his own end - only 73 def. awareness. Would not want him on my team.

/s

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

@Kaako Kappo - was he touted as a Franchise player?

The highest I ever saw was in Tougie24's video where he drafted a 20-YO 92 overall Franchise D-Man:



First - how?

Does the AI actually 'scout' players or does EA just program RNG and pick whoever?

 

[Kaako Kappo]

@Kaako Kappo - was he touted as a Franchise player?

The highest I ever saw was in Tougie24's video where he drafted a 20-YO 92 overall Franchise D-Man:



First - how?

Does the AI actually 'scout' players or does EA just program RNG and pick whoever?

No, 4th round pick, became elite 87 overall.

 

[ETTHAKING67]

Anyone did an expansion team ? What did the protection list looked like ? because last year it wasn't good at all, if so my X-break project will be an expansion team with Wright/Savoie as my principal target. Any tips/ideas to make it the bast save possible ?

Any suggestions for an expansion team ?
Ideas, Quebec, Portland, Kansas City or Salt lake City.

 

[PavelBrendl]

So i got this guy and I doubt I'll ever get another one like him. And no, I did not create him.


Last 3 seasons:
34g 81a =115 p
27g 79a = 106 p
27g 95a = 122 p

E: I think he has 5 Norris's now, 1 Art Ross, 1 Lindsay, 1 Hart, 1 Conn Smythe and 2x Lady Byng. Scored 100+ points 5 seasons in a row, latest was only 97, the scrub.

Best player I ever drafted was Vaclav Kaspar, a Defensive Defenceman. It was back in NHL 14, I think. When they still used the star rating system for potential. Drafted 12th overall, 3.5 green stars. Developed slowly over the first couple of years and then once he made my top 4, he just took off. Reached 94 overall and had like 5 straight 30 g/100 pt/100 PIM seasons. He was also a giant, like 6'4", 235 or something.

 

[PavelBrendl]

Chemistry is way too OP in this game.
Started a franchise mode with an expansion team.
First season, this is my 1st line:

Namestnikov 80 ovr | Bjugstad 81 ovr | Toffoli 84 ovr

Line chemistry: +5

Namestnikov: 74 pt season, UFA asks for $6.4M
Bjugstad: 74 pt season, UFA asks for $7.1M
Toffoli: 82 pt season

This is such nonsense.

Also, what's with players saying they want an extension, and saying "I can't accept this dollar value" when you offer them exactly what they asked for?

 

[ETTHAKING67]

Chemistry is way too OP in this game.
Started a franchise mode with an expansion team.
First season, this is my 1st line:

Namestnikov 80 ovr | Bjugstad 81 ovr | Toffoli 84 ovr

Line chemistry: +5

Namestnikov: 74 pt season, UFA asks for $6.4M
Bjugstad: 74 pt season, UFA asks for $7.1M
Toffoli: 82 pt season

This is such nonsense.

Also, what's with players saying they want an extension, and saying "I can't accept this dollar value" when you offer them exactly what they asked for?

When you started your expansion team it was with last year Roster and the first draft was the Laffy one, right ?

 

[PavelBrendl]

When you started your expansion team it was with last year Roster and the first draft was the Laffy one, right ?

It was with the most recently updated rosters, but yeah. First draft was the Laffer draft.

The rosters were still f’d up though. Taylor Hall still with Arizona, exposed in the expansion draft and other stupid stuff.

 

[ETTHAKING67]

It was with the most recently updated rosters, but yeah. First draft was the Laffer draft.

The rosters were still f’d up though. Taylor Hall still with Arizona, exposed in the expansion draft and other stupid stuff.

Wut lol haha

thanks, perf.

I'll start my Halifax franchise soon, I need to finishing updating the roster until than.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

For those of you with NHL 21 how’s the GM mode ? Still some teams with 3 goalies and others with 0 nhl goalies.

 

[regulahbread]

Season One
The Minnesota Wild announced today that regulahbread has been hired as the franchise's next general manager. "I'm cleaning house. We're getting younger, we're moving some our bigger contracts. Nobody is untouchable for the right price," the new GM stated in a press conference. It will be interesting to see what the team does moving forward, but it appears the tenures of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter in the state of hockey have come to a close.

