Hello and thank you for this amazing game and all the work you're put on it.
If that can help you, here is a link to the swiss National League modus for 2022-23 :
https://www.sihf.ch/media/23281/modus-nl-2022-23.pdf
As you can see :
- 14 teams, 52 games (each team against each other x4)
- pre-playoffs for the spot 7 to 10 with the 2 winners to go to the playoffs (best of 3)
- seaon end for the 11 and 12
- playout serie (best of 7) between 13 and 14
- the loosers of the playout play a promotion/relegation with the Swiss league champion (tier 2), best of 7
As for next year too, the foreigner player limit as increase to 6 (!)
In generally, I hope that on FHM9 you will put more emphasis on the europeans leagues (reputations, realistic transfers, link with the youth teams U20, U18, etc.)