Be A Pro is unplayable with multiple large issues
The developer team was on the right track with the changes made this year to the game mode but ultimately fell short in the execution. In this thread I will go over the issues I have noticed with many hours of play time as a multiple year experienced player. 1. The health feature. After each game your player gets fatigued or exhausted and you to spend 2-4 energy points to recover. That would not be an issue if we received more energy points. On average you play 3-4 games per week and you only get 6 energy points. Quite often you will find yourself running out of energy points before your last game of the week, forcing you to play super fatigued. This is very frustrating as you always fall behind the 8ball and it drops your speed, acceleration, endurance, agility and durability by 10-20 attribute ratings. During the season you never have any energy to spend on trait points, X-factor points, or the likability options. A good comparison of a health system that works is in EA's College Football games. In those games you don't have to spend all your points on health as you only play 1 game per week. They pretty much copied the same feature in NHL26, except it's the same amount of energy points but with way more games per week. It just does not add up... 2. Form score. The form score seems to only go by point productions from your player. It possibly may be ever so slightly tied to the coach feedback score, too hard to tell. Your player can play extremely well and get an " A " grade for the coach feedback, but since you did not score a goal or an assist, your form score will be only 20/100. If you are on a line with grinders (like an NHL 4th line), or just don't "finish" the play, you get penalized. The game requires you to have a high form score to make the NHL team, or move up the lineups. This also is a big problem for Defenseman or a 2-Way forward who doesn't prioritize a purely offensive game. 3. Gameplay sliders. The sliders that are set in settings get reset every time you play a game. Even if you set the sliders in settings before you start your Be A Pro, it will not work. Each game they have to be edited. 4. Draft stock media interview. The media interview right before draft day is absurd. It is not realistic at all to be able to drop 20 spots in the draft from answering questions that seem like a good response. A simple fix would be making the worst answer -1 draft stock, the best answer +1, and the 2nd best/worst being 0 change. Also, make it more apparent what your goal is (to answer questions closest to your higher likeability- being management, teammates, and brand). 5. Chapter challenges/lineup challenges. Unless your player goes on an offense masterclass in the pre-season, you will not make the NHL team. This goes back to #2, where I spoke about form score. It is not realistic to require such a high production to make the team. Second which, once sent down to the AHL, you have 8 games to maintain a 65 or higher line score. If you make the NHL team, you are stuck on the 4th line where you play only a few shifts per game (even on 20 minute periods). You do not have enough ice time to produce at the rate required to make the 3rd line. It's at the point where you need a higher points per 60 minute stat than the top players in the league to progress. As a defense player, this makes it absolutely impossible to move forward. The coach grade feedback also needs to be adjusted per ice time. You can have all your 4 shifts where you play well and go from the C- starting point, to a C+, which is never high enough to grow. If the developers can make the correct tweaks, this game mode has such good potential. I recommend either adding more energy points per week, or reduce the fatigue you gain per game you play. At the least, have a setting to turn off the health feature like in other EA sports games like CFB25/26. There also needs to be adjustment on the form score. It needs to be more related to your coach feedback and your player role/position. They needs to be tweaks for both of those metrics for the ice time you are allocated. Those simple fixes will make a massive difference in this game mode. I have not seen any player, YouTube, or Streamer happy with how this game mode plays and I have not heard any response from the EA team on this topic. Please give us hope for this game!