Preseason Trades
Minnesota trades LW Zach Parise to Los Angeles in exchange for RW Martin Frk
"We want to thank Zach for his time in Minnesota, and wish him the best of luck in Los Angeles. We think Martin Frk will be able to provide goal scoring, and we'll look to give him some important minutes as we begin this transition." - regulahbread.

Minnesota trades RW Mats Zuccarello to New Jersey in exchange for LW Jesper Bratt.
"Jesper has shown excellent skill in his first few years in the league, and we're looking forward to seeing what he can do for us here." - regulahbread

Minnesota trades D Ryan Suter to Columbus in exchange for C Alexandre Texier
"Ryan was an excellent player here, and we hope he should make a terrific group of defensemen even better. We love Alexandre's game, and he's going to be a big part of our future here in St. Paul." - regulahbread

Minnesota trades C Nick Bjugstad to Detroit in exchange for LW Darren Helm and a 2021 3rd round pick

Minnesota trades C Nick Bonino to NY Islanders for LW Andrew Ladd and a 2021 2nd round pick

Lines

Kevin Fiala "A" - Alexandre Texier - Jesper Bratt
Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson Ek - Martin Frk
Jordan Greenway - Victor Rask - Ryan Hartman
Darren Helm - Luke Johnson - Marcus Foligno

Jonas Brodin "A" - Matt Dumba
Brad Hunt - Jared Spurgeon "A"
Carson Soucy - Greg Pateryn

Cam Talbot
Alex Stalock

Stats at the Deadline
Centers
Alexandre Texier, 17-31-48
Joel Eriksson Ek, 13-16-29
Victor Rask, 17-6-23
Luke Johnson, 10-5-15

Left Wingers
Marcus Johansson, 15-33-48
Kevin Fiala, 10-29-39
Jesper Bratt, 15-16-31
Jordan Greenway, 9-15-24
Darren Helm, 7-8-15
Marcus Foligno, 4-11-15

Right Wingers
Ryan Hartman, 9-23-32
Martin Frk, 11-12-23

Defensemen
Jonas Brodin, 6-20-26
Jared Spurgeon, 1-25-26
Matt Dumba, 7-15-22
Brad Hunt, 6-14-20
Carson Soucy, 4-7-11
Greg Pateryn, 1-6-7

Goalies
Cam Talbot, 18-23-4, 2 SO, .902, 3.20
Alex Stalock, 6-10-1, 1 SO, .911, 2.97

Trade Deadline
Record: 24-33-5

Minnesota trades LW Marcus Johansson to Buffalo in exchange for a 2021 2nd round pick
Minnesota trades RW Ryan Hartman to Dallas in exchange for D Thomas Harley
Minnesota trades RW Martin Frk to Edmonton in exchange for RW Jesse Puljujarvi
Minnesota trades D Brad Hunt to Vancouver in exchange for RW Jake Virtanen
Minnesota trades C Victor Rask to New Jersey in exchange for G Mackenzie Blackwood
Minnesota trades D Carson Soucy to Florida in exchange for D Riley Stillman
Minnesota trades G Cam Talbot to NY Islanders for RW Josh Ho-Sang

"Obviously we were very busy today, but I think I was able to make some moves to set us up for the future, and I'm looking forward to seeing the new guys hit the ice for us." - regulahbread

Post-Deadline Lines
Kevin Fiala "A" - Alexandre Texier - Jake Virtanen
Jordan Greenway - Joel Eriksson Ek - Jesper Bratt
Marcus Foligno - Darren Helm - Josh Ho-Sang
Andrew Ladd - Luke Johnson - Jesse Puljujarvi

Jonas Brodin "A" - Matt Dumba
Riley Stillman - Jared Spurgeon "A"
Dakota Mermis - Greg Pateryn

Mackenzie Blackwood
Alex Stalock

"This was a season of growth for our core, and I think the guys responded well to it. Losing is never fun, but I think they showed great chemistry, and I'm already looking forward to next season." - regulahbread

