Active Players.
I remember back in the day, you used to be able to see all the active players in whatever online game mode you were playing? Why did EA take that out? I woooonder when they and going to bring it back as a revamped feature? 🤣. Sitting wait 20mins to play a match of chel. Sometimes hours just to play a few. So annoying 😑
Boss teams once a week!
a mode i like to see is some type of boss mode where it is a weekly challenge and it will cost you coins to play it and every time you lose it will cost you more coins to try again and you will only get so many tries! if the boss team wins the person who put it in gets a reward or coins or something! and if you beat it first try you get a great reward but the more you lose and have to retry your reward goes down each try! have EA make the team or have people put there team in and ea takes the best team for that week or something like that? i think it would be a fun mode and something extra to play besides the same old boring modes especially for single players! maybe have people have to put a card on there team up to lose if they lose or if they win they can pick a card off the boss team? have some type of quick fun mode besides cup champs or wildcard or moments!
NHL 27 Face Scan Priority List. Tiers.
These are guys that are playing real NHL minutes, have real roles, contributing big stats and should actually look like themselves in the game. Many of them EA has already scanned before at rookie showcase LOCKS Ivan Demidov (MTL) Beckett Sennecke (ANA) Jack Quinn (BUF) Josh Doan (BUF) Noah Ostlund (BUF) Matthew Savoie (EDM) Ryan Leonard (WSH) Jimmy Snuggerud (STL) Zeev Buium (VAN) Alexander Nikishin (CAR) Artyom Levshunov (CHI) Jackson LaCombe (ANA) Lian Bichsel (DAL) Oliver Kapanen (MTL) Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) Bobby McMann (SEA) Lawson Crouse (UTA) Christian Dvorak (PHI) Collin Graf (SJS) Goalies Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) Lukas Dostal (ANA) Dustin Wolf (CGY) Spencer Knight (CHI) Logan Thompson (WSH) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) Filip Gustavsson (MIN) Porter Martone (PHI) confirmed Confirmed scanned: James Hagens (BOS) confirmed, added next roster update Cole Eiserman (NYI) confirmed if he makes NHL Gavin McKenna confirmed if he makes NHL LIKELY WILL BE ADDED (almost all scanned already at NHLPA rookie showcase) Cole Hutson (WSH) Dalibor Dvorsky (STL) Axel Sandin-Pellikka (DET) Peyton Krebs (BUF) Fraser Minten (BOS) Gabe Perreault (NYR) Berkly Catton (SEA) Sam Dickinson (SJS) Matthew Wood (NSH) Justin Sourdif (WSH) Easton Cowan (TOR) Gage Goncalves (TBL) Mackie Samoskevich (FLA) Jackson Blake (CAR) Anton Frondell (CHI) Emmitt Finnie (DET) Kiefer Sherwood (SJS) Benjamin Kindel (PIT) Sam Maliskin(COL) Vasily Podkolzin (EDM) Goalies Jet Greaves (CBJ) Daniel Vladar (PHI) Scott Wedgewood (COL) FRINGE BUT HIGHLY DESERVING (big miss by EA if left out) many of theses players should have already been added by now Zachary Bolduc (MTL) Oliver Moore (CHI) Zayne Parekh (CGY) Igor Chernyshov (SJS) Emil Heineman (NYI) Alex Turcotte (LAK) Alex Newhook (MTL) Will Borgen (NYR) Shakir Mukhamadullin (SJS) Marat Khusnutdinov (BOS) Calum Ritchie (NYI) Michael Amadio (OTT) Kailer Yamamoto (UTA) Ryhan Poehling (ANA) Logan Stanley (BUF) Ryan Greene (CHI) Wyatt Kaiser (CHI) Sam Rinzel (CHI) Parker Kelly (COL) Ben Chiarot (DET) Goalies Joseph Woll (TOR) Joel Hofer (STL) Yaroslav Askarov (SJS) Joey Daccord (SEA) Karel Vejmelka (UTA) Anton Forsberg (LAK) This is not about adding everyone. Just make the game match what we are actually watching. If a guy is playing top minutes, top lines,starting in net, or putting up significant stats he should not still have a generic face, especially if EA already has a scan or he is a veteran. Curious as to who people think I am missing or who should be moved up or down. Thanks!NHL27 Cup Chase!
