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Originally Posted by JeffR
There was never any decision or direction to make players in Europe "artificially bad" to keep them out of the NHL....European leagues in EHM aren't rated too low, the NHL - specifically the lower end of its pool of players - is rated too high.
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I created a 1974 database for EHM07, and my ratings are in line with EHM's initial guidelines, and even with the Attribute and CA/PA editing I've done the reality is pretty much every European/Russian player with even AHL level talent comes to North America - if you don't make the European/Russian players "artificially bad" they all flock to the NHL
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Originally Posted by JeffR
The EHM abilities/attributes system also made it difficult to model differences in league skill levels
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I've not thought this to be the problem myself, as I thought the issue was "a player cultural/personal decision" that EHM failed to model...IMO IRL many European/Russian players who would be poor-average NHLers choose to stay in Europe/Russia, while in EHM almost everyone comes to North America (regardless of contract types, adaptability, etc)