Updated: LIST OF ALL NHL26 NEW FACE SCANS ADDED AND MISSING
FULL AUTHENTIC REAL SCANS Macklin Celebrini (SJS) – CONFIRMED SCAN Matvei Michkov (PHI) – CONFIRMED SCAN Lane Hutson (MTL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Mathew Schaefer (NYI) – CONFIRMED SCAN, hair too short Michael Misa (SJS) – CONFIRMED SCAN, wrong hair way too long and light AI-GENERATED SCAN ADDED AND NEEDED (EA likeness + generic hair) Will Smith (SJS) – CONFIRMED SCAN (bad quality) Dustin Wolf (CGY) Ivan Demidov (MTL) Zeev Buium (MIN) Cutter Gauthier (ANA) – CONFIRMED SCAN Sam Colangelo (ANA) Jackson LaCombe (ANA) Mason Lohrei (BOS) – CONFIRMED SCAN Martin Pospisil (CGY) Kevin Bahl (CGY) – CONFIRMED SCAN Jason Dickinson (CHI) Frank Nazar (CHI) – CONFIRMED SCAN (bad quality) Alex Vlasic (CHI) – CONFIRMED SCAN Artyom Levshunov (CHI) Sam Rinzel (CHI) Logan Stankoven (CAR) – CONFIRMED SCAN Yegor Chinakhov (CBJ) – CONFIRMED SCAN Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ) – CONFIRMED SCAN Cole Sillinger (CBJ) – CONFIRMED SCAN Jack Drury (CAR) Thomas Harley (DAL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Simon Edvinsson (DET) – CONFIRMED SCAN Vasily Podkolzin (VAN) – CONFIRMED SCAN Matthew Savoie (EDM) Alex Laferriere (LAK) – CONFIRMED SCAN Niko Mikkola (FLA) – CONFIRMED SCAN Alex Turcotte (LAK) Alex Newhook (MTL) Jake Evans (MTL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Kaiden Guhle (MTL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Mike Matheson (MTL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Will Cuylle (NYR) – CONFIRMED SCAN Will Borgen (NYR) Fabian Zetterlund (OTT) – CONFIRMED SCAN Noah Cates (PHI) Pius Suter (STL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Matias Maccelli (TOR) – CONFIRMED SCAN Filip Chytil (VAN) – CONFIRMED SCAN Nils Hoglander (VAN) Connor McMichael (WSH) – CONFIRMED SCAN Aliaksei Protas (WSH) – CONFIRMED SCAN Ryan Leonard (WSH) Josh Doan (BUF) Michael Kesselring (BUF) – CONFIRMED SCAN Ryan McLeod (BUF) – CONFIRMED SCAN Jiri Kulich (BUF) Jack Quinn (BUF) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) Connor Geekie (TBL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Mavrik Bourque (DAL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Zachary Bolduc (MTL) Dalibor Dvorsky (STL) Jimmy Snuggerud (STL) Dylan Holloway (STL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Jake Neighbours (STL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Philip Broberg (STL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) – CONFIRMED SCAN Maxim Tsyplakov (NYI) – CONFIRMED SCAN Darren Raddysh (TBL) – CONFIRMED SCAN Jack McBain (UTA) – CONFIRMED SCAN LIKELY TO HAVE GENERIC FACE Yaroslav Askarov (SJS) Zayne Parekh (CGY) Oliver Moore (CHI) David Reinbacher (MTL) Rutger McGroarty (PIT) Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) Alexander Nikishin (CAR) Fabian Lysell (BOS) Jackson Blake (CAR) Gabe Perreault (NYR) Quentin Musty (SJS) Beckett Sennecke (ANA) Tij Iginla (UTA) Sam Dickinson (SJS) Konsta Helenius (BUF) Cole Hutson (WSH) Daniil But (UTA) Dmitri Simashev (UTA) Berkly Catton (SEA) Axel Sandin-Pellikka (DET) …and many more. The rest of the 2022 to 2025 draft classes are also likely to have generics if missing from the game already.
NHL 26 Player Ratings Updates
Hey, NHL Community. We're updating some player overalls today. Here's are the players/goalies changing. Players going up: FIRST LAST Pos TEAM Overall NEW OVR OVR MOD Mikko Rantanen RW DAL 93 94 1 Mitch Marner RW VEG 92 93 1 William Nylander C TOR 92 93 1 Mark Scheifele C WPG 91 92 1 Miro Heiskanen D DAL 91 92 1 Josh Morrissey D WPG 90 91 1 Martin Nečas C COL 90 91 1 Adam Fox D NYR 90 91 1 Dylan Larkin C DET 89 90 1 Brad Marchand LW FLA 89 90 1 Connor Bedard C CHI 88 90 2 Macklin Celebrini F SJS 88 90 2 Jason Robertson LW DAL 89 90 1 Evgeni Malkin C PIT 88 89 1 John Tavares C TOR 88 89 1 Cole Caufield RW MTL 88 89 1 Adrian Kempe LW LAK 88 89 1 Bo Horvat C NYI 87 89 2 Matthew Knies LW TOR 87 88 1 Wyatt Johnston C DAL 86 88 2 Leo Carlsson C ANA 84 88 4 Drake Batherson C OTT 86 87 1 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C EDM 86 87 1 Marco Rossi C MIN 86 87 1 Mike Matheson D MTL 86 87 1 Nick Schmaltz C UTA 86 87 1 Troy Terry C ANA 86 87 1 Ivan Barbashev C VEG 86 87 1 Tom Wilson RW WSH 86 87 1 Bryan Rust RW PIT 85 86 1 Brandt Clarke D LAK 85 86 1 Dmitry Orlov D SJS 85 86 1 Cutter Gauthier LW ANA 84 86 2 Ivan Demidov RW MTL 