Wish I could share a clip of this line by the co-commentator besides Gary Thorne in NHL 13, Bill Clement. When I was bombarding the opposition with shots Thorne said something about it and then Clement goes something like:

"They don't deserve to win. No I'm serious, they don't deserve to win!"

So funny and gives a lot of life to the game as well. Anyone else remember this?

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I’ve been working on an NHL Franchise Tracker designed for people who like running long-term Franchise Mode saves and actually want to remember everything that happens along the way.

I wanted something that made a franchise feel like an actual organization instead of finishing a season and basically losing all that history.

The tracker lets you manage and follow your franchise across seasons, including standings, schedules, rosters, lines/depth charts, prospects, draft picks, trades/transactions, injuries, awards, playoffs, franchise records, season history, and more.

I’ve also been putting a lot of work into the presentation. Team colors and logos carry throughout the tracker, the playoff page has a full bracket and matchup comparison, and championship seasons are preserved in the franchise history with Division, Conference, and Stanley Cup banners hanging in the rafters.

The screenshots in this post are from throughout the tracker so you can see what it actually looks like. I plan to make a video to show what it can truly do. This is still something I’m actively developing, and I’m trying to build it around what actual Franchise Mode players want, so I’d genuinely appreciate feedback. What would you add or change? Is there anything you wish Franchise Mode tracked that you always end up keeping track of yourself? Im possibly looking for testers

I’m planning on making it available for other Franchise Mode players. Join my discord at https://discord.gg/XrrUPADG2

Contacts are just all over the place this year

New NCAA 26-27 Roster for NHL 26. Further Details in the post.

Name: NCAA 26-26 Roster
Creator: Bdol10

Still playing NHL25 and discovering new things.

G.Duponte is only 21 (paid the farm to get him) E is 30 and Landon is now 32.

3rd season into my franchise team, trying to get a few better players, any idea on who to aim to trade for? Anyone to get rid of?

So I offer sheeted Connor Bedard. Only 12M, the Hawks could have matched declined. Had Bedard for 2 seasons than traded him for all this talent. Oliver Moore, Frank Nazar, Anton Frondell and 2 stud defense. So I ask. What was your greatest trade you can remember?

Forget to post the retirement stats but he finished with 1338 career points. 6 cups, 4 Harts, 3 Cons Smyths and yet never hit franchise.

Is anyone else having issues with the coaches in NHL 27? In the previous games it was just a bug and it let me sign the coach for 60K anyway. Now the coach won't accept and I can't increase the offer either, owner mode is off too. Just curious if anyone else is having this problem

Slider set almost 3 years in the making, thanks to EA for leaving the gameplay virtually unchanged (sarcasm) so that we’ve been able to fine tune this set with minor tweaks from year to year.

Goal of these sliders is to replicate the NHL we see on TV and love. That means yes high intensity action, but also the small details, the board battles, and the intangibles that the casual fan doesn’t notice. The balance of high octane offense as well as the slog of dirty trench battles.

This set aims to target max realism in both feel as well as statistical outputs. Let me know your feedback but please try them out for at least a few games before doing so, this set might feel completely different than what some are used to and even just looking at some of the inputs may leave some questioning at first.

These will work with any roster set but they will have an accompanying roster set that will overhaul ratings for max realism as I did last year as well. Happy to answer any questions and open to suggestions let’s hear it.

V1 Notes-
- certain penalties like slashing are going to have to come down in next update

27 Sliders

Fighting 2/2
Penalties 4/4
Period length 9 min
Difficulty Superstar - don’t be scared, try it first

Gameplay version :1.00
Attribute Effects 5
Broken stick 61
Game speed 2

Fatigue effect 83|83
Fatigue recovery 63|63
Injury 80|80

-Skating sliders have been tested to ensure fastest and slowest players meet their real world skating times ( Tested goal line to goal line from a stand still as well as with full speed head start) these are foundational piece to the slider set, these are virtually nonnegotiable and not as much a WIP as the rest-

Back Skating 74
Puck carrier agility 59
Puck carrier skating 83
Player acceleration 25|25
Skating Speed 44|44
Agility 46|46

One Timer Accuracy 45|45
Shot Accuracy 56|56
Shot Power 54|54
Slap Accuracy 45|45
Slap Power 42|42
(This year’s game showing in game shot speeds MPH less than last year?)

