FIX PLAYER FATIGUE!!!
My goodness, NHL players are highly conditioned athletes, don't drain them 8 seconds into a shift!! And also, if you're going to fatigue them so fast you have to realize that NHL players are good to ...
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The issue is that the stamina doesn't work well for online play but playing offline (franchise) it does have some realism to it, whereas if you roll 4 lines, not push the stamina all the way to red for any line, utilize dumping the puck and goalie stoppages, the stamina isn't really an issue (at least from my experience after about 55 games or so). It does have some risk to it, where if you keep a line out longer then you should and get their stamina in the red or take too many penalties and burn the stamina of your penalty killers, it can cause more issues overall but that is also how it is in hockey. Stamina for a player is a constant drop and would be tired by the end of the period. I always have one line full or almost full, one at 75%, one at 25% and one less or the same depending on the shift. This games requires more of a balance then 24 did where it was an arcade experience and pushed the speed and stamina well above what a hockey player would have.
At no time in real life would it be possible for all 4 NHL lines to be drained to 25%. For three lines to do that simultaneously then the 4th line should absolutely be back to 100%, regardless how drained they were prior to those three lines going out. That is an issue. Also, as far as changing lines more often…. That would be great if players actually changed when you told them to!! Also, your comment about players not getting to 100% stamina IRL until the intermission…. That’s ridiculous.