85 86 1 Will Smith C SJS 83 86 3 Chris Kreider LW ANA 84 85 1 Dylan DeMelo D WPG 84 85 1 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D TOR 84 85 1 Dmitri Voronkov LW CBJ 84 85 1 Mason Lohrei D BOS 84 85 1 Pavel Zacha C BOS 84 85 1 Shane Pinto C OTT 83 85 2 Morgan Geekie C BOS 83 85 2 Artem Zub D OTT 84 85 1 Trevor Zegras C PHI 83 85 2 Jack Roslovic C EDM 83 84 1 Alexander Nikishin D CAR 83 84 1 Dawson Mercer C NJD 82 84 2 Frank Nazar C CHI 82 84 2 Jordan Eberle RW SEA 82 84 2 Matthew Schaefer D NYI 80 84 4 Simon Edvinsson D DET 83 84 1 Pius Suter F STL 83 84 1 Simon Nemec D NJD 81 84 3 Tyler Bertuzzi LW CHI 82 83 1 André Burakovsky LW CHI 82 83 1 Marcus Johansson C MIN 82 83 1 Anthony Mantha RW PIT 82 83 1 Alex Newhook C MTL 82 83 1 Jamie Drysdale D PHI 82 83 1 Mackie Samoskevich RW FLA 82 83 1 Kiefer Sherwood RW VAN 82 83 1 Victor Olofsson RW COL 81 83 2 John Marino D UTA 82 83 1 Nicholas Robertson LW TOR 82 83 1 Justin Brazeau F PIT 81 82 1 Jonathan Toews C WPG 81 82 1 Josh Doan RW BUF 80 82 2 Zach Benson LW BUF 81 82 1 Christian Dvorak C PHI 81 82 1 Denton Mateychuk D CBJ 81 82 1 Logan Stanley D WPG 81 81 1 Joel Farabee LW CGY 81 82 1 Zeev Buium D MIN 80 82 2 Corey Perry RW LAK 80 82 2 Vasily Podkolzin RW EDM 81 82 1 Drew Helleson D ANA 80 82 3 Nick Blankenburg D NSH 80 81 1 John Klingberg D SJS 80 81 1 Kaedan Korczak D VEG 80 81 2 Tyler Tucker D STL 80 81 2 Morgan Barron C WPG 80 81 1 Zachary Bolduc C MTL 80 81 1 Parker Kelly F COL 80 81 1 Emil Heineman LW NYI 79 81 2 Philipp Kurashev C SJS 79 81 2 Jimmy Snuggerud RW STL 79 81 2 Jordan Harris D BOS 79 80 1 Ryan Leonard RW WSH 79 80 1 Artyom Levshunov D CHI 79 80 1 Sam Malinski D COL 79 80 1 Sam Rinzel D CHI 79 80 1 Spencer Stastney D NSH 79 80 1 Parker Wotherspoon D PIT 79 80 1 Matthew Wood RW NSH 77 80 3 Oliver Kapanen C MTL 76 80 4 Beckett Sennecke F ANA 76 80 4 Emmitt Finnie C DET 77 79 2 Tom Willander D VAN 78 79 1 Mike Reilly D CAR 77 79 2 Anthony Duclair LW NYI 78 79 1 Arseny Gritsyuk RW NJD 77 79 2 Benjamin Kindel C PIT 76 79 3 Matthew Savoie C EDM 78 79 1 Fraser Minten C BOS 76 79 3 Gavin Brindley C COL 77 79 2 Ryan Shea D PIT 77 79 2 Axel Sandin Pellikka D DET 75 79 4 Maxwell Crozier D TBL 77 78 1 Collin Graf F SJS 77 78 1 Filip Hallander C PIT 77 78 1 Michael Misa F SJS 77 78 1 Noah Philp F EDM 77 78 1 Isak Rosen RW BUF 77 78 1 Nikita Nesterenko C ANA 76 78 2 Samuel Honzek LW CGY 77 78 1 Harrison Brunicke D PIT 76 78 2
Be A Pro X-Factor packages are not balanced across archetypes
Hello, I noticed that in NHL 26 Be A Pro mode the X-Factor packages for most archetypes are not balanced or set up correctly. Playmaker is missing key offensive abilities like Quick Release, Backhand Beauty, or Ankle Breaker. Two-Way Forward does not have Quick Pick, which should be a core defensive ability. Power Forward also has a very limited and poorly chosen set of X-Factors. In fact, almost every archetype has a very poor and restricted selection of X-Factors — except for Sniper, which has a much more diverse and useful set. This makes most archetypes feel weak, repetitive, and not true to their playstyle, while Sniper feels far stronger and more fun. It looks like the X-Factor loadouts are not assigned properly and really need a rebalance in a future update or patch. PS: The Quick Release is OP shooting style also feels unrealistic — every player whith X Factor shoots like Bedard style, which takes away from the uniqueness of different archetypes and real player styles.How to increase acceleration stat in NHL 26 be a pro?
Currently I’ve maxed out my acceleration trait and Im not understanding how to increase acceleration stat in-game in BAP. Some of the in-game stat increases are obvious, for example scoring goals with well placed wrist shots increases wrist shot accuracy, laying successful hits increases body checking or pulling off successful dekes increases deking and possibly puck control? But for some other attributes it’s like grasping at straws trying to figure how to progress them. It would be nice if there was a detailed breakdown on how to increase some stats in-game like acceralation, balance, hand eye, or aggressiveness. The most important one being acceleration as this is necessary to level up the wheels ability, and my acceleration has been stagnant for over 50 games. Any feedback, tips or explanations would be greatly appreciated
EASHL player builds, what were you thinking?
