Wishlist for 2023

Im really really  hoping the add the sphl League to the game 

I'm wondering why they haven't the sphl is right below echl sphl  Loans players to the echl all the time . Soo  please can you add sphl to nhl23 soo I can play as my official home town team my nhl hometown team is Chicago Blackhawk 

EA can barely handle the leagues they currently have, but I do agree that they need to add more leagues. SPHL probably shouldn't be above some other leagues however

No helmet option for created players offline

Vintage goalie masks for created goalies offline

Custom season mode where we could change number of teams, games etc

If these three things were added I'd be set for life

Get KHL teams in the game

Let images upload for better team creations and more arena templates

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• Make body checks drain a ton of energy and have lingering effects for the rest of the game. Far too often I see people willing to let their player get absolutely destroyed just to make a pass up the boards with the hope of a breakaway. Let there be some consequences for making this decision."

There should also be some consequences for laying the body check if the checker makes that decision to get out of position and make that play; the person being checked should be able to use that as a strategy and take the hit to set up a play like a pass for a 2-1 or 2-0.  Sounds like you should just defensively play for the poke/pass rather than the body and/or less aggressive on the forecheck/backcheck so you have more bodies coming back on the rush.

 Things like that won't really ever matter because it just promotes you to go around hitting people like crazy knowing you weaken them. Checking is effective when you use it in the right times.  So no to the checking idea.

As for the only wishlist features i care about.

1.) 120fps mode 1080 or whatever

2.)  Crossplay PS5 to XS and PS4 to XB!

3.)  PC version (which would require Crossplay to be a thing)

In my opinion, we need to consolodate modes and leagues, not add more - The base game has been in dire need of ground-up changes for years now.

Hitting absolutely needs an overhaul - In its current state, you can totally smash and a guy and they'll still pick the puck back up. People who only know how to hit are easy to play against since they are normally slow and predictible - Make the risk/reward worth it for both players attempting to out maneuver the other.

If the team doesn't want to ditch last gen, we aboslutley need cross generational play in addition to console crossplay. I highly doubt we'll see a PC version but if, by chance, it happens, I would prefer if there was an option to turn crossplay with them off so I don't need to worry about any mods/glitches.

Does the game even run at 60fps? I'd assume they'd need to completely overhaul the animations to accomodate up to 120 - If you're going that far, might as well opt for 1440p resolution because everyone and their dog apparently has to have that with their new competitive monitors.

Hitting needs revamped.  You can destroy someone and they still get the puck like what was mentioned earlier in the thread.  Id like to see hitting into the bench or even through the glass again like the old NHL days.  Also why are you allowed to go fight someone on a clean check?  I see it happen all the time.. clean check to cause a breakaway and the team hits the fight so there is no breakaway now.  If thats the case the person should get an instigator penalty. 

remove the crazy flashing loading screens.. also remove the banner scoreboard at the bottom and put it back up in corner.  Atleast give the option to do that and not just completely remove it. 

allow clubs with less than 5 skaters to pick the player type of their ai skaters/dmen.  Let me choose the play styles of the ai that will work with my play style. maybe a pool of different ai players to put into the positions you need.  

1- for EASHL- “Join in Progress” option for clubs.   Good lord this needs to be a thing especially since the majority of disconnects seem to be the good ol’ EA Unexpected Error.    This option is long overdue.

2- Custom image uploads for club logos.   Again this is something about ten years overdue.   You police the logos the same way you police the names.

3- FULL jersey design control.   Let me decide what piping goes where, or if I want to use a word mark style logo(again, another questionable absence since the Rangers, and now the Pens have it)

4- Either revamp the RP so that it actually works, tor scrap it altogether.   I’m sorry but it clearly doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to and rewards/subtracts completely arbitrary amounts regardless of who you beat/lose to.

5- Allow us to take more off of certain attributes.   Sorry but as a winger I’m rarely going to take face offs.   I would much rather take ten off those and put it into discipline, or deking.   

6- Better grasping of the rules.   Incidental contact usually doesn’t result in an interference penalty IRL unless it actually disrupts a scoring chance. All these barely marginal interference calls, or trips from the shot block dive where they clip the back of your skate and they fall down...that’s utter nonsense.   That would never get called.   These are supposed to be NHL level pros, they aren’t that weak on their skates.

7- Unless it’s absolutely gamebreaking...you don’t need to tune-ruin the game.   This game was almost perfect on release and has since been tuned into garbage.