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Swedishgamefreak · 11-25-2025, 07:10 AM

The AI trading stuff seems to be a little bit better. It still sucks to see Oilers put Evan Bouchard on trade block and trading him every game I start but I guess that is because of salary cap issues. They always butcher their defense to fix the salary cap. They could trade Mangiapane or Frederic but in every game, Bouchard and Ekholm gets traded and that leaves them with terrible defense even though their current outlook is "Win now". I wonder how the AI will be affected when the game gets automatic salary cap increase hopefully in future update. Will AI GMs take that into account too?

Edit: Hmm it looks like the AI roster management still has some issues. They bolster up on some positions and weakens other positions. Example: Rangers traded Adam Fox for Elias Pettersson. Now they have 5 Cs that are 3 stars or more (Miller, Pettersson, Zibanejad, Trochek, Rempe). Their defense is also terrible now, just like with the Oilers.

11-25-2025, 07:10 AM	#3
Swedishgamefreak Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 209	The AI trading stuff seems to be a little bit better. It still sucks to see Oilers put Evan Bouchard on trade block and trading him every game I start but I guess that is because of salary cap issues. They always butcher their defense to fix the salary cap. They could trade Mangiapane or Frederic but in every game, Bouchard and Ekholm gets traded and that leaves them with terrible defense even though their current outlook is "Win now". I wonder how the AI will be affected when the game gets automatic salary cap increase hopefully in future update. Will AI GMs take that into account too? Edit: Hmm it looks like the AI roster management still has some issues. They bolster up on some positions and weakens other positions. Example: Rangers traded Adam Fox for Elias Pettersson. Now they have 5 Cs that are 3 stars or more (Miller, Pettersson, Zibanejad, Trochek, Rempe). Their defense is also terrible now, just like with the Oilers. Last edited by Swedishgamefreak; 11-25-2025 at 07:22 AM.