Offline PC Port
I wanted to raise a suggestion that I think could be a practical, lower-risk way to bring the NHL series back to PC without immediately taking on the full complexity of online modes. Rather than a full-featured PC release with HUT, EASHL, and competitive online play, I’d love to see EA consider an offline-focused PC version that includes: Quick Play / Exhibition Franchise Mode Be a Pro I’ve seen it mentioned in other discussions that there may not currently be enough demonstrated interest on PC to justify a full NHL release. An offline-first approach could serve as a much lower-cost way to gauge real PC demand, without the ongoing risks and expenses associated with online services, anti-cheat, and cross-platform matchmaking. From a technical and operational standpoint, an offline-only PC release would avoid many of the hardest challenges that make PC ports risky, such as: Anti-cheat and competitive integrity concerns Cross-play population fragmentation Matchmaking and backend service overhead Input fairness issues between PC and console At the same time, these offline modes actually align very well with PC players: Franchise Mode and Be a Pro support long, simulation-focused play sessions PC players already expect and accept controller-recommended sports titles Performance expectations are high, but easier to meet without online synchronization constraints There’s also precedent for a strong PC audience for sports simulations that focus primarily on offline depth. Football Manager is a great example of a franchise that thrives on PC by emphasizing management, simulation, and long-term engagement. While football’s global popularity is much larger than hockey’s, it still demonstrates that PC players are willing to invest deeply in well-supported, offline-centric sports experiences. This kind of release could: Provide real data on PC interest at a much lower cost Let the team focus on performance, stability, and input feel Establish a PC foundation that online features could potentially build on laterEarly NHL 27 Franchise Mode Wish List
EA, please make some much needed changes in your Franchise Mode for 27. It’s one of the most neglected aspects of this franchise, and a **bleep** shame. Here’s a few things I think could be easily done in 27: Enable arena updates like when you go to create a team so you can at least change the scoreboard, center ice logo, and lighting/effects. Enable team rebranding (NOT relocation) where you can change the nickname, mascot, logo, uniforms, colors, etc, in Franchise Mode. This could easily be done as an offseason option similar to relocation option. With that, update the available options for team names (including matching announced names), logos, etc. Update the goalie mask options (including adding the real designs) and get more creative with them. Or at least allow customization like with the rest of the goalie gear. Get all REAL coaches in the game. It’s fine to have created ones of course. And I know there’s some real coaches in the game. But get all the current NHL and AHL coaches in the game so it’s more realistic (just as you have it in the Madden games). When setting up the franchise, put an option to allow us to increase the owners budget for spending. Improve the blog posting to be more realistic. Include non-transactional news on players, teams, and such like you’d see on a TSN or ESPN blog.My Early NHL 27 Create-A-Team Wish List
EA, please make some much needed changes in the create a team for 27. Here’s a few things I think could be easily done in 27: Please get some better logos to choose from. I think there were a few new ones this year. But so many terrible ones. With that, get the list of team names, Nicknames and announced names to match up to the logos so there’s a name for each logo that can be announced. Bring back ALL defunct team logos and add those team cities and names to the announced names.
