Rosters and Ratings: (Idea) Would you guys like an idea where EA adds “retro” rosters where you can download any roster

[dylan pendergast]

What if EA added a “cloud server” where you could download any roster of all time and use the players with stats pending to that time period, pictures of the players and accurate ratings of how they were in the time period? You can play any mode with these rosters.

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[Patrik Barkov]

That'd be great but knowing EA, it's wishful thinking.

 

[nilssont]

Sounds cool but its a no-go since it doesnt generate any cash. Maybe if they could sell em?

 

[grentthealien]

That would be fantastic. We could have something similar to that if they just allowed roster sharing. I actually have my own little thing for myself as I have created every roster from 1984 to 2018 which is over 30 years of hockey.I did it over 3 games NHL 14, NHL 17 and NHL 18. For NHl 19 I am going to remake every roster from 07-08 to 11-12 because I want them on a next gen game since they are all on NHL 14.

I have them all backed up on flash drives and If they allowed roster sharing I’d have no problem sharing them.

 

[Nickmo82]

Depends. How much are the vultures going to charge for it?

 

[Cor]

I would absolutely hate that

 

[Soedy]

Never going to happen due to the licensing. They would need to ask every player not in the NHLPA and other leagues in the game individually.

 

[dylan pendergast]

Depends. How much are the vultures going to charge for it?

Knowing ea, $700 lol

 

[dylan pendergast]

I would absolutely hate that

How come?

 

[dylan pendergast]

Never going to happen due to the licensing. They would need to ask every player not in the NHLPA and other leagues in the game individually.

Yeah it was just hypothetical, i get what you mean. So much work lol

 

[Soedy]

Yeah I absolutely love the idea Roster share would so something in terms of this...

 

[Dirby Kach]

I've always said that when starting BE A GM mode, id like my starting roster options to be:

Current
Default
Fantasy
17-18
16-17
15-16
14-15
13-14
and so on you see where this is going..
if i wanna start my mode in 2001-02 then I do that with those rosters - and I redo all the drafts going forward.

 

[dylan pendergast]

I've always said that when starting BE A GM mode, id like my starting roster options to be:

Current
Default
Fantasy
17-18
16-17
15-16
14-15
13-14
and so on you see where this is going..
if i wanna start my mode in 2001-02 then I do that with those rosters - and I redo all the drafts going forward.

That 1UPs my idea. That would be sick.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

EA has a cloud server with Madden, so I don't know why they couldn't with NHL. It is long overdue. I'd love to play with NHL 94, 99, and so on Rosters with the modern game. MLB: The Show has one, Madden has one, I don't know why NHL can't. They're all user created, so there are zero licensing issues. As long as EA isn't the one creating the rosters, I don't see how licensing is a problem.

 

[Beauner]

I'd love it if they had retro arenas to use these retro teams in. Kinda like how MVP Baseball had Forbes Field, Polo Grounds, Shibe Park, etc. They had probably a dozen old parks. I'd love to play at the Mellon arena, Maple Leaf Gardens, The Aud, etc with those retro rosters. Recreate some Finals matchups.

I like being authentic with my games so the retro rosters go hand-in-hand with retro arenas for me.

 

[Hasa92]

I have proposed this kind of idea fir EA, basically dlc pacs for each teams but it wouldn't only have the rosters but the jerseys those teams used back then.

 

[dylan pendergast]

I have proposed this kind of idea fir EA, basically dlc pacs for each teams but it wouldn't only have the rosters but the jerseys those teams used back then.

That would be amazing.

 

[Nordiques1979]

Unless they make it available through payable DLC, no interest for them unfortunately...

 

[Whiston532]

Madden has the ability to make, upload and download rosters. If they add that then I’m sure someone out there would be open to put the work in.

 

[Ratboy]

They just put Madden back on pc. If they did that with NHL then the community would take care of the rest.

 

[dylan pendergast]

Unless they make it available through payable DLC, no interest for them unfortunately...

right lol it’s ea we’re talking about. If it’s not HUT it’s not important to them

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Never going to happen due to the licensing. They would need to ask every player not in the NHLPA and other leagues in the game individually.

Are you telling me they can't give me a late 90s, early 2000s Oilers roster with Mark Grier and Evan Moreau? What about Dwight Weight, and Craig Joseph?

 

[dylan pendergast]

Are you telling me they can't give me a late 90s, early 2000s Oilers roster with Mark Grier and Evan Moreau? What about Dwight Weight, and Craig Joseph?

I’m looking for a 2004 Tampa Bay roster or an 02 devs

 

[Martyros]

I always wished there was a way to start a season back in time like say.... 2002 and move forward from there but i know that would use up WAY too much space.....there was a time when games took up like 500 mb of space.....now it's over 20 gigs.

 

[dylan pendergast]

I always wished there was a way to start a season back in time like say.... 2002 and move forward from there but i know that would use up WAY too much space.....there was a time when games took up like 500 mb of space.....now it's over 20 gigs.

Playing nhl 2002 right now...game takes 50 blocks which I’m pretty sure is like 100 MB