Why are there players missing from the game? For example, the Habs don't have Kaiden Guhle or Arber Xhekaj and they are not part of Laval or their OHL teams...

Although daily or even weekly updates would be nice, I don’t think that’s quite necessary. I do think there are a few things that are must haves as far as rosters go though. To add to the convo you two have been having, I personally think there is enough evidence to suggest EA does have the player portraits much, much earlier than they are added to the game. If they actually don’t, an automated email set up at the beginning of the year to be sent to teams monthly as a reminder would take no time to set up. We absolutely need the ability to merge our roster edits (or edits from a roster share) with a new EA roster update. Allow us to transfer the changes we made to players to a new roster update that way we don’t have to re-edit every player when important players are added or draft picks traded. Speaking of that, allow us to move draft picks!!!Finally, there is no reason that roster update notes can’t be provided detailing what changes are made with each update.

Its every year the same process. Minimum one NHL game or the AHL Rookies need to sign a kind of waiver form till they could be added. The AHL Rookies who played some AHL games at the end of last Season did it with a PTO ( professional try out ) so not legit to add. For example, Brisson, Helleson and many others. New added black screen Player without a headshot Image are no fun. Expect a good Roster update not before mid, end of November.

@EA_Aljo Every year there is a thread about missing players and every year you gave the same answer. I know that you are totally right on license on some players, but each year there is also situations that prove that issue is not only about license but player who are missing because someone seems to forgert their existance. Take Kaiden Ghule and Ryker Evans. Both player are drafted and signed by their pro teams (MTL and SEA). Both player were in the game in the WHL last years. Both players were know to turn pro this year. But with the first roster in the game this year Guhle is in the WHL and Evans is missing. There is plenty of others exemples. This is not a license missing before their first nhl game this just slopiness on building the roster at launch. Xhekaj and Mysak both sign by MTL and in the OHL in the game last year. Both players know to turn pro this year. But in the roster we have at launch Mysak is in the OHL and Xhekaj is missing. BTW thanks for the good job in forum, I know is should not be easy !

@EA_AljoI found out why so many Players have no headshot Images all the years. Nothing to do with license, you have them all with the NHLPA license you bought. You simply use the Images from one year ago. You also did this Image work for NHL games long time ago, maybe spring every year. Thats why are so many Images missing and many have old pics from years ago. So no up to date work in summer for this, simply old. So once again ..... If your company is to lazy to add current new pics, let us do it in our custom Rosters. Luckily I didn't bought NHL 23.

@Caliboy6262_714 No, no. To force them will bring very small success. I had in player likenesses, headshot images some small success during the years. That last year Zegras and Knights headshot came in later after the release maybe my success. Same as some likenesses of Donato, Kotkaniemi. Never give up to give pressure. I know that they fixed the Hut problem during some hours and ignored all the massive bugs for offline modes. Sorry forgot, they fixed one. lol ;-) They going to destroy the game. Part after part, from year to year. My prophecy that the crossplatform for online will be the next desaster.

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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
4 years ago
@Froommey

We are required to use the images sent to us by the leagues at the beginning of the year. If they are missing an image, chances are good they won't be updated in the current game.
Froommey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@EA_AljoWhat you mean with ,, beginning of the year ,, ? First of January or beginning of the season ? Could you explain me that plz ?
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
4 years ago
@Froommey

Sorry about that. The images we receive before the game is launched.
Froommey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@EA_AljoBut nearly all pictures are from before the start of season 2021/22, sometimes even a season older and not from before the start of the season 2022/23. So this headshots are more than a year or even two years older and can not be the current sent. You also have the possibility to use HUT pictures as portraits for the missing important players till you get them. NHL 23 with old portraits from before season 2021/22 and older are not acceptable. No other sport game doing this. If means for example Sandersons picture will not be in NHL 24 earliest in NHL 25 cause is not at the NHL website now and you always use headshots which was sent a season before and no current sent. Other Sport games also add likenesses during the year in an update. From the NHL Team we got twentyfour this year and twenty are removed cause retirement or playing now in other not licensed leagues. No step forward, every year the same scheme.
Caliboy6262_714
Rising Hotshot
4 years ago
This is probably the one time I will defend EA this year, because calling this years game and roster a disappointment would be way too generous.
Team head shots are done in camp at the beginning of the year. Due to licensing issues EA is stipulated to only use headshots sent to them by the respective league where the player plays.
More than likely EA is getting the current years headshots before players report to camp. That is probably why headshots tend to be outdated or not available
Froommey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Caliboy6262_714 Ok and what speaks against to ask the leagues for missing headshots and to update later ? They updated Zegras in a Roster update later in NHL 22. Some years ago, guess it was the Rookie year of McAvoy there was a big headshot update in January or February. So it is possible. They also can use HUT Images from this players till they have ? By the way, the most headshot Images are made from Getty Images photographs. I think where is a will there is a way. I know for many this is not important, for some yes. But If you do not change the small things and details and ignore customers wishes since a decade the result you can read in this massive negative threads here and elsewhere in other forums and social media. Every company is as good as they listen to their customers wishes, also If its small one.
Caliboy6262_714
Rising Hotshot
4 years ago
Hounding leagues for updated player portraits is probably very low priority for them after release. I mean they can’t even be bothered to add players who have already played in the AHL last year to the roster without a portrait. So they are more than likely not going to make it a priority to add player portraits for players in game. I am not trolling devs so please don’t ban me again. I am just trying to be honest with this user
Froommey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Caliboy6262_714No one will ban you for the truth. Since years I pray here, in other forums, social media about more player likenesses, headshot pictures.
Froommey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@EA_Aljo I took a look in the roster updates you released for NHL 22. Oct.4th, Oct. 9th, Oct. 20th, Oct. 22, Nov. 2nd, Nov. 5th, Nov. 24th since this rosters Trevor Zegras and Spencer Knights headshot images not in. You added them at the roster update from Dec. 8th. So it is wrong that you need to update the Images before game is launched. So it is possible to add headshots for players like Beniers, Boldy, Kent Johnson, Blankenburg, Brink later as the launch date of the game. And yes, they have them oficialy on the NHL website.
Caliboy6262_714
Rising Hotshot
4 years ago
@Froommey I totally get where your coming from, they simply just don’t care about accurate rosters.
Last year Matt Boldy played almost 60 games in the AHL and they didn’t even bother adding him until he made his NHL debut,
Yet, there was a glitch yesterday where you could put any player at any position you wanted in HUT, and they fixed it within a couple of hours,

It’s just not something that anywhere near the top of their priority list. As soon as you accept it the better you will feel.

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