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@ILR that was an amazing, deep and articulate post. Well said.
Three things have been bothering me lately that I really hope get fixed:
1) To beat a dead horse (out of sheer frustration I suppose), the Goalie starting AI is driving me nuts right now. Kills the realism a bit when teams with a clear number one just roll with their backup almost all year (really, Calgary, Vladar over Markstrom?). Although with how little goalies actually impact the game and how little their ratings seem to matter, maybe this doesn't affect the outcomes a lot but it's just so silly. Plus if I'm GM only I'm stuck with my coach's random and asinine decisions on who to start.
2) This is to echo what was said above by @IRL and maybe seems like a minor QoL improvement, but please, can we see the cap hit of players on most screens somehow? I scroll through trade block or waivers and all the players have a cap hit of $0 (I'm assuming because currently they don't cost anything against the cap of MY team, since they don't play for me?) which is not only useless to know, it makes it very hard to find the fairly critical information of what their cap hit really is. This should be readily available, at the very least on most menus and possibly even on those little popups that have the stats, etc, on them when you mouse over the player's name.
3) Trading is a very empty and frustrating endeavour. It would be really good if there was more interaction with other GMs somehow. I should be able to inquire the price of a player somehow. I'll see the Leafs are shopping Marner, for instance, then try to offer them any amount of my best players only to hear, we want something back for a quality player. I could offer them Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko, Vasily Podkolzin, and a first rounder and they'll still say this. For a guy they're shopping they're crazy over valuing him at that point. It would be a stupid trade for me and they still won't even consider. But that's not even what is mostly bothering me, it's that I should be able to at least ask the Toronto AI GM, what kind of package do you want for this player? Maybe he says, I'll never trade him to you no matter what. Maybe he names some outrageous price. But at least I'd have some kind of a starting point what he's expecting or if there's a chance of a deal being made. Right now it seems a total guessing game. (I am happy that it's very difficult to trade for marquee players - it should be, and I should have to give up one or more high quality pieces for a star player. And some superstars should be practically untouchable - McDavid or Makar for instance. But it would be nice if some players/picks could have the potential to get traded once in a while for a crazy return. Maybe 1st overall pick should just about never be on the table for less than a king's ransom. But the 5th overall pick should be in consideration if a star player in his prime, another first rounder, and a high end prospect and another good young NHLer are being offered. It seems impossible to make some trades even if you offer up your whole team. And there's no feedback to help you understand. If some computer GM just wants no roster players, or nobody over 22, or whatever, it would be good if you could see that or find it out somehow. Anyways, end rant.
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