NHL 28 Early Suggestions
These are things based off of what I haven’t seen in the NHL 27 trailer that have been released, some suggestions still have a chance of making the game, just not announced. 1: LIVE FRANCHISE: This is a pretty obvious one, it would be really convenient to have this, especially if you’re playing franchise mode in the middle of the current NHL season. This would include you being able to start from the current day in the NHL with real life stats and records. It would also include moves and signings that have happened in the NHL so it’d be really convenient just to have this aside from GM connected and this could be a toggle use option if you don’t wanna play with real life stats or anything just do your own thing you can do that too similar to what you can do in the NBA 2K games. Hopefully this is added in next year‘s game. 2: WINTER CLASSIC OR STADIUM SERIES MODE: this is another one that is very reasonable to ask for. This would really help going along franchise mode as well as it would provide real life events and just make the franchise feel more real or he just wanted to do a regular play game exhibition game of this mode. It’d be a fun mode to play along your friends or just have the experience of being in an outdoor stadium. It would be a great addition to the franchise and I’d be very excited to see it if it comes up. 3: ADDED COMMENTATORS: I know it’s the first year of new commentators, there’s a step in the right direction. But since we’re taking it to account for next year’s game, I would really like to see some more commentators than just two this also delve into a different topic with different broadcasts. As you know we’ve seen that NHL has acquired licensing for official goal songs for teams, would it not just be cool to have an ESPN broadcast, TNT broadcast, or just a made up local broadcast similar to real life, but not like Bally sports or Scripps sports or anything. That’ll be too much work.. It would just add more onto the bigger presentation in the NHL 27 is in introducing and to make the game feel more lively and less scripted. 4: SMOOTHER AI: now this is another one that you can’t really judge because the game is not come out yet but even so it’s just an improvement every year and obviously this suggestion will come up. Hockey is meant to be fluent, not sharpie or unrealistic or robotic. That’s the thing these last few years for NHL games. The gameplay just doesn’t feel fluid at all and it’s just pretty annoying to see players dump pucks in every single time when you’re on the breakout. Now yet again I haven’t seen improved AI in NHL 27 yet because it hasn’t come out as I will see if the gameplay AI has improved or not. But like I said, it’s not one of those things that goes on as the years go on and will eventually get better. 5: MORE CUSTOMIZATION: this goes for creative team create a goal horn create a player. The customization in this game is just very lackluster. What if we had custom logos, we could upload directly from our phone? What if we had a real life face can like NBA 2K games do that import our faces into the game? It’s a little less talked about topic, but I would like to see more customization options when I’m creating a team. When I’m creating a team, it just feels really unrealistic and not modern to the real NHL. Maybe there could be a suggestion box or AI Helpe uniform uniforms, logos, and team details stay up-to-date to real life NHL and if you don’t want to that’s fine, but if you wanna have something that actually matches the modern NHL style, maybe some AI can help you create something similar just to make you feel you fit in with the league. That’s it for now.
Cross play
I am deeply disappointed with EA Sports’ implementation of cross-play in the NHL series. While EA marketed cross-play as a major feature to unite the player base, its restriction to specific modes like World of Chel and HUT—while completely excluding standard online head-to-head play (Online Versus)—is extremely frustrating. Standard Online Versus is the core mode for fans who simply want to pick real NHL teams and play a straightforward game against friends on other consoles. Leaving this feature out feels like a massive oversight and a half-baked execution. It breaks up friend groups across different platforms and severely limits the game's replay value for casual and traditional hockey fans alike. EA Sports needs to listen to its community and expand full, unrestricted cross-play across all online modes, including standard play.