Honestly, I am horrified at what you did with the builds, you have Wheels and Elite Edges, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Now you can lower or raise most of your stats by -10/+10 points, which means you have players zooming there with multiple critical values at 90+, so you can get speed 96 etc. The builds have almost always heavily favored speed, and I was hoping there would be some changes this time around. There sure were, but in the wrong direction...😅 how's one suppsed to defend against these guys with 90+ in speed, acceleration, agility, puck control, passing, deking etc. All in one build? And if you add Wheels & Elite edges to this, you can run circles around anyone. Is there a counter build that can combat these super-soldiers? I doubt it but time will tell. Any ideas, and I would really like to hear why the designers felt this was a good idea? Of course, it's early days, and things will be patched and sliders will be changed etc. But this isn't a good starting point I thinkFix Form Score
So, I’m trying to find nice and easy, low effort ways for you guys to fix the currently unplayable Be a Pro. And I think it boils down to the form score system. To get a good form score, you NEED to score goals. And to maintain the form score, you need to score goals literally every game. I’ve had streaks of 4 straight games of a 100 form score, then I have one game where I don’t score, and it drops below 70. Let’s just make this very clear. Not everyone wants to play a career mode where they score every single game and are the Jesus Christ of hockey. Some of us want a realistic career simulation where we score every now and again and slowly work our way up the lineup. BUT, to even be on the 4th line, you need A GOAL A GAME. The way you have Be a Pro designed, the players HAS to be the best player in the league every game or you get demoted. Fix. Your. Game. I refuse to wait until NHL 31 when you decide you fix a broken game mode and slap it on the cover as a new feature.
NHL 26 on PC with GamePass Ultimate is alive!
Only about 7 months after the release people lucky enough to have a GamePass Ultimate subscription are now able to play NHL 26 on their PC by using Microsoft's CloudGaming platform. Even when the game is full of glitches and matchmaking seems to be flawed a lot, I am eager to give it a go. I was playing NHL 25 for a bit on the same platform on my PC, but it was useless, because there were almost no online matches available in NHL 25. Let's see if it works better with NHL 26 now. I might regret it, but let's do this.NHL 26 Patch 1.3.0 Notes
Hey, NHL Fans! We will be releasing patch 1.3.0 tomorrow, December 2nd at 10 AM PST/1 PM EST. We expect about an hour of downtime so make sure to wrap up any games prior to the servers going offline. Gameplay Improvements to AI forechecking behavior to exit Neutral Zone Trap to apply pressure if offensive team is choosing not to break out Adjusted AI diving shot logic to weigh opposing team acquiring the puck higher Fixed a case around leg vs stick contact weighting for the stick in physics where the puck carrier legs were stronger than intended against opposing stick checks Delayed penalties are now called if the player kicks the puck without a stick Fix to icon passing where it was sending the puck in the player facing direction instead of towards the intended receiver Goalie reaction improvements to dump ins and shots taken from sharp angles Animation improvements to passes out of toe drag animations Be A Pro Lowered the form score targets required for advancing lineup positions (Top 6 Forward, Top 4 Defense, Power Play 1–2, and Performance Challenge Side Quests). Fixed an issue with challenge objectives for the “Get on Power Play 2” Swagger & Humble challenges, now tracking goals instead of points. Fixed an issue where failing the “Move up to the 1st line” challenge could show incorrect dialogue options. Fixed an issue with the games played objective for the “Become Starting Goalie” Humble challenge. Fixed an issue where coach audio did not align with on-screen text during the “Stay on 1st Power Play” conversation. Fixed an error causing Long Term Endorsement Part 2 challenges to appear before Part 1 in certain endorsement scenarios. Corrected the runner-up conversation trigger, so skaters who place as Lady Byng runner-up no longer receive a Vezina Trophy runner-up conversation. Adjusted timing so the Calder Trophy winner conversation now occurs after the awards ceremony. Resolved an issue where tying for most goals and leading in points in the Rocket Richard Trophy race could incorrectly result in a runner-up conversation with your agent. Fixed an issue where the “Make the playoffs” challenge appeared when the coach’s goal was to “win