Questions for FM players
I played 23 with 4 different franchises. In each of them the entire league got progressively worse. MANY players with 75 speed in the draft and they never get faster. By year 7 each time overall team...
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@EA_Aljo @I think another problem is that the players' potential doesn't fall or rise quickly enough. Too many high-quality players in a team inhibits growth. Especially older players, I don't mean those over 33, maintain their potential for too long, even if they play poorly for years. Other criteria should also be taken into account when growing. You can't determine the growth of a defensive defender based on the scoring output. EA should work on this
It's actually logical too. If there are too many star players, the ratings cannot grow because there is not enough ice time overall for them. It's the same with every team in leagues that have too many high quality players.
If a player with top 6 potential over the age of 23 plays primarily on the third or fourth line over a certain period of time, say a year, then his potential would have to fall to top 9 or bottom 6. The same applies to middle 9 players when playing in top 6 positions. Then the potential must be corrected upwards accordingly.
Growth should NOT be determined solely by statistics. By that reasoning only people on the top 2 lines can improve. Tell that to the AVs or the Lightning
I had thought the same so I kept some plumbers on my minor league team. I saw no difference in growth
For me the difference is big. For example, it happens that a top 6 medium player goes from 58 to 75-78 rating in one year without playing an NHL or AHL game with him. As I said, it depends on how many high-quality young players I have in my squad. If there are too many from one potential, they grow very slowly
Thanks, i will try letting them cool their jets in the minors for a year or two. I have been moving anyone 70 or above to the AHL
