Be a Pro Contracts and Trade Request

They intentionally made it easy, the EA mods said so themselves. They said that you’re supposed to become a superstar and it’s supposed to be easy mode no matter what. That’s why you don’t have to put the effort in, in a junior season before the draft (Cus they took that out) and that’s why you can’t be sent down to the ahl or juniors, because those leagues don’t exist.
Also yup. There is no trade request option. No news feed option to see trades, injuries etc. The game mode is an empty shell that’s missing core features that won’t be coming back. Such as the vital junior season before the draft.