NCAA/USHL, and other suggestions
Hello! I'm hoping this gets to the right people Long time fan of the series here. I had an idea that I think could make Be A Pro and Franchise Mode a lot more immersive and realistic, and I wanted to share it. One thing that would really elevate the game is adding college hockey and the USHL to the player development system. The real life path to the NHL is rarely straight to the pros. A lot of players develop through junior and college hockey first. Having that pathway in the game would make the journey feel way more authentic. For Be A Pro, imagine starting your career in the USHL, working your way up and committing to an NCAA program based on how you perform. Schools could recruit you during the season, and you could choose where to commit depending on playing time, team prestige, or development opportunities. You could play multiple college seasons, compete in conference tournaments, and even play in something like the Frozen Four before deciding to leave for the NHL Draft or sign with a team. Your draft stock could rise or fall depending on your performance in juniors or college, and you could choose to stay in school longer to develop or leave early to go pro. That kind of system would make the early part of Be A Pro feel like a real hockey journey instead of just jumping straight into the NHL pipeline. For Franchise Mode, adding leagues like the USHL and NCAA would make scouting and drafting much deeper. Teams could scout players over multiple years, watch them develop in college, and decide when they’re ready to sign them. NCAA players could stay in school for several seasons, giving GMs more long term decisions with prospects. It would make the draft feel bigger and more realistic with a deeper prospect pool. Another thing a lot of people in the community have been asking for is bringing the NHL series to PC. There’s a huge hockey gaming audience on PC, and it would open the door to mods, roster sharing, custom leagues, and a lot of long term community support that could really help the game grow. The NHL series already has great gameplay, but expanding the development path and immersion in Be A Pro and Franchise Mode could take it to another level. Just wanted to throw the idea out there. Thanks for continuing to make hockey games for the community.
Easy additions? Playable ECHL in CM; PWHL, CHL, & other CM Modes & others.
Hey everyone, I'm new on this account specifically to come and share something I've heard a bunch of friends requesting and myself have been eagerly waiting for this to be added. I will say the second idea is a bit more 'could be down in a year our three', whereas the first idea should be doable in the next game. **First Idea** The first idea, which should be very easy, is making the ECHL function-able in Career Mode; by that I mean just like the AHL you can assign, develop prospects, set lines, etc. As well can you make it so as the AHL & ECHL team you can sign guys to team specific contracts. So if I'm playing a Maple Leafs save I can have the Marlies sign guys specifically for the Marlies and same with my ECHL affiliate in the Cyclones, (and make it a feature that can be disabled and the GM of that your or your 'Assistant GM' signs them for you automatically for players not interested). This would make the immersion and layers of depth to a save much deeper for players not to mention allow players the ability to control a full development road for a player and when you have 50 players signed you can have some lower overall prospects play first line minutes in the ECHL instead of on the 4th line in the AHL. I know a bunch of people, friends & myself have been asking for this (at the very least the playable ECHL side of things) since the AHL was added forever ago. Please bring this to the game I'd love to see it. **Second Idea** The second idea I have is to make another Career Mode "branch", by that I mean you have your main NHL team save or you can start one of the following CM saves (put them in order of easiest to introduce into the game asap): -- "PHWL Career Mode" - Easy enough, you simply take over a PWHL team and look to build a dynasty with your favourite! -- "International Career Mode" - Like the PWHL, you take over an international league from the DEL, to the SHL, to whichever league you want. Take your team try to build a dynasty and compete for a spot in the Campions Hockey League. -- "CHL Career Mode" - This would be a career mode where you take over a team in either the