the division.” Fixed an issue where headlines referencing struggling players could appear while the player was injured. Fixed an issue where the headline with the Stanley Cup prop might not display after a Cup win. Fixed an issue where the Top 3 Draft Pick headline did not display the intended finger pose. Fixed an issue where a “Disappointing season” headline appeared after Round 1 despite winning the Calder Trophy the same year. Fixed an issue where players could become team captain at the start of their first NHL preseason if likability was maxed out. Fixed an issue where the “Magnetic” X-Factor could be slotted into Be A Pro; this ability has now been removed as intended. Fixed an issue where the attribute requirement to upgrade Big Tipper was incorrectly tied to Body Checking. Fixed an issue where Backhand Beauty was unavailable as an X-Factor for Sniper archetypes. Fixed an issue where Shooting% objective does not track correctly in Stay on Powerplay 1 - Humble challenge World of CHEL Added in the ability to preview Loadouts in the store prior to purchasing. Fixed a crash when players were deep linked from live events to the Store page through a hidden button callout. Fixed an issue where the Rewards Widget disappeared when switching from Rewards to Play tabs. Resolved an overlap issue where XP Token icons and buttons covered the Season Pass header after deep linking into Objectives. Fixed a backend UI bug where the pause menu failed to load, leaving players stuck in the rink after the first period in EASHL 3v3 Clubs. Fixed a visual issue where changing handedness during the loadout tutorial did not update the skater model. Resolved an issue where the message “Objectives are unavailable” appeared when all weekly objectives were completed. Fixed a desync that could occur when the AR leaderboard was triggered in EASHL Clubs. Resolved a rollover event timer issue where the timer remained stuck at “01s” with a grayed-out tile for Ones Eliminator in WoC. Fixed visual issue where the mute icon appeared in black on the Player Summary tab. Improved contrast of grayed-out text in the abuse reporting screen. Fixed black text appearing after returning from the “Report Content” screen. Fixed overlapping UI elements in Objectives when navigating via deep link banners. Fixed display issue where the Rewards Widget disappeared when switching tabs in the Mode Hub. Franchise Mode Fixed a crash when accessing “View Draft Class”. Fixed an issue where the contract interest bar carried over from negotiations to the offer overlay but not the contract details. Fixed inconsistencies in goalie save percentage between player cards and stat spreadsheets. Adjusted overlay logic so regular season stats no longer appear during playoffs for other players. Game Modes Added Spengler Cup under Tournaments Hockey Ultimate Team Additions to Hockey Ultimate Team Ranked Objectives New Season 2 Ranked Objectives will be added, allowing players to earn Season 2 Ranked Collectibles through gameplay. Ranked Collectibles Season 2 Ranked Collectibles will become tradable for upgraded rewards through new high-value Collectible Sets. Ranked Rewards Ranked rewards will be scaled up, with additional Ranked tiers added so players can earn more rewards throughout the season. New Win Streaks New Win Streak feature in Ranked will arrive early December, granting bonus progress for consecutive wins to help players climb tiers faster. Fixed a crash when animating placeholder cards with synergy boosts in My Collection. Fixed an Internal Error when resetting Cup Chase after changing season settings. Fixed a gameplay crash triggered by passing the puck to another player. Fixed a crash when scrolling Quick Lineup with R2. Fixed crashes when viewing Ultimate Rank Floor in Rewards & Unlocks. Fixed an error when completing Wildcard Draft and Redraft. Fixed critical Internal Errors when entering HUT. Fixed crashes and FTRD errors during HUT Champions matchmaking. Fixed a crash when purchasing or opening the Captain Pack. Fixed Internal Error when matchmaking across HUT modes. Cup Chase rewards and Undefeated reward displays now show correct information. Team logo changes no longer cause Captain Chemistry cards to display OVR “0.” AP count now updates correctly when multiple AP line combinations are used on the same line. Captain Chemistry Salary Cap indicator now shows the correct icon. Fixed incorrect AP/SP/FP text appearing in certain languages. Fixed Salary text overlapping icons in some languages. Fixed misaligned logos and event name translations. Fixed overlapping event/nationality/team logos on MSPs. Fixed incorrect art or white borders on Chel Week 3–4 MSPs and collectibles. Fixed Next Gen Additional Players showing as “Pending Item” in Packs. Fixed