NHL Feedback & Future Recommendations

Amazing thread here

Been playing since nhlpa 93

Loved nhl on pc
Have enjoyed platform ps2/3/4

Hate the financial cost of online

Been addicted to be a gm/franchise modes

These two previous posts are on point

We the fan base especially classic gm mode players loved how the old school format was utilized
Increasing the franchise within coaching staff spending ...scouting upgrades and facility upgrades ...that's now shifted towards concession sales and ticket sales now and that doesn't help the franchise progression
(Mlb the show coaching / scouting hiring/firing can change a teams development and success rate dramatic ly

Love the relocation feature

Game Play is awesome as far as player detail and animations. Evolution throughout the years have been unbelievable

Celebration and interactions would be appreciated if they had more variety

Love the milestone commentary

Would love to hear Joe Bowen in the game before we loose this icon
Maybe a Hockey night in Canada featuring Don and Ron ???

Really would like to see roster sharing come back
Having a community roster vault, team vault, logo vault and individual created player vault (mlb the show) amazing feature

The classic rosters option for each team would have to be the greatest idea Nhl2k did something close to this idea and it really stood out back in the day
I'm not the only when I say I'd love to see my heros growing up in the new video games of today
I just can't afford to buy them in HUT and still not have them in the game offline ....


I also really like the Merge Rosters feature
It re enters the created players into the new roster update. ...I'd really like to see Edited players be included into Merge Rosters ...it's really time consuming to edited one teams players attributes/position...let alone a league or the entire chl

The player moral is an amazing feature added but it's a bit aggressive. It's very easy to have at least 2 players demand a trade but unfortunately it's all stars never disposable players so to speak...maybe attention towards minor league players wanting nhl ice time is a more common theme than a capitan demanding trades from a Stanley Cup championship team

Individual player training would be a nice feature ...it helps develope players weaker areas or help players snap a streak by concentrating on the areas the players are struggling in


Team practice type was also a great way to develop a team overall
Bag skating , shooting skills, passing drills, breakout practice ...days off on back to back


Team and player goals
A nice interactive tool which keeps tasks in franchise mode and can corolate/contribute to contract years ....

Contract negotiations
Arbitration would be a nice feature to negotiate
Having player goals and team goals would help bring salary expectations to a fair decision

Also having league player comparison involved
In negotiations
Ie if a player wants X $amount ..He should have scored at least X amount of points
The same amount of points as examples
Player#1 pts vs salary
player#2 pts vs salary
player#3 pts vs salary

Finally it be awesome if negotiations could be done anytime throughout the season ...extending a players contract in Feb could improve players and team moral


Would like to see Goalie Helmets be editable
Using the layers feature
Or maybe having 50 custom pre made helmets (non licensed) available in 30 team color variations

Another great improvement would be utilizing nhl and chl scouting reports in regards to north American and European prospects
Hockeysfutures. Com and elite prospects are actually written by scouts across the league and world
Simple A B C rankings in regards to ability and potential in all areas of skills in the game


In all I've played hockey since I was 4 until 18
The EA sports nhl series has allowed me to play hockey late at night after a hard day work and raising kids ..kept me out of trouble many a night lol
It's been a blast growing up on hockey
Having this game evolve is actually insane over 20 years

Just please remember we started together offline
And nobody loves retro players more than retro EA players ....having the legends offline would be epic

And the ability to have a large variety of goalie masks with team oriented colors similar to the goalie equipment added this year ...
And if EA designed them ...There would be no rights or royalties ...And you can't tell me the developers wouldn't have a blast
If not interested let the fans submit

Have a great year
Thanks EA Sports