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Originally Posted by Colorado
Very good post, I'm not very knowledgeable about hockey tactics but enjoy reading/learning about it.
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I think the great thing about FHM is that you don't have to be an expert of hockey tactics. The game gives you a clear explanation of what tactics do and who/what they're effective with. I'm not an expert myself, for me it's just a combination of how long I've been watching hockey (early 2000s) and having an old man who played hockey all his life drill his knowledge into my head lol.
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Originally Posted by DFyvie
My philosophy is a bit different.
To me the goalie is my last priority. I'd love to pursue a stud.. but feel a reliable average goalie with great Positioning/Technique can work wonders. I lay most of my focus on having depth down the middle and across the back (good centres and a good top 6 defensive corps).
For centres I usually go for players who have great Awareness/Hockey sense and Positioning. Wingers have to be fast - some can be two-way and some can be pure offensive players but acceleration, agility, and speed are my priorities. I usually try to get centres that can play a 200 foot game as most tactics require a pivot that can play without the puck. Although, if I have an offensive wizard who happens to be a centre then I'll have to make do with him and alter my tactics to accommodate his cherry-picking ways and put him with some two-way wingers so I don't get chewed up.
I'm with you on versatility. It's a long season and you need guys that can play up and down the line-up and also move from the wing, the middle and so forth. I always have a few wingers that have some great centre attributes. They're great on the PK and good to have if a centre goes down with an injury.
I always end up with deep teams with a log-jam of talent on the blue-line. My middle six is usually better than most other teams in the league and a middle of the road goalie that puts up good numbers because of the depth in front of him. I play very basic/conservative 5v5 and am very aggressive offensively on the Power-play. As a coach I am always looking to give the odd guy a game off if his fitness falls below 75%.. unless he's a stud and I'm playing within the division - then it's all-hands-on-deck.
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This is good stuff. I tend to strictly abid by the player tactics I set, but I never thought about tinkering with the unit tactics. I could absolutely amp up the aggressiveness on the PP now that you mention it. I should experiment with giving guys days off on back to backs. I do it for goalies, but I've been too stubborn so far to give skaters days off.
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Originally Posted by tts0
I build my teams around very simple formula. Playmaking center, goalscoring winger and grinding/defensive winger. All 4 lines go that way. Of course, if guys are also 200 feet players thats even better. Defensively its two-way defensmen parings for the most time, but more stay-at-home guys would do here and there. I almost never use purely offensive defensmem as they are more of liability than anything. I might use one as a powerplay specialist if i absolutely have to, but with sheltered minutes 5v5. When it comes to goalies, their ratings dont really matter, so its pointless to go after 5 star stud fo 8-10 mil/yr. A 2,5-3 star cheap guy with decent intangibles can do wonders. Its only a matter of him staying hot rather than cold. I find this formula very succesful. Won Stanley Cup with everyvteam I managed.
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I'm with you on not using pure offensive d-men. Not my thing, the D-men are my last line of defense for a reason. Give me a Lidstrom over a Coffey anyday (although Coffey seems to be an offensive dynamo regardless of age in FHM from my experiences lol)