Indeed... since this is such a major issue though if it is to be fixed it'll be in the monthly update and not in a 'hotfix' like yesterday's patch. Really hoping these developers see this thread and realize that they have left a critical error in their game for a while now. I've been playing nhl 20 for a bit now (playing a fm that I started prior to 21's release) and I have to say it's kinda refreshing having no bugs or glitches that make it unplayable. Honestly, if they just went back and C/P'd last years FM into this years I'd be a happy camper. I can absolutely live w/o the trade deadline gimmick and their new trade values. Anyways, if any of y'all really want to play FM but don't want it to be plagued like this years, I recommend going back and playing 20 if you don't mind the fact that a lot of the players are on different teams. Like I said it's quite refreshing, and it kills time before they fix this issue.
I stopped playing NHL 20 because you can't assign this years draft class to their proper teams due to their age. I then realized that a good chunk of them get traded at the deadline in 21 anyways so having them on their proper teams doesn't really matter. On top of that, EA still hasn't updated these players overall or potential to reflect where they were selected in the draft.
I have been defending EA quite a bit when it comes to updating the players from the 2020 draft so far this year. However, it's been 2 months since the draft and at least 6 months since we had a real good idea of what these players are and where they would be selected. That should be plenty of time to to have these players be more accurate.
@Beauts90 Yeah that is quite annoying how they don't update player overalls. Especially someone like Tim Stutzle who I believe is a 72 overall even though lots of people believe he will be playing on Ottawa's second line this upcoming season. If I recall correctly, I think they start updating those overalls once the season starts. I'm a huge dallas stars fan and was really excited to have Heiskanen on the team in NHL 19 but he too was only a 72 overall until he started playing in the show (then he was upgraded to an 80 overall). There is the obvious loop around in that you can update/change overalls and other things in edit player before you start your franchise, but that can be quite time consuming especially considering that there are so many players with inaccurate overalls. I really don't see them updating the upcoming rookies at all until the season stars though. If you do decide to edit the players, I would probably inflate them a bit due to this player potential bug, as they likely aren't going to grow much.
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