Could you please look into the contract issues? Once we you get 5 to 7 years into Franchise, all of a sudden your Low Elite Potential, 3rd line Forwards, who are getting 3rd Line Minutes are asking for 12 to 14 million, while Med Franchise Players, are asking for 10 million, and they've been getting Line 1 Minutes and have 93 overall ratings.Just revamp the logic please?

I have had players who never played an NHL game want 10 million for an extension. They spent 2 seasons in AHL improved enough to make the NHL roster for 3rd season and want insane money as a 78 overall unproven low elite player. It has been this way for several years now.

@johum2886 wrote:@EA_Blueberry as previously mentioned in this thread, Kirby Dach at 87 overall high top 6 potential asking for over 13 million no matter how long the contract after a 72 point season, Barrett Hayton asking for 2.5 million on a contract less than 3 years, 4 or more thereafter. Hayton played half the season in the minors as he broke his leg and recorded 0 points in 3 NHL games when recalled aftere injury. Vitali Kravtsov wanted minimum 4 million after a 22 point, 65ish game campaign which included 22 points in 12 AHL games. Both Hayton and Kravtsov were around 80 overall, I believe 80 and 81 respectivally. These were all in the first year of a Kansas City Franchise after relocating Arizona before starting.In year 2 of the same KC Franchise, Timo Meier wanted nearly 11 million after a 74 point campaign, Roope Hintz asked for over 8 million after 2 55 point seasons - both of these players were 87 overall. Vince Dunn and Jack Rathbone asking for over 5.8 million each after 50 total points in 159 combined games, both are offensive defencemen with mediocre at best defensive stats. Travis Dermott played 7 games and asked for 3 million.In a test Franchise, contracts seemed to be acceptable for player overalls and most likely performance (did not look at all season statistics) in the year 4 offseason.Perhaps broken is the wrong word to describe it, but it certainly does still need to be looked at for the early years, I have yet to go past year 4. Got some word back on why those specific players are asking for more money (Dach, Hayton, Kravtsov etc.). It's because they have potential and know that, so they are going to grow and will ask for more money. Team got word of the feedback here and this thread. They don't consider what you mentioned above a "bug" but took note this is what you all would like to see for future improvements in Franchise. I want to set expectations right here from the get-go. I do not anticipate in changes around this in the current title due to their existing workload, but if anything changes we will let you know right away. Please continue to post examples in this thread you would like to see changes around so we can keep tabs on this forum and continue to ping the team throughout the year.

@EA_Blueberry ok, thanks for the notice.I fully understand the potential aspect of it, but it doesn't make much sense for a player with 7 career points to ask for anything more than a million (in the case of Hayton), likewise with Dach asking for 13 million with less than 100 career points. I wouldn't consider it a bug either as the system seems to be working the way it has been told to, but just might not fully have the logic that it should.Just something for the team to chew on and think about.

Thanks for the update @EA_Blueberry , even if it’s not what we wanted here I really appreciate the honest update. Although I haven’t come across these demands myself yet in 22, I find it pretty strange that it’s not considered a bug as this is from the deep dive in NHL 20. OTHER CHANGESPTS/G Salary Mod - Performance based Salaries; Players who do exceptionally well will ask for a lot more money. In some sims players reaching 100+ points and asks for 10 million dollars, in other sims the same player has sub 1.00 PPTS/G and asks for ~8 million. This should also fix the issue where players who are in the minors and ask for 2M+ without ever playing in the NHL.Teams will now put bad contracts on the trade block to free up cap space if an RFA (Restricted Free Agent) player wants a contract extension and they don't have cap space.So, it sounds like it used to be a problem and was fixed to avoid having contract demands like this, so why would they change it back to what it was before??It also mentions trading players in order to have money to sign RFA’s which I have not seen happen for the last couple of years, some of the AI team's best players still sit out the entire year due to not having sufficient cap space to sign them.

@Beauts90 wrote:@kyl_35 Negative value is something we definitely need to see as it would improve that issue a ton. I’ve also suggested in previous years to allow teams to set cap space as a surplus or want (assuming those matter) as a way to try and help get rid of contracts.I’m wondering how often you guys see the cpu hand out bad contracts? As bad as AI GM’s are, they seem to be programmed to know exactly how much a player is worth. This makes trading for bad contracts in later years impossible as a team will have 10 NHL defenceman and no goalie, but all the d are on good contracts so they have decent value and I have to give up assets to try and help that team if they do need to sign someone. Another part of the issue is players don’t nose dive on the back half of their careers nearly fast enough in the game. If we could get a 28 year old UFA demanding a 7 year contract, and then when he’s 32/33 we start to see him decline into a third line player, then we’d have plenty of bad contracts later in franchise mode.

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grkub
4 years ago
I have had players who never played an NHL game want 10 million for an extension. They spent 2 seasons in AHL improved enough to make the NHL roster for 3rd season and want insane money as a 78 overall unproven low elite player. It has been this way for several years now.
RoscoChronicle
4 years ago
Yeah, EA! Could you hire a guy or two for the Franchise Team. That one part timer just isn't getting the job done. I mean, you only make billions conning the momos with Ultimate Team. But hey, don't count other people's money, right?
IrishOwl
4 years ago
It makes me want to play without a salary cap, but that feels like cheating to me.
Beauts90
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Out of curiosity are you guys playing with morale on or off?
I haven't tested it at all in NHL 22 yet, but I know last year contract demands seemed to be much more realistic when morale was on.
grkub
4 years ago
@Beauts90 wrote:
Out of curiosity are you guys playing with morale on or off?
I haven't tested it at all in NHL 22 yet, but I know last year contract demands seemed to be much more realistic when morale was on.
I play with morale on all the time, haven't tried it with it off
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
@IrishOwl wrote:

Could you please look into the contract issues? Once we you get 5 to 7 years into Franchise, all of a sudden your Low Elite Potential, 3rd line Forwards, who are getting 3rd Line Minutes are asking for 12 to 14 million, while Med Franchise Players, are asking for 10 million, and they've been getting Line 1 Minutes and have 93 overall ratings.

Just revamp the logic please?

Are these players on Stanley Cup winning teams?
IrishOwl
4 years ago
Nope - Its not a Stanley Cup issue. After 10 years into a Franchise, people are asking for 15 or 17 million. The best price you can get for a decent 2nd liner is close to 10 million. I get inflation, but its just crazy.
IrishOwl
4 years ago
@grkub I do both. Morale, plus line chem, plus contract insanity is sometimes too much. But I'll run the numbers to check the differences. Maybe loving the team will make them want less?
J_Sisu13
4 years ago
@IrishOwl I can pretty much guarantee “loving the team” won’t work to get Mitch Marner to accept a lower $ value
heavydutyrammer
4 years ago
@grkub Have you or @Beauts90 or @IrishOwl had any luck with contracts since the patch? The only thing they touched was they supposedly decreased the salary demands from players who had a good season.. wondering if this affecting anything..
I’m assuming the low end players that haven’t played any NHL games are still asking for huge contracts?
I gave up on this game.. it keeps crashing and corrupting save files.. goal syncs.. you know