How do you like your Franchise Mode?

For me it really depends on what my motivation to start a franchise is. More often than not I pick a team trending downward with a bare prospect cupboard and I try to build it from scratch as realistic my as possible. 

I always get carried away with draft picks and get too attached to some of my guys so I end up giving away prospects ready to make the jump to the NHL just so they’re not needlessly buried in the AHL. 

a big gripe I have with the game is as the years go on the draft picks get worse and worse. You’ll have guys with a defensive awareness in the low 70’s, but they’re good everywhere else. Or you’ll get guys with an 81 acceleration and 71 speed. I usually give up my franchises after around 8-10 years and then start fresh with a new team or a new concept for the same team.