Alexander Ovechkin’s 900th goal milestone card showing as basic art. Fixed Set Requirements showing “Pending Item” for Collectible Tickets. Fixed Team of the Year rewards text visibility issues. Fixed debug text appearing in Ranked/Postgame screens. Fixed multiple win-streak progression issues Deep Link banners no longer trigger FTUE incorrectly. HUT main menu banner now correctly routes to the intended mode. Fixed Ranked Summary animation not triggering after matches. Fixed inability to relegate when appropriate. Fixed “Play Next Game” showing opponent username early (prevents early dashboarding). Fixed Set search results repopulating cards already added. Fixed goalie controls breaking after certain Quick Swap + Pull Goalie combinations. Fixed non-NHL goalie helmets not appearing in gameplay. Art Fixed an issue where neck guards were causing some clipping Fixed an issue in the Victory sequence where uniforms would deform Fixed an issue where some heads in creation zone had their eyeballs overlapping their eyelids Equipment The following equipment has been added in NHL 26 CCM FTW Stick CCM FTW Glove CCM FTW Skate CCM FTW Helmet Center Ice Updates The following center ice designs and lines have been added or updated in NHL 26 PWHL Seattle Torrent Vancouver Goldeneyes AHL Abbotsford Canucks Bakersfield Condors Chicago Wolves Coachella Valley Firebirds Hartford Wolf Pack Hershey Bears Iowa Wild Milwaukee Admirals Providence Bruins Rockford Icehogs ECHL Greensboro Gargoyles Savannah Ghost Pirates Trois-Rivieres Lions Utah Grizzlies Canadian Hockey League OHL Flint Firebirds Kingston Frontenacs QMJHL Halifax Mooseheads Val-D’or Foreurs WHL Prince George Cougars Penticton Vees Uniforms The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 26 NHL Chicago Blackhawks - Third Colorado Avalanche – Third Dallas Stars - Third Los Angeles Kings - Third Minnesota Wild – Anniversary Pittsburgh Penguins - Third AHL San Jose Barracuda - Third Texas Stars - Third Tucson Roadrunners - Third ECHL Allen Americans – Home Atlanta Gladiators – Home, Away and Third Rapid City Rush – Away and Third Trois-Rivieres Lions – Third Worcester Railers – Home and Away Canadian Hockey League OHL Brampton Steelheads – Third QMJHL Moncton Wildcats – Third Rouyn-Noranda Huskies - Third WHL Calgary Hitmen - Third Kelowna Rockets – Third Liiga KiekkoNHL 27 Realistic Must Have's:
I am putting down simple realistic add on's for NHL 27 that do not require any new licensing with external corporations . - Be a pro: Be a pro has vastly improved I will give EA that, however I believe that small tweaks like more interaction with your pro off the ice like an option to have team practices and on ice drills that can benefit your players attributes and build chemistry would be beneficial to everyone. Secondly, add in the all star game, 4 nations, olympics (without formally calling it the olympics) Lastly, please make it more rewarding to be good defensively and to add to performance score without having to score goals or put up points - Franchise Mode: Please please please bring in LTIR, retiring jersey numbers, team practices, more interaction off ice, and interviews as the GM to clarify the direction of the team. THE MAIN THING IN THIS ENTIRE FORUM IS THIS, PLEASE BRING IN LIVE SEASON STARTING DATES, if the NHL season is on say January 24th then I want the option to start January 24th with the current record of that team and updated overalls and rosters to that point. IT IS INCREDIBLY BORING TO HAVE TO START IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE SEASON IS OVER. IN FACT IT IS INFURIATING! And as I stated before, please bring in the all star game, skills competition, 4 nations, olympics (without calling it the olympics if need be) and just allow more fun things to do. Franchise Mode has improved but there is a lot of work left to do Gm Connected would be a cool add on too but I am not expecting the moon. BUT PLEASE DO THESE THINGS TO FRANCHISE MODE OR AT LEAST THE STARTING DATE OPTION TO START IN SEASON LIVE!NHL 26 Ratings Update 2/4
