Ok, back from a short vacation and trying to keep up with all the new stuff.
One think I want to make clear (again):
Our project will
not be a new EHM nor will it be OOTP Hockey!
Will it be inspired by both games? Yes, sure. Will it be inspired by the new versions of FM? Sure, I love FM. But ultimately we want to create our own game that will hopefully evolve into a long running franchise.
Just to give you a few ideas:
Online Leagues: love them, added them. -> OOTP
Attributes: will be more like EHM but we added some, removed others and changed a lot of the mechanics that are used in EHM (as far as I know)
News/Storylines: love them in OOTP, added them. -> OOTP
Player Generation: I don't like the Regen system of EHM (for the reasons other posted). We will use a slightly different system that makes it impossible to know the original player.
Edibility: EHM, OOTP, which one should we use?
Scouting: Personally I don't like both systems 100%. Thats the one area we have absolutely nothing done, both as code or as design.
Historical stuff: we would love to add support for historical leagues and we got some great ideas so far so keep your fingers crossed that we can overcome the problems we don't have with baseball (thanks to the Lahman DB in combination with much less and mire direct ratings).