OT: Xbox 360| GM Connected| Thread #7| New League| Open Teams

[Benjamin]

>"player x is injured"

>can't trust my assistant coach to do the lines because he'll put good players through waivers

>go through my lines editing everything

>five minutes

>sim three days

>"player x is available to play"

repeat all season long for multiple players

Yup Not sure what EA was thinking.

 

[derriko]

Don't you think that you might need a new Xbox lol? And I'll be back for NHL14.

Oh I know I do, I just didn't have any money being a poor college student when this first started happening, and now that I do have money, the Xbox One comes out in like 4 months.

 

[derriko]

And now I'm definitely not getting 14. Diablo ****ing 3 on the 360!!!!!! How did I not know about this?

 

[Leafs For Life*]

When are we simming to July 1st?

 

[Benjamin]

Tonight. I can sim again, yay!

 

[ATdaisuki]

Tonight. I can sim again, yay!

can't wait to get at that great free agency class

 

[Leafs For Life*]

Wish I didn't resign Foligno lol.

 

[ATdaisuki]

Wish I didn't resign Foligno lol.

you can always trade him to me

 

[derriko]

can't wait to get at that great free agency class

And I thought you were being sarcastic! Baertschi, Kane, Yakupov, Toews, Hamilton...holy ****.

 

[ATdaisuki]

And I thought you were being sarcastic! Baertschi, Kane, Yakupov, Toews, Hamilton...holy ****.

i looked at the upcoming free agents yesterday and it looked like a bad crop.

where were they hiding these players from me?

also, the islanders trading block is up.

centers:

josh bailey (25 yrs, 3.5 gold *, 79 ov, 1*1.970 mil)

left wing:

none.

right wing:

rhett rakhshani (27 yrs, 3.5 grey *, 81 ov, 3*2,655)

defense:

dustin byfuglien (30 yrs, 4 grey *, 87 ov, 1*6.465)

g:

michael hutchinson (25 yrs, 3 gold *, 81 ov, rfa)
chris carrozzi (25 yrs, 3.5 gold *, 80 ov, rfa)

and maybe johnathan bernier (26 yrs, 4 gold *, 85 ov, 1*5.510), depending on how things go.

remember, anyone is available for the right price.

my needs: second line rw, first line lw, 2nd pair defensemen, prospects in every position.

 

[Deku]

And I thought you were being sarcastic! Baertschi, Kane, Yakupov, Toews, Hamilton...holy ****.

Baertschi, Yakupov, and Hamilton are all RFA though..

There's a ****-load of high-end UFA prospects

 

[derriko]

So i'm in desparate need of a star winger, and I am putting a ton of players on the block:

Pacioretty - 84 ovr / 26 yo / 5.6 mil salary / 4 stars gold / LW

Etem - 75 / 23 / 950k / 4.5 stars gold / RW

Johansson - 81 / 24 / 1.7 / 4 stars gold / C

Leblanc - 80 / 26 / 790k / 3.5 stars gold / C

Lander - 80 / 24 / 1.15 / 3.5 stars gold / C

Tedenby - 81 / 25 / 1.25 / 3 star gold / LW

Whitney - 85 / 32 / 5.45 / 4 star white / D

All draft picks

 

[Deku]

Reading an interview with some guys from EA... here's what they had to say about the injury problem in GM mode:

Question:

Injuries are a huge issue in our league, especially when we sim games. It seems like players go down very easily whenever we have to sim games, versus when we play our games. Are injuries going to be the same level in NHL 14?

Gurndeep:

In reality, the actual simmed version of it is actually one to one to the NHL, the amount of injuries and how often they occur. I’ve done the analysis on man games lost, I actually used less than actual man games lost in real life… It just hits home a little bit more when it’s “your guyâ€. Because everything is in games, it seems that much worse.

