Controlling your AHL team in online leagues

P.Lehtonen#23 · 05-20-2020, 01:55 AM

Why is this not possible? You can't choose tactics, lines or who's dressed. The AI keeps signing players to play instead of your prospects. It would also be nice to be able to sign and release staff for the AHL team.

It was possible in FHM2, and you could use your AHL team to develop draftees, train them to new positions and tactics. Now it's just hoping they play your guys.

reverist · 05-20-2020, 11:54 AM

I think the idea is that in real life, you're not the general manager or coach of both an NHL and AHL team, so they're going to dress and play who they're going to dress and play. That results in some frankly silly line combos in my opinion. However, I've noticed if you go to the action tab on the roster, you can have the AI setup the organization. Then go to the lines tab, select "action" again and click "Assistant set lines." You can click the assistant setup lines option over and over until you see a line combo you can live with (e.g., one that doesn't inexplicably send your #1 or #2 draft pick to the 4th line or 3rd pairing). This takes maybe five minutes of your time and at least you know for a little while they'll get the development they need.

DrunkenTeddy · 05-25-2020, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by reverist

I think the idea is that in real life, you're not the general manager or coach of both an NHL and AHL team, so they're going to dress and play who they're going to dress and play. That results in some frankly silly line combos in my opinion. However, I've noticed if you go to the action tab on the roster, you can have the AI setup the organization. Then go to the lines tab, select "action" again and click "Assistant set lines." You can click the assistant setup lines option over and over until you see a line combo you can live with (e.g., one that doesn't inexplicably send your #1 or #2 draft pick to the 4th line or 3rd pairing). This takes maybe five minutes of your time and at least you know for a little while they'll get the development they need.

In some online leagues messing with the AHL lines like this causes crashing when the simmer moves forward. It doesn't seem to happen in all leagues though, just some...

05-20-2020, 01:55 AM	#1
P.Lehtonen#23 Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 15	Controlling your AHL team in online leagues Why is this not possible? You can't choose tactics, lines or who's dressed. The AI keeps signing players to play instead of your prospects. It would also be nice to be able to sign and release staff for the AHL team. It was possible in FHM2, and you could use your AHL team to develop draftees, train them to new positions and tactics. Now it's just hoping they play your guys.

05-20-2020, 11:54 AM	#2
reverist Major Leagues Join Date: May 2020 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 312	I think the idea is that in real life, you're not the general manager or coach of both an NHL and AHL team, so they're going to dress and play who they're going to dress and play. That results in some frankly silly line combos in my opinion. However, I've noticed if you go to the action tab on the roster, you can have the AI setup the organization. Then go to the lines tab, select "action" again and click "Assistant set lines." You can click the assistant setup lines option over and over until you see a line combo you can live with (e.g., one that doesn't inexplicably send your #1 or #2 draft pick to the 4th line or 3rd pairing). This takes maybe five minutes of your time and at least you know for a little while they'll get the development they need.