Create a Team
Suggestion: More Freedom with Team Logos One feature I’d really love to see improved is logo customization for Create-A-Team. I’m not asking for custom image uploads. Instead, I’d love to see more flexibility with the existing EA assets. For example: More logo categories and designs. The ability to resize logos. Rotate logos. Mirror logos horizontally or vertically. Move logos within predefined placement areas on jerseys. Combine two or more existing logos into one design (for example a mountain with a wolf, or a letter combined with another graphic). Another feature that would make a huge difference would be text-based logos using EA’s own fonts. Instead of only placing a single letter on a jersey, players could use their City Name or Team Name, such as: PORTLAND PIONEERS STEELHEADS with different font styles, outlines, colors and curved text options. These changes wouldn’t affect gameplay at all, but they would allow players to create much more authentic expansion teams and relocated franchises. Thanks for considering the idea!NHL 27 Must-Have Features
⭐ Connected Franchise 👥 Play Franchise Mode with friends, each controlling your own team. 📈 Enjoy full drafts, trades, free agency, scouting, and playoffs together. 🏆 Build rivalries and dynasties over multiple seasons. Connected Franchise alone would convince many of my friends to buy and play NHL 27. 📅 Start Today Franchise 📊 Start your franchise from the current point in the real NHL season. 🏒 Use accurate standings, player stats, injuries, and transactions. 🔄 Keep Franchise Mode fresh and relevant throughout the year. Without Start Today, Franchise Mode feels dead once the real season begins. This feature would keep players engaged all season long. ⭐ Main Message Connected Franchise and Start Today are the two most important features NHL 27 needs. Together, they would keep Franchise Mode alive year-round and bring many players back to the game, including many of my friends who would buy NHL 27 immediately if these features were added.Selectable Referees
I would love to see an option in modes like Play Now where you can select actual refs such as Wes McCauley, TJ Luxmore, Kelly Sutherland, etc and then when a penalty is called it cuts to the camera in front of the scorekeeper box and they have the voice and penalty signal there. Maybe even add some refs are stricter than others on certain calls.
Easy additions? Playable ECHL in CM; PWHL, CHL, & other CM Modes & others.
Hey everyone, I'm new on this account specifically to come and share something I've heard a bunch of friends requesting and myself have been eagerly waiting for this to be added. I will say the second idea is a bit more 'could be down in a year our three', whereas the first idea should be doable in the next game. **First Idea** The first idea, which should be very easy, is making the ECHL function-able in Career Mode; by that I mean just like the AHL you can assign, develop prospects, set lines, etc. As well can you make it so as the AHL & ECHL team you can sign guys to team specific contracts. So if I'm playing a Maple Leafs save I can have the Marlies sign guys specifically for the Marlies and same with my ECHL affiliate in the Cyclones, (and make it a feature that can be disabled and the GM of that your or your 'Assistant GM' signs them for you automatically for players not interested). This would make the immersion and layers of depth to a save much deeper for players not to mention allow players the ability to control a full development road for a player and when you have 50 players signed you can have some lower overall prospects play first line minutes in the ECHL instead of on the 4th line in the AHL. I know a bunch of people, friends & myself have been asking for this (at the very least the playable ECHL side of things) since the AHL was added forever ago. Please bring this to the game I'd love to see it. **Second Idea** The second idea I have is to make another Career Mode "branch", by that I mean you have your main NHL team save or you can start one of the following CM saves (put them in order of easiest to introduce into the game asap): -- "PHWL Career Mode" - Easy enough, you simply take over a PWHL team and look to build a dynasty with your favourite! -- "International Career Mode" - Like the PWHL, you take over an international league from the DEL, to the SHL, to whichever league you want. Take your team try to build a dynasty and compete for a spot in the Campions Hockey League. -- "CHL Career Mode" - This would be a career mode where you take over a team in either the WHL, OHL, or QMJHL and develop the team, draft and every 4 yers build a team with the aim of playing in the playoffs and Memorial Cup. -- "Minor Pro Career Mode" - This would encompass being the GM of the AHL affiliate of an NHL team, deal with players being called up, requests for whos ready for the NHL, moving players to the ECHL, building a team around prospects and AHL-only guys. You'd also get to do the same with the ECHL affiliate in this mode. **General improvements** - Contract/CBA expansion - Things like pre contracts with euro players, Signing bonuses, Minor-only contracts (like mentioned above), NTC's, all sorts of things to make the immersion for us players better. - Expanded Stats Tracking - Essentially shows the players HockeyDB stats, so Juniors/Europe maybe? and/or team stats tracking, like record attendences, Top 10 Goal scorers for the franchise, etc. As well as a League stats hub that shows your running totals of players throughout their career; maybe having the ability to search players by name as well would be interesting and see where a player ranks in these stat lists. - GM connected - This would be awesome to have, me and my cousin and other friends have wanted a mode where we can all grab a team and play or even have both of us control a team so when he's in New Brunswick and I'm in Ontario we can play a Career Mode save as the same team. This feature would be incredible. -- "Lineup Presets" - A simple quality-of-life feature where you can save a "best lines" configuration and revert to it with one click when players return from injury or international duty. It saves massive amounts of time. -- Advanced Scouting Filters - Suggest adding the ability to filter draft prospects by birth year, handedness, or nationality. Currently, you have to scroll through giant lists, -- Trade Finder "Needs" - Instead of random trade suggestions, suggest a "Needs-Based" filter (e.g., "I need a Top 6 RD") to make the AI trade logic feel more intelligent. -- Add Specialty Events during the season - Throughout the NHL season in CM, the the All Star Break be playable, have the 4 Nations Tournament, IIHF World Juniors (where the PC takes the best players with hidden overalls or ranges and you try to win the WJC) & the IIHF World Championships. (where like in EA FC you can be hired to coach/manage a national team. -- IIHF Tournaments - For this add the top 2-3 divisions of the IIHF Championship, so a player can sign as the Manager of a Division 1 or 2 National team like the Netherlands and try and bring a team up and compete against the big boys in the main Championship divison. Same with adding the IIHF World Juior Championship, have it where your hired for a country and you get the Mens and Juniors job for the country, then the AI selects the teams from the player U21 pool and hides or makes the overall a range so the players not drafted arent known before being drafted. Quick final note, I know you devs do a ton of hard work on this game and stuff that us player request that we might think is 'easy' might take 2 years to develop and code but some of these have been things I've pestered a few developers to try and get implemented. So if I could ask for you to seriously consider 3 things it would be: 1) The first idea, the ECHL and development fully integrated within CM 2) The Second idea part where having the PWHL & International CM Modes be easily implemented I'd think the other two i understand taking some time to develop. 3) The Specialty Events, they would help make the year after year a little more mixed up each year, where you can have those 2-4 times a season where you completely forget about your NHL team and try to win something short term.