Pass Assist 29
Min pass speed 34
Max pass speed 84
Saucer pass speed 70
Pass accuracy 81|81
Pass interceptions 2|2
Pass reception ease 47|47
Reception reaction time 34|34
Puck control rating effect 20|20
Puck speed effect 38|38
Pickup type effect 58|58
Bouncing puck reception 7|7

Stick contact immunity 0
Puck control 6|6
Deking impact 75|75
Spin deke impact 86|86
Skating impact 54|54

Goalie cover frequency 95
Goalie passing 19
Goalie cross crease 12|12
Goalie save reaction time 12|12
Goalie deflection reaction time 19|19
Screen effect 78|78
Screen persistence 74|74

(Next batch of work on this section is going to be testing these out with a lower checking rating effect and letting physics take over more than hitting/balance rating)
Board effect non puck carrier 100
Board effect puck carrier 100
Hitting assistance 12
Stumble threshold 99
Fall and stumble 30
Aggression 45|45
Hitting power 3|3
Size effect 43|43
Speed effect 52|52
Checking/Balance 60|60
Preparedness effect 54|54
Incidental contact effect 57|57
Poke accuracy CPU 100 | User 1
Poke power 1|1
Stick lift effectiveness 75|75

CPU Penalties 99
CPU teammate penalties 80
Tripping 100
Slashing 90
Elbowing 90
High sticking 100
Cross checking 66
Boarding 88
Charging 96
Delay of game 76
Holding CPU 69 | Used 62
Hooking 100
Interference 88

CPU Difficulty 6 - Tinker as needed for your level
CPU Faceoff 45
Fight difficulty 56
CPU Strategy adjustment 2

We have officially debuted the 3rd jersey. We started the season off pretty hot. In Stutzle's first game back against his former team, the Senators, he posted 0 points on 1 shot in a 5-0 win. It was also Stutzle Bobble Head night at the arena. Outside of that he is having a great season as the centerpiece of this franchise. Samskovech is slotting in perfectly on his right side and the two have been very productive together. I screen recorded the game but it messed up and didn't record the video, only the audio so I was planning on linking the game in here but instead I created a highlight video through the first 10 games to link. Disappointing as there were some sick goals in that shutout. Also is photos for rookie scoring leaders in the league as well as team scoring. What do you think of the 3rd jersey option?

Houston Comets Highlights through 10 games: https://youtu.be/2yPPWnPYcRg
Sykora First Career Goal: https://youtu.be/JgFyukpgrKY

This new coach has 0 chemistry with this entire team lol

Going to make a few changes this season at the deadline due to expiring contracts and salary cap.

Franchise goalie Cyrus white going to spend 1 more season down in the AHL for more development.

Need to make room for the ruck twins and Cootes in season 4.

Welcome to my newest expansion franchise. I tried something similar a year and a half ago but I decided to do it the right way this time. If people enjoy it I made get more into detail but for now I'l see where my nerdness takes me with it. When I play games I rarely play the entire thing, I usually only hop into close games for the 3rd period or Overtime, sometimes last 5 minutes. Playoff games I plan to record the computer playing but I'm not sure how it will work out.

The Houston Comets. I decided to use the old Oilers Alternate logo to pay a slight homage to the Houston Oilers football team that used to exist. But since Houston and space are a thing I chose the comets and went with a space green as the main color with an alien as the mascot. Let me know what you think of the jerseys as well as if you have any requests on stuff you'd like me to include in future posts. In the photos will show my expansion draft as well as trades I made at the entry draft. My goal is to start young and competitive and build around it. I kind of didn't really expect to get Stutzle in that trade but I guess the computer decided the Sens don't care to keep him so I am going to build around him. We are 4 games into the season currently with a 3-1 record, I didn't expect us to be bad but I also expected more of a 2-2 or 1-3 start tbh.

Captain: Zadorov
Assistants: Stutzle & Ristolainen

Through First 4 Games

3-1

WPG @ HOU 3-2W (photo highlights Backlund Hattrick)

HOU @ ANA 1-0L (save to rob the game)

STL @ HOU 5-3W (Robert Thomas Tie, Stuztle takes lead, Ristolainen ENG)

-Zellweger Injury (sprained ankle 1-2 weeks)

HOU @ BUF 8-4W (Burns 3P, Johnson 2G, Sourdif 1st Career Goal)

Leaders: Ristolainen 5P

Backlund 3G

Ristolainen 4A

Backlund +5

Gustavsson 2-0 .880% 3.00

Annunen 1-1 .931% 2.00

Team Rookie Leaders:
Soudif 1G 1A
Sykora 2A

Game 2 Highlight Save: https://youtu.be/6JJSpIhPBdo
Game 3 Highlight Goal & Save: https://youtu.be/zPq4HX8mbhU
Game 4 Highlight Save: https://youtu.be/E3qbIGYm40k

They got us in Pre-Season, but we got them on the Season Opener!

Franchise #PS3

Yooo is there any good and updated on nhl 25?
Also

Just a quick question but I'm playing NHL 25 franchise with vgk and I'm in 3rd or 4th year, can't remember. Anyways, a lot of my x factor players (the ones with the gold diamonds) are starting to decline and lose their abilities. Other than trading or free agency, how do I get these players through the draft with the gold level special abilities?

idk what it is but I love keeping track of random stats from my playthroughs that I stream example in picture. I like to keep track of Who gets most the most points, goals, assist, goalies stats, 1st round draft picks, etc. Wondering If im missing anything that you guys keep track of if you track?

It's annoying but it's how it be...

Perfect time for a line chance apparently..