This Game Desperately Needs the NCAA License

Add both men's and women's. There's not a ton of women's team. PWHL is expanding and literally ALL of the players are coming from NCAA. I would honestly be fine with having #9 LW as my player name. Just give us the ability to develop players from junior > NCAA > pro. And play for a frozen four!

Because a ton of NHL players come from the NCAA and we want as many players and the deepest development simulation in the game as possible?

Look, I get it if you're not Canadian and you don't get college hockey but it's an insanely fun environment that would be incredibly fun to play with in our hockey simulation video game. The reason we play games is to have fun, Cogs. 

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NCAA would indeed be a necessary addition to NHL 27. Now that the best players from the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL are moving to the NCAA, EA should add NCAA D1 to NHL 27. Another necessary new league from North America would be the USHL. I completely agree with you that "EA NHL Divisional Showdown" is a pointless game mode, it's definitely the most pointless game mode EA Sports has added. It would be nice if we could create our own tournaments in the game, like we can in EAFC. Regarding the NCAA, the question is of course whether to then add the men's and women's leagues to the game.

Why does a game called NHL, need NCAA ?