Suggestions for NHL 28
Here are my suggestions Be a ref mode Exact arenas,goal songs,goal horns for every leauge (or just OHL,WHL,QHJML,AHL,ECHL) In be a pro you should start in AAA and get drafted by the OHL,WHL,QMJHL then play a full season with ur junior team (optional) Make you own logo for EASHL Play in Warmups(optional) Frist Person mode And this how I think people would start liking NHL more instead of just getting bored of the same game over and over againLine changes
Why are line changes screwed up in franchise mode AGAIN this has been a problem for multiple years now and it makes the game almost unplayable. It shouldnt be that hard to get my line 1 players on the ice at the same time, and I definitely shouldn’t have to re select line 1 like 5 times in order to get the proper players on the ice
NHL 27 Franchise Mode Edit Strategies in menu
Hey everybody. Just wondering if NHL 27 allows for edit strategies in franchise mode like it use to be in NHL 22. NHL 22 was the last game that didn’t grey out edit strategies in the franchise mode edit lines menu. Just curious with the new playbooks that you can change playbooks and edit strategies as well in the menu of franchise mode. Please let me know. I would appreciate it a lot ! 👍😁🎮🏒NHL 27 | Server Updates are LIVE
Thank you for your feedback and comments regarding NHL 27 server-related issues, including ping and matchmaking. They've been instrumental in making the changes we're detailing here. Behind the scenes, we've taken that feedback to improve our server networks and matchmaking systems. We want to share those updates with you; they're focused on improving your connectivity, finding more suitable matchups, and making your online games feel more consistent. North America East Server Expansion We've expanded our dedicated server network to improve regional connectivity and provide a better online experience for players in the area. What's New: A dedicated server location in North America East (NA East) is now fully operational. How Does This Impact You? Players in this region should experience lower latency across all dedicated-server online modes, including: Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT) World of CHEL (WoC) Connected Franchise Online Versus HUT Matchmaking Improvements We've made some changes to how matchmaking works in HUT Ranked to get players into games that better match their skill level and connection quality. What's New: Refined algorithms now prioritize closer skill matching and lower-ping thresholds. How Does This Impact You? You should be able to find matchups within your skill range more quickly, while also benefiting from a better connection when possible. Spend less time waiting in lobbies and more time on the ice. Face opponents that more closely match your overall skill level. Prioritized routing keeps your competitive gameplay smooth and responsive. Online Versus Server Transition We've also changed how Online Versus-ranked matches are hosted and moved them to a more stable environment. What's New: Ranked matches have officially transitioned from Peer-to-Peer (P2P) connections to dedicated servers. How Does This Impact You? This shift ensures synchronized gameplay and provides better stability for both competitors. WoC Matchmaking Changes We've also heard the feedback about team-size balance in EASHL 3v3 Clubs, and we've adjusted matchmaking to address it. What's New: Matchmaking now strictly pairs opponent clubs that have the same number of human players as your squad. How Does This Impact You? The goal here is to ensure clubs face teams of the same size, creating a more balanced experience and helping reduce lobby backouts. --- After these adjustments, we will monitor both data and feedback to ensure they achieve the intended result of improving the quality of your NHL 27 online experience, and we will make further adjustments as necessary. Once again, we want to say a big thank you to everyone who continues to share feedback and report what you're seeing in-game through the EA SPORTS NHL Feedback Portal, along with other social and community channels. All of your feedback has been incredibly useful in helping us identify where improvements are needed, and we'll continue to keep an eye on how these changes perform now that they're live and available to you. -The EA SPORTS NHL 27 TeamBring back this feature immediately!
