Crashing to dashboard on Xbox in NHL 26
I’ve been dealing with this crash for about 4 - 5 games (NHL 22 -26). I thought it might be fixed finally this year, but no. I’ve seen other reports on this and no solutions. Every 3-5 games (playing mostly HUT) the game freezes and then boots me back to the dashboard. It’s super frustrating considering there’s challenges and rewards given based on going undefeated or wins in a row. Pretty much impossible to play or get anything done in the game. I’m on Xbox series X. I’ve done factory reset, changed my camera angle, done a power cycle… none of these have worked. I don’t know what to do at this point, feels like a waste of money buying the game at this point. [CM - Minor title edit for clarity]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.Game locks on trade screen
I'm in the off-season trying to do trades and get an offer, I will click the right thumbstick to view team info. The screen flashed, doesn't show me any information and then I'm not allowed to leave the trade screen. I'll restart the save, same thing. I'll start a new save, same thing. I can't get past an off-season without this happening.
Invite failed in NHL 25 and NHL 26 on Xbox Cloud Gaming
Hi, I’m having an issue with multiplayer invites in NHL 25 and NHL 26 on Xbox Cloud Gaming. My friend and I both have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. When we try to invite each other in the same game version, we always get the error: “Invite failed.” We tested both NHL 25 to NHL 25 and NHL 26 to NHL 26. The only mode that works for us is World of Chel. In other modes, we cannot join each other. Invites work correctly in other EA games when playing through Xbox Cloud Gaming, so the issue seems specific to NHL 25 and NHL 26. Xbox Support checked their side and said everything looks fine, so they advised us to contact EA Support. Could you please check this issue from the EA side? Thank you.
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.
Equipment manager is for Utah.
Has anybody else noticed when your player on your team? Let’s say gets their first career goal and the puck is thrown to the equipment manager that equipment manager has the Utah hockey club logo on their jacket and not your teams logo? Again, I’m no game developer, but I would think that would be an easy little fix. Also, I’ve noticed the Anaheim ducks goalie mask is on every goalie that is the replacement during the game. Is there a way to fix that as well?another broken update and a horrible menu bug on xbox
I have to ask if EA is competing with Windows to see who sucks at updates more and who has to do more patch updates because again the menu is completely random, bug sets work as they please, etc. sometimes it doesn't add cards with quick add, and cards that have arrived in the set or store, for example, don't reset even though they are already empty, the gameplay is just straight up crap and you have to worry more all the time in the match because my connections are flipping, but in an hour I went to the scrapyard 6 matches when I got a message saying sorry no connection and even in the menus it came up 7 times so please fix everything with one update for once and learn to finally do updates properly, the public version is the main thing, I have already given up hope a long time ago that something relatively intact and not a beta version or a beta version precursor would come out from youNBC/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.