That would still involve having some type of server infrastructure to utilize and I don't see them doing it for the same reason they gave before - numbers (plus we're already super taxed as is).
Unfortunately, all I can really suggest is making an EASHL team or inviting your buddy to play HUT - At least then you can make either a dream team or have a static squad that you can really make your own
We have an EASHL team. I have a HUT team. It's nowhere close to the same thing. Playing a few games to win a division title, and do a playoff run once a month (if we all happen to be home and on during that brief window) is not the same. Building a franchise and playing a REAL NHL season over a couple-game schedule against people from around the world who just glitch goal 90 percent of the time is not as fun. If other sports game franchises can figure it out, why can't NHL? It's baffling.
It's all a numbers game - FIFA, Madden, MLB etc. all have much larger player bases to warrant adding server capacity. Unless they start adding MTX back into EASHL, I doubt that mode will get much better too
