I'm hyped for NHL 26!

Wow! I don't know if I have anything to add. I wasn't going to add quite that much, but no denying most of it is in there. I'll try to think of some other things, however.

• After that aerial view of the arena before the game (mentioned by BigTimeTimJim​ ) I would like some of those hot streaks and cold streaks on each team. Not forced (if no one is on streak, no one is on a streak!), but if someone has an impressive streak or... less impressive slump, it would be cool to see. Included in that start of the game, I'd like injuries listed as well. A lot of information is available in the menu, but sometimes we don't want to stop and go through the menu before jumping in to the next game. It would be nice to get a quick pre-game overview of where the teams are at.
• I wish that the scouting was a bit smoother to work with. I don't know exactly how to improve this, but leaving the scouting in Auto usually leaves some top prospects unscouted and it can't really be trusted. Doing the job properly myself almost require me to create a document outside the game to keep track of what leagues I have good scouts for. I don't know if a similar thing to "Best lines" in Edit Lines (or auto fix like ticket prices and merch) could be a thing, where the scouts are at least put in one of the leagues where they are most efficient or something.
• I wish that the financial stuff would both matter more and be easier to understand. I don't think I've ever intentionally succeeded with such a goal for any of my teams. Somehow, I manage to reach them quite a lot, but I have absolutely no idea what I did (probably just been successful enough with the team's performance). I would want to know more, and if I see that things are not going well with the financial goal, I need to do something to fix it, not just win enough games.
• I would like to choose the direction of the team at the start of the season. Could be part of more media coverage and interviews mentioned in the post above. I might want to rebuild, even if that's not where the team is currently at. It could have an effect on players with clauses, because some might be more willing to leave if a rebuild starts. Currently asking a player to waive a clause feels like it gives a random result (it might not be, but it feels like it). Either way, it feels a bit awkward when a team has a set direction that might not be the direction I want to go. Realistically, it would feel better to do a rebuild if the goal for the team is to rebuild and not to reach the second round in the playoffs and have 22 road wins, all while I tear it down.

That's just off the top of my head, but I could think and write for a day about ideas and suggestions. I try not to ask for too much, although it feels like that is exactly what I'm doing (with some things). 😅 I get that it is very difficult to add things and make sure that they work, especially with an annual release. Looking forward to the release of the game!