We love bringing back old features! How about not only re-integrating the GM phone features of NHL 09 - where all the records, goals, and cell phone stuff was — but the GM office where you upgrade staff and even your office decor. It's simple, hilarious and fun stuff. -ticket prices -GM rankings -Player progress reports for morale, ratings, etc -Office rewards: wallpaper, photos, desk, This could all be updated today - i would love to decorate my stupid office and have in-person meetings with the players like Madden and EA FC have. It could also be where you sign players. Look how simple it is, and how much better it is: https://youtu.be/rXqyeVNUTDw?t=260Franchise questions
Is there any chance that the devs would unlock franchise mode? Since there hasn’t been any real updates to the mode in years, why not unlock the mode and allow overrides? I’ve played the mode literally the entire existence of the game. We should be able to override and customize player positions, types and attributes freely during the mode. We should also have the ability to override and customize strategies too. Like we could in previous versions. The devs added so many sick options to the strategies but locked them behind the arbitrary coaches and now playbooks that it’s actually infuriating. Also, playbooks, great play now idea. Very terrible in franchise mode. I want to have control of MY team. (It’s an offline mode give me control) id love to hear from a dev on why we can’t do this. Or why these abilities got taken away. Or if this mode is going to get some actual love soon. It is getting exhausting paying for the same thing and being locked out of the updates yall added.NHL 27 FINAL Facescan LOCKS
Okay,, this is the last time I’m going to bring this up. At some point, enough is enough. Several of us have been pushing this for years across multiple forums. Now that NHL 27 is approaching, we’re seeing an unfinished game mode in Connected Franchise being presented as the feature you’ve spent so much time working on, with the message essentially being, “We heard you, here you go, thank us later.” Honestly, it’s embarrassing, because the mode is so poorly implemented that it’s almost laughable: one season, no draft, no overall changes, no aging, and ultimately very little substance. There’s no meaningful change to HUT apart from coaches, no major changes to BAP, and we still haven’t heard anything about the traditional offline Franchise Mode. NHL is so far behind the other EA Sports titles. Why not take a page from their book? Why not get help from other teams when the technology and expertise already exist within the same company? Hockey fans shouldn’t have to settle for mediocrity every single year. Now to my main point: NHL player face scans. This is my final list and post, and this absolutely should NOT be an issue in 2026. You should be able to deliver this. New players enter the league every year, current players change their appearance, and there is simply no reason anymore to leave players out when it has already been documented that they have been scanned, in some cases, several years ago. How is it possible that players like Christian Dvorak and Logan Stanley still don’t have a face scan in the game in 2026? Give us something. We’ve been asking for this for years. It has gotten better, and you deserve credit for that, but IT HAS TO GET EVEN BETTER. You put Macklin Celebrini on the cover and want to celebrate the next generation of NHL stars, THEN DO IT. Here is my final list. If at least 80% of these players are not included in NHL 27, then in my opinion, this is a failure. Seriously. At that point, I think many of us offline players will start walking away from this game, the only game available for the sport we love. Thank you!EA_Aljo ANA Beckett Sennecke (Already Scanned) Ryan Poehling Roger McQueen (Already Scanned) BOS Fraser Minten Hampus Lindholm (Face Update) Ivan Ivan (Already Scanned) BUF Logan Stanley Zach Benson (Hair Update) Noah Östlund (Already Scanned) Konsta Helenius (Already Scanned) Louis Crevier CHI Anton Frondell Ryan Greene Sam Lafferty Wyatt Kaiser Nick Lardis (Already scanned) Ethan Del Mastro Sacha Boisvert (Already Scanned) Bowen Byram (Helmet Fit Update) COL Sam Malinski Nick Blankenburg Parker Kelly Joel Kiviranta Fabian Lysell (Already Scanned) DAL Wyatt Johnston (Hair Update) Justin Hryckowian Lian Bichsel DET Axel Sandin-Pellikka (Already Scanned) Emmitt Finnie Jacob Bernard-Docker (Already Scanned) EDM Spencer Stastney Colton Dach Joshua Samanski Isaac Howard (Already Scanned) LAK Joel Armia Samuel Helenius Alex Turcotte (Change hair) MIN Danila Yurov MTL Alex Newhook Josh Anderson