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4 years ago

Need advice for developing Players

To develop players with Elite/Top 6 potential  I usually:

1. Leave them the minors to develop sometimes

2. Use the AHL

3. Put top players on 1st line in the AHL

4. Make sure they have 70+ point seasons or better

5. Often win the Calder Cup

6. Get A rated head coach with decent teaching, other coaches with A rated coaching.

Despite all this, most of the players I want to develop do not. Many of the x-factor prospects fizzle out and never reach their potential.

What am I doing wrong? Because it seems completely random.

Is development actually possible? Is it all predetermined?

Case study: My prospect Atu Raty was an Elite low, late 1st round pick. He had maxed x-factor abilities, and I was so excited to try developing him and thought this would be the star to build my franchse around. He was on the 1st line of the AHL every year, 80 point or more seasons every year, just killing it. He is now 26, a 77 overall, and rated as a Bottom 6 potential. 

I have had the same problems with Elite med x-factor goalies; they just never develop beyond an 82. 

5 seasons in, I realized that the best way to predict a players growth is to play with fog of war off and check what other teams see their value is in the trade screen. It feels like cheating, and at the same time that I have no agency in trying to develop them. 

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

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