Easy additions? Playable ECHL in CM; PWHL, CHL, & other CM Modes & others.

Hey everyone, 

I'm new on this account specifically to come and share something I've heard a bunch of friends requesting and myself have been eagerly waiting for this to be added. I will say the second idea is a bit more 'could be down in a year our three', whereas the first idea should be doable in the next game.


**First Idea**
The first idea, which should be very easy, is making the ECHL function-able in Career Mode; by that I mean just like the AHL you can assign, develop prospects, set lines, etc. As well can you make it so as the AHL & ECHL team you can sign guys to team specific contracts. So if I'm playing a Maple Leafs save I can have the Marlies sign guys specifically for the Marlies and same with my ECHL affiliate in the Cyclones, (and make it a feature that can be disabled and the GM of that your or your 'Assistant GM' signs them for you automatically for players not interested).

This would make the immersion and layers of depth to a save much deeper for players not to mention allow players the ability to control a full development road for a player and when you have 50 players signed you can have some lower overall prospects play first line minutes in the ECHL instead of on the 4th line in the AHL.

I know a bunch of people, friends & myself have been asking for this (at the very least the playable ECHL side of things) since the AHL was added forever ago. Please bring this to the game I'd love to see it.


**Second Idea**
The second idea I have is to make another Career Mode "branch", by that I mean you have your main NHL team save or you can start one of the following CM saves (put them in order of easiest to introduce into the game asap):

-- "PHWL Career Mode" - Easy enough, you simply take over a PWHL team and look to build a dynasty with your favourite!

-- "International Career Mode" - Like the PWHL, you take over an international league from the DEL, to the SHL, to whichever league you want. Take your team try to build a dynasty and compete for a spot in the Campions Hockey League.

-- "CHL Career Mode" - This would be a career mode where you take over a team in either the WHL, OHL, or QMJHL and develop the team, draft and every 4 yers build a team with the aim of playing in the playoffs and Memorial Cup. 

-- "Minor Pro Career Mode" - This would encompass being the GM of the AHL affiliate of an NHL team, deal with players being called up, requests for whos ready for the NHL, moving players to the ECHL, building a team around prospects and AHL-only guys. You'd also get to do the same with the ECHL affiliate in this mode.


**General improvements**
- Contract/CBA expansion - Things like pre contracts with euro players, Signing bonuses, Minor-only contracts (like mentioned above), NTC's, all sorts of things to make the immersion for us players better. 

- Expanded Stats Tracking - Essentially shows the players HockeyDB stats, so Juniors/Europe maybe? and/or team stats tracking, like record attendences, Top 10 Goal scorers for the franchise, etc. As well as a League stats hub that shows your running totals of players throughout their career; maybe having the ability to search players by name as well would be interesting and see where a player ranks in these stat lists.

- GM connected - This would be awesome to have, me and my cousin and other friends have wanted a mode where we can all grab a team and play or even have both of us control a team so when he's in New Brunswick and I'm in Ontario we can play a Career Mode save as the same team. This feature would be incredible.

-- "Lineup Presets" - A simple quality-of-life feature where you can save a "best lines" configuration and revert to it with one click when players return from injury or international duty. It saves massive amounts of time.

-- Advanced Scouting Filters - Suggest adding the ability to filter draft prospects by birth year, handedness, or nationality. Currently, you have to scroll through giant lists,

-- Trade Finder "Needs" - Instead of random trade suggestions, suggest a "Needs-Based" filter (e.g., "I need a Top 6 RD") to make the AI trade logic feel more intelligent.

-- Add Specialty Events during the season - Throughout the NHL season in CM, the the All Star Break be playable, have the 4 Nations Tournament, IIHF World Juniors (where the PC takes the best players with hidden overalls or ranges and you try to win the WJC) & the IIHF World Championships. (where like in EA FC you can be hired to coach/manage a national team.

-- IIHF Tournaments - For this add the top 2-3 divisions of the IIHF Championship, so a player can sign as the Manager of a Division 1 or 2 National team like the Netherlands and try and bring a team up and compete against the big boys in the main Championship divison. Same with adding the IIHF World Juior Championship, have it where your hired for a country and you get the Mens and Juniors job for the country, then the AI selects the teams from the player U21 pool and hides or makes the overall a range so the players not drafted arent known before being drafted.


Quick final note, I know you devs do a ton of hard work on this game and stuff that us player request that we might think is 'easy' might take 2 years to develop and code but some of these have been things I've pestered a few developers to try and get implemented. So if I could ask for you to seriously consider 3 things it would be:
1) The first idea, the ECHL and development fully integrated within CM
2) The Second idea part where having the PWHL & International CM Modes be easily implemented I'd think the other two i understand taking some time to develop.
3) The Specialty Events, they would help make the year after year a little more mixed up each year, where you can have those 2-4 times a season where you completely forget about your NHL team and try to win something short term.