Alexandre Texier NSH Justin Barron Ryan Ufko Zachary L'Heureux Joakim Kemell (Already Scanned) NJD Timo Meier (Face Update) Dawson Mercer (Hair Update) Arseny Gritsyuk Connor Brown Lenni Hämeenaho NYI Emil Heineman (Already Scanned) Calum Ritchie (Already Scanned) Pierre Engvall Maxim Shabanov Marc Gatcomb (Scanned at the 2025 NHLPA Rookie Showcase) OTT Shane Pinto (Face Update) PHI Christian Dvorak Nick Seeler Porter Martone (Face Update) Denver Barkey Nikita Grebenkin Alex Bump Oliver Bonk (Already Scanned) PIT Justin Brazeau Benjamin Kindel (Already Scanned) Parker Wotherspoon Elmer Söderblom (Already Scanned) SJS Colin Graf (Already Scanned) Igor Chernyshov (Already Scanned) Ty Dellandrea Pavol Regenda Quentin Musty (Already Scanned) SEA Bobby McMann Berkly Catton (Already Scanned) Ty Nelson (Already Scanned – AHL Coachella Valley Firebirds) Jacob Melanson (Already Scanned – AHL) STL Dalibor Dvorský (Already Scanned) Matt Kessel Logan Mailloux TBL Pontus Holmberg Charles-Édouard D'Astous Jakob Pelletier TOR Troy Stecher Steven Lorentz Easton Cowan (Already Scanned) UTA Brandon Tanev Liam O'Brien Kailer Yamamoto Danil But VAN Zeev Buium (Already Scanned) Drew O'Connor Linus Karlsson Aatu Räty (Already Scanned) VGK William Karlsson Kaedan Korczak Keegan Kolesar Jeremy Lauzon Nic Dowd Braeden Bowman (Already Scanned) WSH Cole Hutson (Already Scanned) Hendrix Lapierre (Already Scanned) WPG Isak Rosén (Already Scanned) Brad Lambert (Already Scanned) Rookie Locks – Must Have Must haves & Already Scanned at the NHLPA Rookie Showcase 2024-25 (Documentedj Viggo Björck Alberts Smits Caleb Malhotra Carson Carels Caleb Desnoyers (Already Scanned) Brady Martin (Already Scanned) Radim Mrtka (Already Scanned) Braeden Cootes (Already Scanned) Victor Eklund (Already Scanned) Carter Yakemchuk (Already Scanned) Jett Luchanko (Already Scanned) Adam Jiříček (Already Scanned) Michael Brandsegg-Nygård (Already Scanned) Brayden Yager (Already Scanned) Jani Nyman (Already Scanned) Jack Finley (Already Scanned) Frédéric Brunet (Already Scanned) Konsta Helenius (Already Scanned) Francesco Pinelli (Already Scanned) Bradley Nadeau (Already Scanned) Samuel Honzek (Already Scanned) Goalies Frederik Andersen (EDM) – Stanley Cup Champion, 552 NHL Games Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) Logan Thompson (WSH) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) Jet Greaves (CBJ) Daniel Vladar (PHI) Confirmed Scanned at the NHLPA 2026 Rookie Showcase Carter Bear (DET) Justin Carbonneau (STL) Trevor Connelly (VGK) Andrew Cristall (WSH) Cole Eiserman (NYI, Face Update?) Gavin McKenna (TOR, Face Update?) Roger McQueen (ANA) Quentin Musty (SJS) Bill Zonnon (PIT) Charlie Cerrato (CAR) T.J. Hughes (COL) Cole Hutson (WSH) James Hagens (BOS, Face Update!) Porter Martone (PHI, Face Update!) Sacha Boisvert (CHI) Roman Kantserov (CHI) Kashawn Aitcheson (NYI) Filip Bystedt (SJS)Franchise mode offline
NHL 27 Feedback After Playing Around 150 Games Lines 3 and 4 still don't work correctly. Wrong players are often on the ice compared to the lineup settings. The lighting is still way off. It becomes difficult to see the rink lines and zones, especially towards the end of periods. The CPU becomes unrealistically overpowered during Full Pressure situations. The gameplay feels heavily unbalanced once the pressure system is activated. Goalies often collapse when a shot is coming, leading to unrealistic goals. The goalie animations need improvement. Why can't we edit arenas for league teams? Since many arenas are generic EA Sports arenas rather than official ones, players should be able to customize them. It would be great to edit goal songs, arena visuals, presentation elements, and other features. Right now, the arenas feel very bland and repetitive. Franchise Mode has lost customization options. There is no longer an option to create new jerseys after a season, and arena editing is also missing. Player faces absolutely need improvement. Many player models look poorly created and don't resemble their real-life counterparts. The commentary does not fit the pace and dynamics of the game. It often feels disconnected from what's happening on the ice. Why hasn't Create-A-Team received any meaningful updates? There are no significant new features and not even new logos. This mode has enormous potential but has largely been ignored. Final Thoughts NHL 27 has a solid foundation, but many long-standing issues remain unresolved. The gameplay, customization options, player likenesses, and presentation all need significant improvements. Franchise Mode and Create-A-Team, in particular, deserve much more attention in future updates.