Can't change skate lace and blade holder colours
Product: NHL 22 Platform:Sony Playstation 4 How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Try changing your custom chel character's laces and blade holders What happens when the bug occurs? Colour changes don't take effect - your laces and blade holders remain their default colour despite zones showing what you picked What do you expect to see? I expect my gear to reflect what colours I chose in the zone menu Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline Insert Game Mode or Feature here All modes that use your custom player (Eliminator, BaP, Drop-ins, Clubs, etc.) What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) 12:43AM What is your time zone? PST - GMT - 8:00 What is your gamertag/PSN ID? Dipsy_Doodle_ PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. NA West What is your game language? English For what it's worth, I am playing the PS4 version on my PS5. I don't reckon this makes a difference. Basically the same as the old sock tape bug
NHL 22 Franchise Budget/Finance Issue/Requests
And franchise mode is still broken Great you fixed missing numbers but the budgets for custom franchises are still broken making the mode unplayable still after two months and two patches this is so far beyond unacceptable I don't even know what to say anymore and I called it yesterday too. "Yeah me too the custom jersey issue being fixed is a start but that was hardly the game breaking bug for franchise whether or not the budget/finances problems were addressed or not is the big question because if not then the mode is still unplayable And the custom skater issue was a must fix before roster sharing But when releasing bits of info before the patch notes to tell us the non game breaking issues have been addressed but still no word on the game breaking ones if makes me a little concerned for tomorrow more than I already was if you're gonna leak info pre patch notes at least give us something to be excited about and look forward to Cause as it stands now tomorrow I see custom players wearing custom jerseys in a custom franchise that I can't play because finances are broken that's not how you promote an update"
CHEL26 Be A Pro Feedback (Player Growth and X-Factors)
Alright so I gave Be A Pro a try after the update and I actually do like it more than I thought. It’s still nothing compared to NHL19 personally, as you could play two full seasons of Junior and then get drafted, play AHL, no form score, (essentially a sandbox), etc etc but I digress. Regardless, as for NHL26, while I do enjoy lighting up the league, I’ve got some issues and they are primarily tied to player growth and X-Factors. Alright so I go in with my normal build I use for most of my Be A Pros. A 5’7 Left-Shot Sniper who plays Centre. Now I knew I’d have a choice between Quick Release and One Tee, being someone who prefers scoring off the rush and someone who used Schnipe/Shock&Awe/MakeItSnappy from 22-25, naturally I went with Quick Release. Anyways my next objective was to get Wheels, which I did, and then went for Elite Quick Release. Alright, sounds good. My next course of action was Backhand Beauty, by far my favorite X-Factor and a key part of my playstyle as a left-shot Sniper. However despite looking through all the available X-Factors, it wasn’t even in the menu. I hear that different player types have different X-Factors available, yet why is this particular one excluded from a Sniper of all player types? I chose a Sniper partly because I like scoring on the backhand. Yet it’s not even selectable for a Sniper? You have 20+ of the around 28 X-Factors available, even ones you wouldn’t expect for a Sniper like Send It and Hipster, yet one of the primary shooting X-Factors isn’t even available to be used? That really frustrated me, especially when I went into a Grudge Match game and got to use Backhand Beauty for the duration of one game and it felt great, only to realize I can’t even unlock it normally. Alright, nothing I can do about that unless the game gets updated, alright. So I decided to go for Elite Wheels next instead. Only to find out that it is quite literally impossible to obtain Elite Wheels even with a 5’7 Sniper, all speed and acceleration traits unlocked, and all salary perks active, as well as peak health. Heck, you can’t even get All-Star Wheels unless you have literally every speed and acceleration trait unlocked with full health and perks, and you lose it after one game when you go from peak health to energetic. Normally to fix this, I’d turn my attention to the weekly off-ice training, except now that, the one thing that you could use to max out your skating stats, is completely gone. There is literally no way to get more than 90 Acceleration on a 5’7 Sniper, which means it’s impossible to get Elite Wheels and mostly impossible to keep All-Star Wheels. Okay, so what am I saying needs to be done? Well, first off, every X-Factor should be available to unlock regardless of player type. If I want a Sniper with Quick Release, Wheels, and Backhand Beauty, I should be allowed to work towards that. Secondly, there needs to be a way to actually upgrade your base acceleration and speed stats outside of traits. The temporary bonuses from peak health don’t last anymore than a single game, and the salary perks seem more like boosts than anything. Bring back the off-ice training, or let me grind out XP just by hustling during gameplay. The only way you can even increase speed through gameplay is via beating icing, something that is nearly impossible to do consistently. Third, make it so once you unlock an X-Factor, you can always apply it regardless of your stats. They are X-Factors for a reason, they’re supposed to give you an edge. I’m playing on Winnipeg, Kyle Connor has Elite Wheels but only 91 Speed and Acceleration, why do I need 93? Even if I somehow got 93 acceleration (which as I said, is literally impossible since off-ice training is gone), if it was because of peak health bonuses or late-career aging, I’d lose it. I ask kindly that this is updated in the near future. I should be able to work towards an elite version of every X-Factor, and some not even being selectable for certain player types even when it would make sense is absurd. Just let me have Elite Wheels and Backhand Beauty on my 5’7 Sniper. I’d be happy then. Let me grind out my player to 99 base skating stats. Thank You.