things in cup chase i like to see, more options for how long a season is, maybe something like 15, 25, 50? option for continue ot or shootouts! have the announcers act different from regular season and playoffs, also for the moments with like last second goals or important goals, fights, injuries, great saves, have streaks matter, like how many wins in a row, shutouts, power play goals and penalty kills, fights won, how many times you won the cup, maybe show a banner with the cup wins! get extra bonus for scoring 10 plus goals, knocking out starting goalie and putting back up in, bonus for last second goals for a win or tie a game up especially for a playoff game! have the computer act differently for a playoff or regular season game! have options to scout teams, show scores of other games going on, give a bonus for not changing your team during season sticking with the same players through the entire season! hopefully there have been some tweaks to make it more fun!
Video of poor CPU positioning
Video of poor CPU positioning This is in regards to my previous post that was locked. Sick and tired of glitches and computers not doing anything. | EA Forums - 13399328 Hopefully this is resolved in NHL 27. It is why I barely bothered to score post cross creasers or one timers. My computers would be in awful positions. This is purely just for examples as I've been asked to provide video in the past. So, I took the time to compile plenty of footage to back up my claims.
NHL 27 Connected Franchise asymmetric team control
Will NHL 27’s Connected Franchise support asymmetric team control? What I mean is: I manage Minnesota and my dad manages Colorado, but when I play Minnesota vs New York, my dad can take control of New York. And when my dad plays Colorado vs Dallas, I can take control of Dallas. Will there be a feature that allows players in the same Connected Franchise to manually take over CPU‑controlled opponent teams in each other’s games? Also, any chance it will be available from 2 players only? I've been waiting to play online franchise with my dad for ages now. We live in different countries with no chance to see each other on daily basis and we just wish to finally play with each other a regular season online. Thank you 💚
World of Error: Lobby Crashing Simulator
Disgusting how many errors are in this mode atm.... Literally takes 15-20 min of constant crashing before you can even get into a game! Devs should be ashamed of themselves for putting out a product that is so poor (World of Chel is what i am talking about). I know this has been said a billion times over but i just needed to vent!
Wishlist from an offline-only hardcore player
Disclaimer: I only play Franchise Mode, Play Now and Be A Pro (a bit) so if things are missing, go ahead and make your own wishlist New Options Mascots on/off X-Factor on/off Pressure System on/off Pressure System board graphics on/off New Features (General, Franchise Mode & Be A Pro) Make skaters glide more both in user controlled and cpu controlled state. They stop like the ground surface is gravel Make superstar cpu defenders react harder on opposition forwards cutting into the slot. (Quick flick right stick right to left or vice versa). Right now it's very overpowered to skate fast along the boards and then deke/cut in to the slot to expose defenders and goalie. It result in a goal about 50% of the times, even with goalie sliders set to 100/100 In older games some players like Patrick Kane was really fun and reactive to manual deke with. Today it's much less creative and more bound to sequenced animations (click button > deke animation plays). It was really fun in Shootout Mode online. People created youtube videos and shared their deking skill with others much more. A good balance between now vs then (nhl 12-14) Goalies should stop more simple dekes like backhand forehand dekes at a higher rate CONFIRMED THROUGH TRAILER/ARTICLE New custom jerseys and logotypes in create a team You removed the ability to edit created team during post season in Franchise Mode? Why? BRING IT BACK Updated standard goalie masks (all modes where you can edit players) Increased length of handshake line after completed playoffs series, right now it's about 3-5 seconds long More replays showing close-up player reactions to near goals, shot blocks leading to pain, etc Store Stanley Cup winner team picture to watch later through the menus (if the user won) Tunnel walkout cutscene during playoffs in Franchise Mode Let users customize hairstyle and eyebrows in Franchise Mode Present starting goalies in game intro CONFIRMED THROUGH TRAILER/ARTICLE Present and compare the two team's top players in game intro (can be based on career stat if veteran players or current season stat for others, milestones, etc), like in a real broadcast CONFIRMED THROUGH TRAILER/ARTICLE Three stars of the game cutscene after a game Show team walk out from tunnel and crowd reactions during game intros Updated