Bring NHL Games to Nintendo Switch 2
EA, you've missed out on reaching the largest console gaming audience for eight years. Please do not make the same mistake on the highly capable Nintendo Switch 2. If this new console is getting Madden, with 22 moving players, it can certainly handle 12 moving players in NHL. NHL is my all-time favorite game, going back to the original on Sega Genesis. Don't make me continue to buy PlayStations only for NHL games. Thank you!
The limitations imposed on Franchise mode in this game are unacceptable
I'll start by saying that I appreciate that we can use custom teams and team designs, as well as import legends onto a roster for use in franchise mode. This is something that is not a feature in other EA games but should be. That said, there are limitations that make such features not as good as they could be, and also weaken the strength of the mode in other areas. Legends imported to a roster that is then used for franchise default to age 28 and don't get their historical stats at that age. If it is too much for the game engine to track the stats at every age for all the legends and if legends import with no stats to begin with anyways, there is no excuse for not letting us change their ages. Maybe I want to play with Wayne Gretzky or Dominick Hasek for their entire careers. Why can't I set them to age 22? Beyond that, we should be able to edit players in franchise mode. In other sports games users can edit player names, ages, contracts, and ratings inside franchise mode. It is inexcusable that this has been a feature in Madden for over a decade and NHL fans ask for it every year yet it is omitted. Editing all of that stuff is right there in the main menu (sans ages and names for real players) but it is greyed out in franchise mode. Just open that up for editing in franchise. Ages of non-legend real players aren't as important for me to edit in franchise, but names are, and if someone wants to edit ages then he should be able to.Please add pond hockey/winterclassic
Hey EA sports hope all is well. This year for NHL 27 please add either pond hockey or the winter classic. Instead of vs ones, why not use that ice for pond hockey It doesn’t need to be real. Hence that’s why it’s called pond hockey, the creativity , the fun. The Winter classic is long over due, people want it. 2K Sports NHL 2K10 out did you both in POND HOCKEY and WINTER CLASSIC AND THE ALSO ADDED ZAMBONI mini side fun to clean the ice during intermission or you can skip it. It doesn’t take much to make a pond hockey happen. NHL You guys had the winter classic in NHL 12 NHL 13 ,NHL 14 was the last and final time we would see the winter classic. I’m sorry but if you can put all your eggs into CHEL , EASHL , packs . It’s the same thing every year. But add these things that once made NHL series amazing! NHL 14 really had it all honestly if you look back and for the people who are new within the EA sports work environment please go do your homework before you decide to write . Ea you can’t say you can’t add these things because of limitations that’s **bleep** WE ALL KNOW IT, Even you. You make so much off of packs chel etc come on now. Your really telling me you can’t make NHL even better If you can keep going with Chel packs why can’t you add other things #NHL27 #PLAYSTATION #PONDHOCKEY #WINTERCLASSICNBC/TNT/ESPN/Sn scorebugs and broadcasters
NHL 27 would feel so much more immersive if EA added real broadcast packages and scorebugs from networks like ESPN, TNT, NBC, and Sportsnet. Imagine loading into a game and getting different presentation styles depending on the broadcast partner — unique intros, overlays, scorebugs, replay wipes, intermission graphics, and commentary styles. For example: ESPN games could have the modern ESPN hockey graphics and presentation TNT games could include the darker studio-style broadcast look NBC could return with the classic NHL on NBC presentation fans still miss Sportsnet broadcasts could give Canadian teams authentic Hockey Night in Canada vibes Different scorebugs for national games, rivalry games, playoffs, outdoor games, and Stanley Cup Finals would make every matchup feel unique instead of using the same overlay every game. EA should also bring back the intro-to-game atmosphere from NHL 15-19. Those games made matchups feel important with cinematic opening shots, arena flyovers, crowd hype, starting lineup intros, dramatic music, and broadcast-style presentation before puck drop. The newer games feel too quick and arcade-like when loading into games. Imagine: Full opening montages before rivalry and playoff games Dynamic camera shots of warmups and packed arenas Real broadcast intros depending on the network Stanley Cup playoff intros with louder crowds and playoff energy Outdoor game presentation with unique overlays and commentary Presentation changing depending on game importance Presentation is what makes sports games feel alive. Bringing back the NHL 15-19 broadcast vibe combined with real ESPN/TNT/NBC/SN packages would make NHL 27 feel like an actual NHL broadcast instead of just another game. I know this is very hard to pull off due to licensing and will 99.9% not happen but this I something that will bring back players that stopped playing, even if this happens soon like NHL 27+ it will make me and a lot of people happy.