Nhl legacy live the life attributes reset after off ice upgrade
I'm playing most current version of NHL Legacy on Xbox 360. Three seasons in to live the life mode and upgrading my attributes, I received an off ice upgrade and any attribute that was in the 90s has now reset all the way to 0. Why is this
NHL 2022 BE A PRO MASSIVE DIALOGUE GLITCH (GAME FREEZES)
Product: NHL 22 Platform:PlayStation 5 Digital Edition How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Basically in be a pro when you simulate for the next game and a conversation/dialogue is trigguered, the sceen is blank and doesn't show you any responses and you cant click anything or even go back in the menu you have to restart the game. I'm stuck in this screen and about to lose all of my hard earned progress lol. I tried deleting the game and reinstalling it, removing local files and redownload them from the cloud. I tried resetting ps5 cash by unplugging everything for 2 mins. PS5 and game are on the last update and I feel like this has started since last patch. PLEASE NOT THAT THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM ISSUE SINCE ALL THE OTHER GAMES WORK PERFECTLY FINE AND ALL THE OTHER NHL 2022 MODES ARE ASLO WORKING FINE What happens when the bug occurs? The game freezes. What do you expect to see? Dialogue responses as per usual Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline Insert Game Mode or Feature here Be a pro mode What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) every day What is your time zone? EST (IET) - GMT - 5:30 What is your gamertag/PSN ID? hacksars PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. What is your game language? English Product: NHL 22 Platform:PlayStation 5 Digital Edition How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Basically in be a pro when you simulate for the next game and a conversation/dialogue is trigguered, the sceen is blank and doesn't show you any responses and you cant click anything or even go back in the menu you have to restart the game. I'm stuck in this screen and about to lose all of my hard earned progress lol. I tried deleting the game and reinstalling it, removing local files and redownload them from the cloud. I tried resetting ps5 cash by unplugging everything for 2 mins. PS5 and game are on the last update and I feel like this has started since last patch. PLEASE NOT THAT THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM ISSUE SINCE ALL THE OTHER GAMES WORK PERFECTLY FINE AND ALL THE OTHER NHL 2022 MODES ARE ASLO WORKING FINE What happens when the bug occurs? The game freezes. What do you expect to see? Dialogue responses as per usual Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline Insert Game Mode or Feature here Be a pro mode What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) every day What is your time zone? EST (IET) - GMT - 5:30 What is your gamertag/PSN ID? hacksars PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. What is your game language? English Hi! So i've been spending hours and hours improving my player until 99 rating in be a pro and now i've got a glitch where when I simulate to the next game, a conversation with the coach is triggered. The problem is that conversation has a bug where there isn't any dialogue options showing on the screen and making me stuck in that screen no matter what I do. I tried loading a saved backup from earlier, I tried uninstalling the game and reinstalling it and nothing works. the only solution I'd have is starting a new save from scratch and tbh this would be a big bummer given the number of hours I put in this game! im new to the forum so excuse me if this topic is misplaced im just desperately looking for help lol! Thanks in advance if anyone can help!! Here's a link to the video discribiing the issue : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tKe6kgxhWcR8n6jZMB4Zjbx2eEPDxsgt/view?usp=sharingCHEL suggestion for the future
The NHL World of CHEL allows players multiple player build slots. Perhaps allow teams to select multiple builds to use in each game and assign them to dedicated lines. This would allow a little bit of diversity, while still allowing players the option to use similar builds if they choose. But furthermore, would add a more immersive experience bringing more strategy into play in the game. Endurance would still be a major factor, which would require teams to make the line changes to maintain energy.
Forum Widgets
Featured Places
NHL
Passionate about hockey? Join our forums and talk about the NHL videogame franchise, as well as the latest news.NHL 26
Chat with the community in the official EA Forums for NHL 26.NHL 25
Official EA Forums for NHL 25.NHL 24
Discuss the latest news and game information around NHL 24 in the community forums.NHL 23
Discuss the latest news and talk with us about your experiences in NHL 23.NHL Franchise Discussion
Long-time fan? Tell us about your knowledge with the sport and the game franchise in our NHL Franchise community forum.NHL Game Info Hub
Read the latest news and updates for NHL games.
