Custom League, Full League User Team Control?

I buy it as used from private like last year. I wrote a lot to devs at forum, social media about what could make this game better for Franchise Mode. EA all the years ignored all suggestions, and not one was implemented to the game. So they will not earn money from me anymore. NHL 22 ist good enough to play a longer time with the Roster share feature.

how do you guys come up short on everything so consistently

@heavydutyrammerYa I'm a only offline players aswell and VERY passionate about having accurate looking players and eras of the NHL past.
There's many that feel similar to myself like you I see. I think that's why we've all gotten a little louder with the requests in the past 12 months because the game has gotten better overall.

I meant to say 23 is a HUGE upgrade from 20. Naturally.

@Atishksingh I mean, huge upgrade is an overstatement. Frostbite did some nice stuff, but there are still so many badly scanned/designed players out there. So, I mean in terms of graphics, and some customization, its an upgrade yes, but huge no.

There are some games, even ones by EA that have much better graphics and animations. It gets worse as you play. I mean my starting center DeAndre Jones. He's a 5'10" 215 lbs Power Forward. He's go blond hair and he's Asian. Victor Wong, my third pair defenseman is a TDW with an afro and he's white. Victor Valkov my back up elite goalie from Russia is black, with white hair and a beard. He looks about 17 even though he's thirty two now.

So, yeah the graphics are nicer, but the underlying issues are still the same. The players look like crap.

I only play Franchise.

Ended up going back to NHL 20 when I realized that X-Factors pretty much mean nothing in simmed games and its all you need to maniuplate to get +5 across all Chem lines. I prefer to sim my season, so I can feel like a real GM. I only play Playoff Game 7, and random games when my scouts reports fall on a game day.

So, yeah, its not as pretty on the ice, but 20 at least let's my fix the small details to my players. I also refuse to manipulate anything other then position (LW/C/RW), look, and the occasional playstyle, like when I got a 26 year old PLY with 72 Passing and Dekeing yet with a 92 Slap and Snap shot Acc.