They added in NHL 22 - World Mens, Womens and Juniors Tournaments, but those modes are unplayable. You play them at most ONCE!!
Because you cant edit rosters before starting, you cant substitube teams going into those modes...
They added in NHL 23 - Custom League, but that mode is close to unplayable.
You get Europeans Teams as AHL affiliates when you add teams when you have more than 32 teams.
You MUST create the extra teams with players and yourself make sure that there won´t be doubles in the Franchise save because of that.
Not to mention that you cant have expansion when you started the save.
The NEW HISTORIC SETTINGS are you for you when you start the save, after that they are LOCKED!
They added new light shows in game presentations, national anthems and glowsticks to the fans.
BUT those doesnt show on every game, you get lucky if you see them.
And for better Game Presentations they FORCED everyone to play every offline game like a HUT game with condensed broadcast settings.