NHL 13

[Hewey]

Are you going full speed when shooting, or do you slow down and cruise before you deke/shooting?

Most of the time I'm at full speed, and to answer the other reply, I do miss with Crosby and Malkin a couple of times too.

[TGWL]

Let go of the up position and slow down before you shoot, see if that benefits you.

[Toe]

I have gotten back into this game, and I am enjoying it more. My Leafs have been fun to play as. Was in 8th for most of the season, but a late winning streak pushed me into 5th. I simmed about 60% of the season, by the way.

Somehow my Leafs swept Washington and Buffalo, then lost in seven to Carolina in the Eastern final.

The Lightning offered a first and second for Bozak, and the Flames (who won the Cup!) offered me a first and second for Joe Colborne during the season. I took both deals. I had the 15th, 28th and 30th picks. At 15, I got Max Domi! Oh, and someone gave me a second round pick for Komisarek!

Then, at the draft, Columbus offered me their 2014 first for Nik Kulemin. I couldn't resist, and Matt Frattin had developed into a good replacement so I took that trade too.

I traded Liles to Chicago for Bolland, then picked up Doug Murray from San Jose as a UFA.

Going into 2013/14, my team looks strong. Cody Franson and Jake Gardiner are both now awesome two way defenders. Here is my line up.

JVR-Bolland-Kessel

Lupul-Kadri-MacArthur

Condra-Grabbo-Frattin

Steckel-McClement-Scott

Gardiner-Phaneuf

Franson-Gunnarson

Kostka-Murray

Reimer

H. Karlsson

Edited February 7, 2013 by Toe

[Cactus Drags]

Me Ellis and Ad played EASHL tonight and it wasn't totally awful!

I don't know if they toned down the horrible skating system or something, but it was a lot easier to control. Now we just have to combat having OVR's in the 50s against teams with 75+'s.

[thewrestlingkid]

one thing i wish they would put in NHL 14 is when signing/resigning guys in GM mode, to be able to include no trade clauses... be more realistic... the ability to maybe save abit on salary, and just alittle more difficult if you try to trade a star

[Vamp]

I hope they put in the half season, which they should never have taken out...

[Maxx]

Who's got this on 360? I want to set up an international teams tournament.

[Toe]

I do.

[Maxx]

I know Dragsy also has this! And Ellis! And AD!

[thewrestlingkid]

anyone that has this for PS3 that is in a decent Connected GM? preferabley one where people are actually active lol, i dont really care what teams are available just looking for a fun one to join, send me a message with the name please

[Mr. X]

Hey guys, I can play Mondays (after 1pm CST till about 5) and Thursday (all day!). We should try to play some more EASHL.

[Cactus Drags]

Every time my interest picks up and I start to play, I'm almost instantly reminded of why I stopped in the first place. EASHL matchmaking is just flat out broken. It's impossible to level my player up when our team of mid-50 OVRs keeps going up against teams with 70-85 rated players. The skating mechanic has basically broken the game. The AI goalies are still terrible and horribly uneven (I cannot believe the poor play we have to suffer whilst getting utterly stonewalled at the other end), it's just not fun.

It seems to me like it's another case of an EA studio getting recognition and becoming complacent.

[King Ellis]

Come on, we're so close to our elusive 8th win!

[Maxx]

You need me to hit somebody?

[jase12881]

Every time my interest picks up and I start to play, I'm almost instantly reminded of why I stopped in the first place. EASHL matchmaking is just flat out broken. It's impossible to level my player up when our team of mid-50 OVRs keeps going up against teams with 70-85 rated players. The skating mechanic has basically broken the game. The AI goalies are still terrible and horribly uneven (I cannot believe the poor play we have to suffer whilst getting utterly stonewalled at the other end), it's just not fun.

It seems to me like it's another case of an EA studio getting recognition and becoming complacent.

While I agree with your assessment of goalies, etc., I don't believe the matchmaking is -completely- broken. The problem is how the game determines who to put you up against. It seems to favor ping first, then team size, then whether you're amateur, pro, or elite. Without doing it this way, you'd end up in a lot of laggy games I think. The other team also has to be looking for a game at exactly the same time. It makes matching up a bit of a chore. That said, you should have the option to set your match up options to skill-level and wait for someone of the same skill level to get on if you choose.

The other thing is, the tiers (amateur,pro,elite) are not an actual measure of player skill, so much as a measure of how actively you play. My team, for example, almost never plays anymore, so when we do, we're in amateur and usually get matched up with teams we manhandle until we get a couple wins under our belt. This is magnified at the beginning of the month when all the elite teams are starting over at the bottom, and you get matched up with teams that have "top 10" and "top 100" trophies.

The reason, I think that you're struggling with attributes, is that EA doesn't intend you to play with the base stats. They intend for you to spend money on the stat packs (sniper stat pack for example), until you get to Veteran or Legend and then buy the boost packs. Essentially it's a way to make you pay microtransactions without actually coming out and saying so. Sure, you can refuse to spend the money on the packs, but when everyone else does it, it just means you're playing at a huge handicap.

[Maxx]

Who's got this on 360? I want to set up an international teams tournament.

Still wanting this to occur!

[Cactus Drags]

Aye. Although I doubt I'd get very far with team GB.

[Clawson]

I got drunk last night and traded for Milan Hejduk cause I needed a new 3rd line RW. Sorry Dragsy.

[Cactus Drags]

I'd guess that'd more than make up for Liles and Finger, right?

[Clawson]

I also have Ryan O'Reilly from his contract dispute days. To be fair I actually like Liles. Randy Carlyle is just a dumbass.