Final Stats
Centers
Alexandre Texier, 19-37-56
Joel Eriksson Ek, 16-24-40
Luke Johnson, 13-6-19

Left Wingers
Kevin Fiala, 13-38-51
Jesper Bratt, 25-25-50
Jordan Greenway, 14-24-38
Darren Helm, 7-14-21
Marcus Foligno, 6-15-21
Andrew Ladd, 5-3-8

Right Wingers
Jake Virtanen, 15-17-32
Josh Ho-Sang, 7-6-13
Jesse Puljujarvi, 2-3-5

Defensemen
Matt Dumba, 11-25-36
Jared Spurgeon, 4-32-36
Jonas Brodin, 7-27-34
Greg Pateryn, 2-10-12
Riley Stillman, 0-4-4
Dakota Mermis, 0-0-0

Goalies
Alex Stalock, 9-16-1, 1 SO, .910, 3.02
Mackenzie Blackwood, 7-9-5, 1 SO, .902, 2.95

Final Record
31-43-8, 70 Points, 7th in Central Division, 30th in NHL

Stanley Cup Champions
Edmonton Oilers

2021 NHL Draft
Round 1, Pick 5: C Miroslav Suchy, 78 OVR, MED Elite
Round 1, Pick 28: LW Landon Rossouw, 65 OVR, MED Top 6
Minnesota trades pick 33 to Anaheim in exchange for D Brendan Guhle
Minnesota trades picks 48 and 58 to Colorado in exchange for D Samuel Girard
Minnesota trades pick 64 to Toronto in exchange for RW Ilya Mikheyev
Round 3, Pick 12 (74 OVR): G Vladimir Sokolov. 54 OVR, HIGH Elite
Minnesota trades pick 90 to St. Louis in exchange for LW Sammy Blais
Round 4, Pick 2 (95 OVR): RW Brian Wotherspoon, 61 OVR, LOW Top 6
Round 5, Pick 2 (126 OVR): RW Issac Myers, 50 OVR, MED Bottom 6
Round 6, Pick 2 (157 OVR): D Viktor Karpotsev, 58 OVR, MED 7th D
Round 7, Pick 2 (188 OVR): LW Antti Alen, 51 OVR, LOW Top 9
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[regulahbread]

Season Two

Re-signings/ELCs
C Joel Eriksson Ek, 5 years, $5.3M per
C Alexandre Texier, 6 years, $3.5M per
C Mason Shaw, 1 year, $750K
C Matvey Guskov, 3 years, $925K per
C Miroslav Suchy, 3 years, $925K per
LW Jesper Bratt, 5 years, $3.4M per
LW Kevin Fiala, 6 years, $4M per
RW Josh Ho-Sang 3 years, $1.6M per
RW Will Bitten, 2 years, $750K per
RW Brandon Duhaime, 1 year, $750K
RW Dmitry Sokolov, 1 year, $750K
D Ian McCoshen, 2 years, $950K per
D Riley Stillman 2 years, $875K per
D Louis Belpedio 2 years, $875K per
D Simon Johansson, 1 year, $750K
D Filip Johansson, 2 years, $750K per
G Mackenzie Blackwood, 4 years, $4M per

"I'm thrilled that we were able to get so many parts of our core signed to multi-year deals. It's exciting to see how this group will continue to grow and mature with each other." - regulahbread

Free Agency
D Alex Edler, 1 year, $5M
"Alex will provide veteran leadership and round out our blueline nicely. He can still play at a high level, and we're looking forward to seeing him in our sweater." - regulahbread

Lines
Kevin Fiala "A" (83) - Alexandre Texier (83) - Jesper Bratt (83)
Andrew Ladd (77) - Joel Eriksson Ek (85) - Jesse Puljujarvi (82)
Jordan Greenway (82) - Miroslav Suchy (78) - Ilya Mikheyev (83)
Sammy Blais (81) - Josh Ho-Sang (81) - Jake Virtanen (82)

Alex Edler (83) - Matt Dumba (85)
Jonas Brodin (83) - Jared Spurgeon (84)
Samuel Girard (84) - Brendan Guhle (82)

Mackenzie Blackwood (84)
Alex Stalock (81)