crowd models and animations (also fix the crowd clapping with freezed towels in playoffs). CONFIRMED THROUGH TRAILER/ARTICLE The outdoor settings/rinks are incredible in pro-am/woc, make use of them in franchise and be a pro (some event or something) Team practice in Franchise Mode and Be A Pro (maybe outdoor practice during post-season?) Outdoor Stadium games Stop showing promo popups in main menu, it is very frustrating and makes most of us wanting to stay away from online modes even more Remove female refs in men's leagues Add more grit to how players interact with each other (yelling at ref or opposition, talking trash, etc) UI panel showing last game three stars and game result in Franchise mode and BAP (right now you have to navigate a lot to see that - box score) Generate 3D headshots for all auto generated players in Franchise Mode (add option to enable/disable when starting a franchise). It's ok if this takes a long time generating each season, but if it slow down menus, then maybe not worth it PC release would be great EDIT (ADDED MARCH 21ST 2026): More context after goal scored. Next whistle talk about or show graphic for the goal scorer and cut to player in camera. Context could for example be: "1st goal after 5 games cold scoring streak", "1st point after returning from injury", etc More random timing for when cpu coach pulls the goalie. Right now cpu opposition coach pull goalie with around 00:50 left in the period. Also only if they are losing with min 1 goal or max 2 goals In goal replays, remove the slowmotion to real-time in the middle of the replay. It doesn't look that good, we do not need fancy hollywood effects and a giant blue marker highlighting the puck, we see it anyway. Same with X-factor replays, but at least we can turn those off. EDIT (ADDED JULY 18TH 2026): Added green labels to improvements that seems to be in NHL 27 Fixes Fix HUT Cup Chase freezing. It's just sad this has not been fixed day one to be honest Fix poor positioning of cpu teammates blocking slap shots from the blue line Fix slow update of header player information (large headshot with name and other info) when hovering players in lineups, player lists, etc in Franchise Mode Fix lag occurring with 1 minute left in each period Fix show mascot on/off in create a team (it's always on in-game, even if saved "off" in create a team for expansion draft in Franchise Mode) Fix mascot drumming cutting off arena music during faceoffs Improve coaches body models and fix clipping of glasses (for example Dan Muse) Tune hitting to be more realistic. If players are prepared for a hit, then don't make them go down this easily as now. Same with players getting hit into the bench, happens too much now. System & Experience System: Xbox Series X Experience: Owned every NHL game since NHL 2000 I play with sliders set to punish my own players and be in favor of the cpu players. Standard Superstar AI is no match. Which I hope future games will change I also want to say that I enjoy the presentation added in NHL 26, but patches this release has been underwhelming
Same old same old lag cheats
Nothing changes in this game , you call your way back to take a 4 to 3 lead, suddenly my players becomes absolutely bogged down and sluggish. The other team player score 5 goals on seven shots and I lose the game then 9 to 5 with five goals being scored in about three minutes…. This is what I expect in every game now. and I’ll give you a guess of what province they’re fromNHL Game Presentation
I’ve been a long time player and I’ve always thought there should be banner hangings and ring presentations following a year when you win the cup. Also, an option to retire a number for your team if a legend retires and deserves it. Is this something that could be added in to the game?Nhl 27 disapointment
I was happy for the new trailer. Bother me. Watch theres still going to be more LT spamming. I kinda dont care about online. But I guarantee there not very much development put into the offline modes I thought be a pro was a disaster. And my favorite mode, Franchise mode is horrible. And I seen the price tag of 130$ with bunch of useless add ons. Wtf i thought deluxe edition was only going to be like 100$. Not worth the much. Its over priced. People are right about that, game is over priced. Still gonna buy 😞. EA knows people are gonna buy. But what a waste.
NHL 27 Trailer Player Helmet fits
HeyEA_Aljo I noticed in the reveal trailer that many players still have WAY to big of an helmet, which i have complained about for an long time. Is this something that wont be changed? Are the graphics not worth a redo once done? Just look at Bowen Byram from 26, helmet fit is so ridiculously big its insane. Also i noticed Emil Heineman not having an facescan, is that something we can expect again? Limited & low amount of players getting their face in? Otherwise, trilled about gm connected, thanks
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