WHL, OHL, or QMJHL and develop the team, draft and every 4 yers build a team with the aim of playing in the playoffs and Memorial Cup. -- "Minor Pro Career Mode" - This would encompass being the GM of the AHL affiliate of an NHL team, deal with players being called up, requests for whos ready for the NHL, moving players to the ECHL, building a team around prospects and AHL-only guys. You'd also get to do the same with the ECHL affiliate in this mode. **General improvements** - Contract/CBA expansion - Things like pre contracts with euro players, Signing bonuses, Minor-only contracts (like mentioned above), NTC's, all sorts of things to make the immersion for us players better. - Expanded Stats Tracking - Essentially shows the players HockeyDB stats, so Juniors/Europe maybe? and/or team stats tracking, like record attendences, Top 10 Goal scorers for the franchise, etc. As well as a League stats hub that shows your running totals of players throughout their career; maybe having the ability to search players by name as well would be interesting and see where a player ranks in these stat lists. - GM connected - This would be awesome to have, me and my cousin and other friends have wanted a mode where we can all grab a team and play or even have both of us control a team so when he's in New Brunswick and I'm in Ontario we can play a Career Mode save as the same team. This feature would be incredible. -- "Lineup Presets" - A simple quality-of-life feature where you can save a "best lines" configuration and revert to it with one click when players return from injury or international duty. It saves massive amounts of time. -- Advanced Scouting Filters - Suggest adding the ability to filter draft prospects by birth year, handedness, or nationality. Currently, you have to scroll through giant lists, -- Trade Finder "Needs" - Instead of random trade suggestions, suggest a "Needs-Based" filter (e.g., "I need a Top 6 RD") to make the AI trade logic feel more intelligent. -- Add Specialty Events during the season - Throughout the NHL season in CM, the the All Star Break be playable, have the 4 Nations Tournament, IIHF World Juniors (where the PC takes the best players with hidden overalls or ranges and you try to win the WJC) & the IIHF World Championships. (where like in EA FC you can be hired to coach/manage a national team. -- IIHF Tournaments - For this add the top 2-3 divisions of the IIHF Championship, so a player can sign as the Manager of a Division 1 or 2 National team like the Netherlands and try and bring a team up and compete against the big boys in the main Championship divison. Same with adding the IIHF World Juior Championship, have it where your hired for a country and you get the Mens and Juniors job for the country, then the AI selects the teams from the player U21 pool and hides or makes the overall a range so the players not drafted arent known before being drafted. Quick final note, I know you devs do a ton of hard work on this game and stuff that us player request that we might think is 'easy' might take 2 years to develop and code but some of these have been things I've pestered a few developers to try and get implemented. So if I could ask for you to seriously consider 3 things it would be: 1) The first idea, the ECHL and development fully integrated within CM 2) The Second idea part where having the PWHL & International CM Modes be easily implemented I'd think the other two i understand taking some time to develop. 3) The Specialty Events, they would help make the year after year a little more mixed up each year, where you can have those 2-4 times a season where you completely forget about your NHL team and try to win something short term.
solutions, problems...
who wants to update? 🔴🟡🟢 ? Franchise (a draft choice, globenat pick, academy selection... ink job simply too talented, somehow... someway to not employ.) ? Incredible (it could take years, and years... probably going to win around these pushy cards.) *x-factors ❌️ (not every class could achieve every x?) "clock warp" (pace) "time stamps" (fast) "rock wall" (hits) "thunderstorm" (make) "ringer bar" (goal) "in-zone break" (pals) "angled out" (ends) "quake rope" (ploy) "bared bones" (tend) ? Elitist (Everyone says it. Success seems to follow. Not for every rat-race personality...) *goldstar 🎖 "triangle rule" (pace) "splint nail" (ploy) "2nd breath" (fast) "tunnel vision" (make) "apex amps" (hits) "give'n go down" (pals) "lens ratchet" (goal) "pacemaker" (ends) "book of rules" (tend) ? Regional (Apparently born and raised to play for this or that team. Groupings structures.) *silvore 🪨 "swimmer" (pace) "cliffdive" (fast) "invisibility" (pals) "vantage" (make) "substring" (ploy) "torque" (goal) "thornbush" (hits) "archive" (ends) "wedges" (tend) ? Integrity (Sometimes teams just don't have sufficient internal effort. Sweat gets stinky.) *platinum 🟠 "dangles" (pace) "longblade" (fast) "gifted" (make) "bulldozer" (hits) "freak slang" (ploy) "rapture" (pals) "sharpshot" (goal) "paralyzer" (tend) "razorback" (ends) ? Depth (They're simply not gonna make it through those mis-matches. Coach the minutes...) +ribbons "obstacle course" (pace) 🔶️ "shov'n buddy" (fast) 🏳 "netcrash" (make) 🔶️ "deflected" (goal) 🏳 "wrestlers" (hits) 🔶️ "hands plans" (pace) 🏳 "divingboard" (fast) 🎗 "train tracks" (fast) 🔖 "power skate" (fast) 🏳 "outside spike" (ends) 🎗 "assault party" (hits) 🔶️ "pulled groin" (tend) 🏳 "mexican standoff" (goal) 🔖 "space fill" (make) 🎗 "friction" (pace) 🔶️ "bardown" (goal) 🔶️ "better shot" (make) 🔶️ "same team" (hits) 🎗 "free assist" (pals) 🏳 "white nets" (goal) 🔶️ "slapshot" (make) 🏳 "lane pounce" (pals) 🔖 "rifle range" (goal) 🎗 "gatherings" (pals) 🔶️ "pressurized" (pace) 🏳 "juked out" (hits) 🔖 "comfy pads" (hits) 🏳 "stick to stick" (ends) 🔶️ "longstride" (fast) 🏳 "icky thump" (pals) 🏳 "blue line" (tend) 🔖 "motion lock" (pace) 🔖 "best guage" (tend) 🏳 "protractor zoom" (pace) 🎗 "both posts" (tend) 🔶️ "safe space" (ends) 🏳 "pad skates" (fast) 🔶️ "beast mode" (tend) 🎗 "pincers" (make) 🔖 "paint thinner" (ends) 🔖 "short clap" (goal) 🏳 "duck feet" (fast) 🔶️ "opportunity" (pals) 🎗 "early riser" (pals) 🔶️ "overslide" (tend) 🔶️ "easy game" (ends) 🔶️ "offsides" (ends) 🏳 "cool breeze" (hits) 🏳 ? System (They'll need to train, succeed... the specific stuff they're asked for.) ? DNQ (Zero. a big fat donut. 0 wins above replacements. Much practice required to play in the show!) ! Letter graded prospects. Statistics required for placement. Academy legal age (per local, youth work.* ~15+) Globe National availability (~15yrsold minimum.) Draft earliest choice (18yrsold least.) Front office... "build players into *Enforcer, *Hybrid and *Leader (gryae) clean slate class cards" 📓 book grade /⌛️A+ charts availability cooperate synergies 🎧 plan stats /99❄️ Statistics planners Loss prevent charts -defence 7/8 *Point ("The positioning advantage. Good luck.") PIN *Bound ("Game rules to annihalate. The glitch button.") BRD *Scout ("Find lanes, pass efficiency. Outta nowhere!") SOT *Snipe ("Explains itself. Lotsa shots, offense press.") SPR *Float ("It's a trap. Sieve empty space.") FOA *Blocker ("Extra pads. Help the tendys.") BOR *Haste ("Collision prep. Momentum gains.") HST -forwards 10/12 *Rakejob ("Scoring space. Use everything efficiently.") PKR *Corvasair ("Wheels keep spinning round.") SRR *Grindshot ("Puck handling. Check, shoot.") GDT *Slotflash ("Net charts, shooter accuracy.") NFS *Support ("Fast, stride skaters. Every challenge accepted.") SUR *3 Zones ("Checkpoints. Cohesion advantages.") 3RD *Haymaker ("Train tracks. Elephant in the room.") HMR *Dwinger ("Never blind join. Intercept breakouts.") SWM *Specialist ("Leaderboard chase. Make numbers crooked.") PSL *Obstruct ("Aggregate structure. Boulevard boardwalk stats.") BUC -tenders *Launch ("Controlled bursts. 100% chance bandits.") LCR *Pivot ("Handle the puck. Built in breaks.") PKV *Brick ("Minimalist structure. Holes are NOT goals.") BRK *Royal ("The classic pinnacle. Stops the puck.") OYA *Reject ("Aggressing shooter. Opposing pounce.") RJCFeature Request: True Online Same-Team Co-op for Connected Franchise Mode
Hello EA Dev Team, My brothers and I have played EA NHL together since NHL '95. For decades, our favorite feature was couch co-op—picking one team and grinding through a full season together. Now, we live across the country from each other. We each own a PS5, but we cannot replicate that shared season experience online. While we appreciate the return of Connected Franchise in NHL 27, the strict head-to-head restriction is a major letdown. We do not want to manage rival teams or play against each other; we want to join forces against the AI to build a single team's legacy using real NHL rosters and trades. World of Chel does not fill this void. True online same-team co-op for Franchise mode is the exact feature we need, and it is essential to our decision to purchase future NHL games. Please consider adding this functionality in a future update or next year's title. Thank you.