Hello, everyone. Here are the ratings updates for the roster released on 2/4. Skaters going up: Connor McDavid F EDM 97 98 1 Nathan MacKinnon F COL 96 97 1 Sidney Crosby F PIT 94 95 1 Kirill Kaprizov F MIN 94 95 1 David Pastrňák F BOS 94 95 1 Zach Werenski D CBJ 92 94 2 Macklin Celebrini F SJS 90 93 3 Miro Heiskanen D DAL 92 93 1 Rasmus Dahlin D BUF 92 93 1 Martin Nečas F COL 91 92 1 Jason Robertson F DAL 90 91 1 Nick Suzuki F MTL 90 91 1 Cole Caufield F MTL 89 90 1 Lucas Raymond F DET 89 90 1 Matt Boldy F MIN 89 90 1 Jake Guentzel F TBL 89 90 1 Mark Stone F VEG 89 90 1 Evan Bouchard D EDM 88 90 2 Alex DeBrincat F DET 88 89 1 Lane Hutson D MTL 88 89 1 Wyatt Johnston F DAL 88 89 1 Matthew Knies F TOR 88 89 1 Moritz Seider D DET 88 89 1 Tage Thompson F BUF 88 89 1 Rasmus Andersson D VEG 87 88 1 Jakob Chychrun D WSH 87 88 1 Brock Faber D MIN 87 88 1 Dylan Guenther F UTA 87 88 1 Nick Schmaltz F UTA 87 88 1 Tom Wilson F WSH 87 88 1 Will Smith F SJS 86 88 2 Matthew Schaefer D NYI 84 88 4 Mathew Barzal F NYI 86 87 1 Ivan Demidov F MTL 86 87 1 Cutter Gauthier F ANA 86 87 1 Filip Hronek D VAN 86 87 1 Dmitry Orlov D SJS 86 87 1 Gabriel Vilardi F WPG 86 87 1 Mika Zibanejad F NYR 86 87 1 Jared McCann F SEA 86 87 1 Ryan O'Reilly F NSH 85 87 2 Dylan DeMelo D WPG 85 86 1 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D TOR 85 86 1 Justin Faulk D STL 85 86 1 Morgan Geekie F BOS 85 86 1 Jackson LaCombe D ANA 85 86 1 Brock Nelson F COL 85 86 1 JJ Peterka F UTA 85 86 1 Juraj Slafkovsky F MTL 85 86 1 Trevor Zegras F PHI 85 86 1 Artem Zub D OTT 85 86 1 Darren Raddysh D TBL 83 86 3 Bowen Byram D BUF 85 86 1 Brent Burns D COL 84 85 1 Jordan Eberle F SEA 84 85 1 Simon Edvinsson D DET 84 85 1 Elias Lindholm F BOS 84 85 1 Simon Nemec D NJD 84 85 1 Steven Stamkos F NSH 84 85 1 Mattias Samuelsson D BUF 83 85 2 Alexander Wennberg F SJS 83 85 2 Beckett Sennecke F ANA 80 85 5 Charlie Coyle F CBJ 84 85 1 Tyler Bertuzzi F CHI 83 84 1 Oliver Bjorkstrand F TBL 83 84 1 Ryker Evans D SEA 83 84 1 Yanni Gourde F TBL 83 84 1 Marcus Johansson F MIN 83 84 1 Anthony Mantha F PIT 83 84 1 John Marino D UTA 83 84 1 J.J. Moser D TBL 83 84 1 Nino Niederreiter F WPG 83 84 1 Owen Tippett F PHI 83 84 1 Josh Doan F BUF 82 84 2 Luke Evangelista F NSH 82 84 2 Denton Mateychuk D CBJ 82 84 2 Logan Stanley D WPG 82 84 2 Oliver Kapanen F MTL 80 84 4 Eeli Tolvanen F SEA 83 84 1 Justin Brazeau F PIT 82 83 1 Zeev Buium D VAN 82 83 1 Alexandre Carrier D MTL 82 83 1 Andrew Copp F DET 82 83 1 Lawson Crouse F UTA 82 83 1 Max Domi F TOR 82 83 1 Christian Dvorak F PHI 82 83 1 Barrett Hayton F UTA 82 83 1 Alex Iafallo F WPG 82 83 1 Kaedan Korczak D VEG 82 83 1 Mathieu Olivier F CBJ 82 83 1 Corey Perry F LAK 82 83 1 Jack Quinn F BUF 82 83 1 Nate Schmidt D UTA 82 83 1 Jordan Spence D OTT 82 83 1 Nick Blankenburg D NSH 81 83 2 Sam Malinski D COL 80 83 3 Ridly Greig F OTT 82 83 1 Ryan Hartman F MIN 82 83 1 Simon Holmström F NYI 82 83 1 Cody Glass F NJD 81 82 1 Erik Haula F NSH 81 82 1 John Klingberg D SJS 81 82 1 Keegan Kolesar F VEG 81 82 1 Thomas Novak F PIT 81 82 1 Reilly Smith F VEG 81 82 1 Jimmy Snuggerud F STL 81 82 1 James van Riemsdyk F DET 81 82 1 Connor Zary F CGY 81 82 1 Peyton Krebs F BUF 80 82 2 Ryan Leonard F WSH 80 82 2 Bobby McMann F TOR 80 82 2 Parker Wotherspoon D PIT 80 82 2 Marat Khusnutdinov F BOS 79 82 3 Benjamin Kindel F PIT 79 82 3 Fraser Minten F BOS 79 82 3 Axel Sandin D DET 79 82 3 Collin Graf F SJS 78 82 4 Zachary Bolduc F MTL 81 82 1 Michael Bunting F NSH 81 82 1 Emil Heineman F NYI 81 82 1 Artyom Levshunov D CHI 80 81 1 Troy Stecher D TOR 80 81 1 Uvis Balinskis D FLA 80 81 1 Mavrik Bourque F DAL 80 81 1 Connor Brown F NJD 80 81 1 Michael Carcone F UTA 80 81 1 Adam Gaudette F SJS 80 81 1 A.J. Greer F FLA 80 81 1 Kasperi Kapanen F EDM 80 81 1 Steven Lorentz F TOR 80 81 1 Yakov Trenin F MIN 80 81 1 Alex Turcotte F LAK 80 81 1 Anthony Duclair F NYI 79 81 2 Emmitt Finnie F DET 79 81 2 Arseny Gritsyuk F NJD 79 81 2 Matthew Savoie F EDM 79 81 2 Linus Karlsson F VAN 78 81 3 Justin Sourdif F WSH 77 81 4 Gavin Brindley F COL 79 80 1 Connor Dewar F PIT 79 80 1 Gage Goncalves F TBL 79 80 1 Max Shabanov F NYI 79 80 1 Ryan Shea D PIT 79 80 1 Tom Willander D VAN 79 80 1 Noah Ostlund F BUF 78 80 2 Alexandre Texier F MTL 78 80 2 Braeden Bowman F VEG 77 80 3 Igor Chernyshov F SJS 77 80 3 Noah Laba F NYR 77 80 3 Calum Ritchie F NYI 77 80 3 Ethen Frank F WSH 76 80 4 Danila Yurov F MIN 76 80 4 Louis Crevier D CHI 78 80 2 Maxwell Crozier D TBL 78 79 1 Isaiah George D NYI 78 79 1 Ben Hutton D VEG 78 79 1 Adam Klapka F CGY 78 79 1 Curtis Lazar F EDM 78 79 1 Oliver Moore F CHI 78 79 1 Gabriel Perreault F NYR 78 79 1 Nathan Walker F STL 78 79 1 Rodrigo Abols F PHI 77 79 2 Easton Cowan F TOR 77 79 2 Dalibor Dvorsky F STL 77 79 2 Justin Hryckowian F DAL 76 79 3 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D TBL 75 79 4 Ryan Greene F CHI 75 79 4 Alex Steeves F BOS 75 79 4 Zakhar Bardakov F COL 77 78 1 Danil But F UTA 77 78 1 Nick Lardis F CHI 77 78 1 Liam Ohgren F VAN 77 78 1 Aatu Räty F VAN 77 78 1 Kailer Yamamoto F UTA 77 78 1 Sam Dickinson D SJS 76 78 2 Dominic James F TBL 76 78 2 Jonathan Aspirot D BOS 75 78 3 Denver Barkey F PHI 75 78 3 Pavol Regenda F SJS 75 78 3
Roster Update Schedule