Stats at the Deadline
Record: 30-25-7, 67 pts, 6th in Central Division, tied for second Wild Card

Centers:
Alexandre Texier, 18-24-42
Joel Eriksson Ek, 11-17-29
Miroslav Suchy, 7-12-19

Left Wingers:
Jesper Bratt, 18-30-48
Kevin Fiala, 14-19-33
Jordan Greenway, 11-18-29
Andrew Ladd, 8-15-23
Sammy Blais, 3-12-15

Right Wingers:
Ilya Mikheyev, 10-25-35
Jake Virtanen, 9-20-29
Josh Ho-Sang, 14-13-27
Jesse Puljujarvi, 13-9-22

Defensemen:
Jonas Brodin, 5-20-25
Alex Edler. 6-16-22
Jared Spurgeon, 5-17-22
Matt Dumba, 4-13-17
Samuel Girard, 5-7-12
Brendan Guhle, 1-7-8

Goalies
Mackenzie Blackwood, 19-18-5, 6 SO, .912, 2.89
Alex Stalock, 11-7-2, 2 SO, .924, 2.38

Trade Deadline
Minnesota trades RW Ilya Mikheyev to NY Rangers in exchange for C Ryan Strome and a 2022 3rd round pick

"We think Ryan will help improve our depth at center, and will allow Josh Ho-Sang to return to his natural spot on the right wing. Ryan will play on the second line for us. We thank Ilya for his time here in St. Paul." - regulahbread

Final Stats
Record: 43-32-7, 93 pts, 5th in Central Division, second Wild Card

Centers:
Alexandre Texier, 26-30-56
Joel Eriksson Ek, 17-30-46
Ryan Strome, 16-31-47
Miroslav Suchy, 9-13-22

Left Wingers:
Jesper Bratt, 26-42-68
Kevin Fiala, 21-30-51
Jordan Greenway, 13-21-34
Andrew Ladd, 10-17-27
Sammy Blais, 5-22-27

Right Wingers:
Josh Ho-Sang, 20-27-47
Jake Virtanen, 17-27-44
Jesse Puljujarvi, 13-9-22

Defensemen:
Jared Spurgeon 6-22-28
Alex Edler, 6-21-27
Matt Dumba, 5-22-27
Jonas Brodin, 6-20-26
Samuel Girard, 8-16-24
Brendan Guhle, 4-9-13

Goalies:
Mackenzie Blackwood, 31-24-5, 6 SO, .912, 2.84
Alex Stalock 12-8-2, 2 SO, .923, 2.43

ROUND ONE: MINNESOTA WILD VS. ANAHEIM DUCKS
Game One: Ducks 6, Wild 4
Game Two: Ducks 3, Wild 0
Game Three: Ducks 3, Wild 1
Game Four: Wild 3, Ducks 0
Game Five: Wild 4, Ducks 3 (OT)
Game Six: Ducks 6, Wild 4
Ducks win series, 4-2

"While it's obviously disappointing, I'm so proud of our group. They fought hard until the end, and this experience will only help us moving forward. We'll take some time to regroup and figure things out, but we've got a good group here, and they're just getting started." - regulahbread

Stanley Cup Champions
St. Louis Blues

2022 NHL Draft
Round 1, Pick 17: C Ruslan Mironov, 64 OVR, MED Top 6
Round 2, Pick 17 (48 OVR): D Noah Warren, 57 OVR, MED 7th D
Round 3, Pick 17 (79 OVR): LW Teemu Puustinen, 57 OVR, MED Top 9
Round 3, Pick 25 (87 OVR): C Jonathan Fauchon, 61 OVR, MED Bottom 6
Round 4, Pick 17 (110 OVR): G Charles-Edward Gravel, 62 OVR, MED Fringe Starter
Minnesota trades pick 141 to NY Islanders for the rights to D Ryan Pulock
Round 5, Pick 15 (139 OVR): C Cameron McDonald, 53 OVR MED Bottom 6
Minnesota trades pick 172 to Boston for the rights to LW Nick Ritchie

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[ETTHAKING67]

This is nice work mate. Solide review of what you've done so far, keep it coming !