Bring back 3 on 3 NHL Arcade!!!!!
Me and my pals went to play this on the PS3 on Friday night (as we have been the last 7 years) and it turns out that it has been taken off the servers and only the DEMO version is available to play and my FULL game has been de-activated. Obviously this made us all really upset and I have spoken the Sony customer support and EA customer support and they suggested writing this post and hoping that enough people show interest so they will look into re-launching an updates version. Lets rally together for possibly the best arcade sports game EVER!!!!!Custom logos for the game
I think it would be awesome if we could make custom logos for franchise mode in the game, and maybe have a workshop like on steam and other games to see what other people have published and use for yourself, this would add a lot of creativity and new scenarios to the game and allow us to make literally every logo ever if we wanted toCreate a Team
Suggestion: More Freedom with Team Logos One feature I’d really love to see improved is logo customization for Create-A-Team. I’m not asking for custom image uploads. Instead, I’d love to see more flexibility with the existing EA assets. For example: More logo categories and designs. The ability to resize logos. Rotate logos. Mirror logos horizontally or vertically. Move logos within predefined placement areas on jerseys. Combine two or more existing logos into one design (for example a mountain with a wolf, or a letter combined with another graphic). Another feature that would make a huge difference would be text-based logos using EA’s own fonts. Instead of only placing a single letter on a jersey, players could use their City Name or Team Name, such as: PORTLAND PIONEERS STEELHEADS with different font styles, outlines, colors and curved text options. These changes wouldn’t affect gameplay at all, but they would allow players to create much more authentic expansion teams and relocated franchises. Thanks for considering the idea!No Atlanta Thrashers logo for customization
Hello, I am a sad NHL fan from Atlanta, it has 11 years since the logo of my former favorite team the Atlanta Thrashers has been in the game. Please add this logo, not only for the fans from atlanta but for the people who like customizing teams. The National Hockey League owns the rights the logo, so their should be no legal issue I believe (I could be wrong) not only do they have a very cool logo, but atlanta is one of the cities you can relocate to in franchise mode, I would love for an opportunity to bring them back and all we need is the logo for this. It has not been in the game since the console generation of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, it deserves to come back after all these years, especially with the league expansion talks heating up and atlanta is in the mix along with Houston and phoenix. Please I implore the devs of this game to add this logo. Thank you- a sad Atlanta Thrashers fanMake a good hard rock soundtrack for NHL27
Something like Skillet, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and Three Days Grace would be perfect for an NHL Game soundtrack because the game is fast paced and heavy hits happen frequently so if the soundtrack could match that atmosphere a little more i would be happy. Also reduce the amount of Reverb used on the audio when in a game its unrealistic as the crowd fills the atmosphere irl and reverb just doesn't exist in such and environment. NHL27 - Skillet - Invincible - This is a song request i made a playlist of songs that would be good for the games soundtrack that will get the community talking good about the game instead of the same old trash it always is. PLEASE bring the game to life and for the sake of Macklin Celebrini's cover athlete make the game good. Anyway peace - NWStwisterman
Bring NHL Games to Nintendo Switch 2
EA, you've missed out on reaching the largest console gaming audience for eight years. Please do not make the same mistake on the highly capable Nintendo Switch 2. If this new console is getting Madden, with 22 moving players, it can certainly handle 12 moving players in NHL. NHL is my all-time favorite game, going back to the original on Sega Genesis. Don't make me continue to buy PlayStations only for NHL games. Thank you!
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