Well I updated this morning expecting the update to include a roster update since the rosters had to be set for the season by 5pm ET yesterday. Alas, the update for the game was only for some bugs in online play. The rosters have not been updated since 9/25/25. So my question is when will the rosters get updated and what is the plan going forward to keep the rosters updated throughout the year. An AI assistant answer said that twice a month there should be roster updates but I can't find the source for that info.Get Rid of Elite Edges/Wheels in EASHL
I've owned every single EA NHL game. I still have my Sega and all of those original games going back to the NHLPA Hockey days. To say I'm a devoted fan, and sometimes an apologist to this franchise, is an understatement. I lead by saying this because I'm not some sweaty, whiny kid who can't stand losing. I just want to enjoy playing hockey (particularly EASHL with my beer drinking buddies). Bringing back Elite Edges and Wheels has largely ruined EASHL. EVERYONE is now making super fast small players, turning the game back into a track meet, and it's simply becoming who can do the nearly automatic "forehand-backhand deke" goal the most. Tons of new goalie animations and yet they still can't simply hold the post/cover the short side on the same move, over and over. 25 had its issues but it forced teams to play way more as a unit with a purpose to be successful. It took a stronger unit to win. Now, 26 is forcing defensemen to use either EE or Wheels, which limits the depth of cool builds you can create because 1 of the 3 slots has to be dedicated to EE or Wheels. EE and Wheels was an obvious problem the devs and EA recognized in the past and wisely removed from the game. Bringing them back has ruined the EASHL experience. Our club has been together over 10 years. We win at about a 75% rate. This isn't a win/ loss issue. It's an immersion and fun issue. It's a replayability issue. Regardless of our usual success and loyalty to playing over the years, no one wants to continue to play this track meet, and slow "menu simulator", where locker rooms freeze and players get dropped left and right. Overall, just very disappointed. Remove Elite Edge and Wheels from competitive EASHL.Tips for success in 26
Here are some tips to help with NHL Do not use the Turbo unless you are trying to get by some one. I know this might seem like then why have turbo but to many people wonder why they couldn't gather a puck, or make a clean pass and shot. When using the Turbo you have a less chance of intercepting a puck if you are at full speed. Same with passing if you are just rushing into the zone and trying to pass, the passing accuracy will be off. Gliding is so important when it comes to gathering the puck, blocking a shot and a clean poke check. Also for passing a lot of players skate around like the player is a one dimensional being but make clean turns and turning so the puck is in front of your character makes a ton of difference. I am a Center for our team and when I am leaving the zone with the puck trying to make a pass I constantly have to tell the player I am passing too to make sure he LT's a little so his player turns his hips to receive the puck. I hear to many complaints of not receiving a pass clean and it is usually because they have their back turned to the player passing to them. Using the left stick to turn your player whether it is for a crease pass or a slap shot having you player in position body wise make a huge difference. For Defense I always read about players saying it is to hard to defend easy shots but if you position your self to be between the puck carrier and goalie you have a much better chance at blocking the shot also make sure you are facing the shooter. You do not want to be lower than the hash marks of the face off circle if you are trying to block a shot from the slot or point. Any closer to the goalie and it is a screen on your own goalie. When trying to cover the crease pass so many players stand in front of the player receiving the pass and staring at the player passing the puck. Here you want to turn your player so he is facing the player trying to receive the puck and hold A to initiate the lift stick and hold their stick up. Poke checking has been in a real good place since DSS was implemented but I do not see a lot of people using it and complaining about tripping. For this when you are initializing the poke check it is important to hold the stick out away from the player and hitting the R3 button to accurately poke check at the puck and not the legs. When a skater is rushing into the zone you want to hold the stick out and use your body to force them to the outside boards. I have more tips and will add to this thread. If any one has video of some tips let all help each other out here to make every one better. So far this hockey game is in a better place that 25 and I hope the first patch does not screw this up Hip checks are great this year Reverse hitting was fixed this year as well.
