The drafts after 4-5 years are so thin after first round (this is also an issue for historical mode). I hope they fix that for FHM 9 because it kills my motivation to play it after a couple of seasons. There are also way too many overaged players in the draft in later drafts. I would love to see an overhaul of the drafts and the screen. Take some inspiration from EHM and NHL. More information from the scouts on the screen, maybe a timer like in NHL to give that kind of immersion and also make the AI able to make trades during the draft. It's so boring when you as the human GM is the only one making trades to move up or down in the draft.
Outside of that, I would love to see some big improvements in the 2D engine. I still think (and I have voice my opinions about that earlier) that there are big differences between the 2D and the classic engine in terms of points total and how a single player can have completely different careers based on what engine you use to sim games.
Maybe more visual stuff on some of the tactics. Let us see where the players will be on the powerplay. Let us see who will screen the goalie.
A conversation system so you could have conversations with your players and media. Maybe even with your coach if you only have the GM role on the team
Basically what I am asking for is more immersion. Let us really have that experience of being a GM and head coach of a team.
That's what I have been thinking of in terms of FHM 9. I love FHM and have played every single game since the first one.
