NHL 26 Franchise Wishlist

Firstly, I’d like to say I appreciate the changes to franchise for 25. I like the new menus and the conversation system, but that’s basically all there is. I love playing franchise, and I REALLY think it could be improved on for 26.

Firstly, this is a huge ask, but it would make it so much more fun: Have eras like the NBA2k games. Imagine going back to 2015 and drafting McDavid, or go to the 90s and trade for Gretzky. It would be awesome and encourage players to keep playing as there would always be new things to try. Obviously I would want the setting just like in 2K to have real events happen, so in 2022 the Kraken join, or in 2020 the Sabres rebrand, etc.

Secondly, I think We need a fix to the trade value system. I don’t know exactly what the problem is, but it’s just not realistic. You basically can’t trade for any top 20 players and costs so so much just for a first round pick some years. Crazy. 

As someone who loves to create teams, I think we need a Team Builder like Madden too. I would love to add custom logos, or new templates or something to make my custom teams more unique and more realistic. I wouldn’t care if this is just for offline as it would most likely be pretty hard to translate into HUT

I think the new conversation system is cool, but I’d like to see some things like allowing me to try and convince players with NMCs to waive and come to my team, or players requesting trades if they’re unhappy.

i think another great change would be to add custom draft classes, this way EA doesn’t have to make them all but they can still be realistic (especially for the ERAs idea) 

I know all these changes won’t come to 26, but I’d love to see some more love given to the greatest mode in the game and what could be the greatest franchise mode in all of gaming.