Full article

 

[18Hossa]

Reading an interview with some guys from EA... here's what they had to say about the injury problem in GM mode:







Full article

Summary of the article:
Q: Can we... A: No not this year, but we are looking into it

 

[Deku]

Summary of the article:
Q: Can we... A: No not this year, but we are looking into it

Pretty much

 

[Benjamin]

Reading an interview with some guys from EA... here's what they had to say about the injury problem in GM mode:







Full article

Uuuuuuugh. I guess ill be playing with injuries off still. I hate not caring about depth.

 

[Benjamin]

I dominated Free Agency.

Yakupov, 2 young 3.5 star back ups, 3 4th line 3.5 star players, Seth Jones, Klefbom, Duclair, Horvat, Domi, Bowey, Monahan, Jarnkrok, Foligno.

 

[ATdaisuki]

I dominated Free Agency.

Yakupov, 2 young 3.5 star back ups, 3 4th line 3.5 star players, Seth Jones, Klefbom, Duclair, Horvat, Domi, Bowey, Monahan, Jarnkrok, Foligno.

damn. i tried hard for jones and monahan. should have given them one way contracts with more money just so they would sign. they would have stayed rfa's and i had he cap space...

i guess that is how the pros play...

 

[Deku]

I dominated Free Agency.

Yakupov, 2 young 3.5 star back ups, 3 4th line 3.5 star players, Seth Jones, Klefbom, Duclair, Horvat, Domi, Bowey, Monahan, Jarnkrok, Foligno.

****, what did you offer the prospects? Max 2-way contracts, or did you give them 1-ways?

 

[ATdaisuki]

Reading an interview with some guys from EA... here's what they had to say about the injury problem in GM mode:







Full article

"we've taken all the man games lost in the league and put them on your team. have fun"

 

[Benjamin]

Most of them were unsigned after being draft. Could only give out ELC to Jones, Monahan etc.

I just offered max 2-way and got lucky.

Also, Philly had no cap space for Yakupov and no one else made an offer on him. So i got him for 3 years at 5.4mil. He's 87 overall. Only lost a 1st and 3rd.

 

[Deku]

Most of them were unsigned after being draft. Could only give out ELC to Jones, Monahan etc.

I just offered max 2-way and got lucky.

Also, Philly had no cap space for Yakupov and no one else made an offer on him. So i got him for 3 years at 5.4mil. He's 87 overall. Only lost a 1st and 3rd.

I was thinking you just got lucky. Joider and I both sent offers to those prospects and so did others. Incredibly stupid that you got everyone...

 

[Benjamin]

I was thinking you just got lucky. Joider and I both sent offers to those prospects and so did others. Incredibly stupid that you got everyone...

Agreed. So unrealistic.

 

[Leafs For Life*]

Karlsson, Yakupov, Jones, Monahan, and others.. Can you say RIGGED? This is fully sarcastic

Also I meant Okposo not Foligno lol

CPU trade:

Okposo (84 ovr, 5.1M/1yr, 27 y/o)
Haddad (79 ovr, 3*, 1.9M/1yr, 26 y/o)

FOR

Ristolainen (61 ovr, 4*, 0.525M/1yr, 20 y/o)

Ottawa gets a top 6 W and a bottom 6 W since they only have 2 wingers over 80 ovr, and I get a decent prospect with a long wait time until NHL ready.

 

[derriko]

Agreed. So unrealistic.

We're those CPU teams that didn't sign all their guys to ELC's, or do we have someone that hasn't been active?

We all know the computer ai is stupid as hell, but I've never seen them not sign their guys to rookie contracts.

Also, just throwing out feelers here for the basis of this trade below ad I have no idea if its fair or not.

To PHX:
Ovechkin - 94 overall, 29 years old, 10.5 mil salary

To PIT:
Pacioretty - 84 overall, 26, ~5 mil, 4 stars gold
Whitney - 85 overall, 32, ~5 mil, 4 stars white
Etem - 75 overall, 23, ELC, 4.5 stars gold
1st round pick

I need a star winger, and I'm giving up some good pieces. I finished around 5th in the league, and Pit was around 15th so I'm not taking Ovie from a contender or anything.

Whitney was a must to get the salaries closer, but he still has 4-5 more years as a good d-man.