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Originally Posted by Mannerheim
Hello, I am having problem with understanding how player stats and tactics affect the matches.
I played one season with Carolina Hurricanes, with very few (not big) trades and won the cup, which felt strange. After that, I tried SM-liiga and sold some not needed players and bought couple of good ones, I had the second highest payroll in the league and ended up in bottom 3, seriously? I tried different tactics, even set assistant to handle it, but no results. Fixed the lines sometimes to try make the chemistry better, but couldn't find any indicator how the lines worked together (except from the reports, which changed pretty much in every game).
How does the tactics actually work and what stats are doing what? Should I have lines with bit of everything or not? 
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Under skater stats 1 - your #1 line should have your best playmaker, your best shooter/skater, and for the third position I choose a physical player who isn't horrible skating to be my first line players and so on down the lines.
There is always chemistry issues, but I've found you have to leave the players together for a while before you see jumps in teamwork/chemistry.
Under Tactics - V Def / Def / Normal / Off / V Off for each line is how you will play while on the ice, I generally play by the players skills, I don't go V Offensive skills with a 12 rated puckhandler/playmaker... Now your competition level determines a lot too. If you are playing a top line, then my lines may play one level more defensive than normal to account for the opposition's skill level. But you will find many varying opinions and you have to find what system works for you and your players skills. A good coach/GM is as adaptable as the team he fields...
