NHL Draft Talent

ajmh · 12-07-2021, 02:53 PM

I think the Junior Leagues may still be producing too many NHL ready players.
I am playing a custom multiplayer game.
Per another thread, settings were adjusted at start to not look at previous years stats in order to produce enough quality players.
I have just started the 3rd season.
The Futures List currently has 10 3 star players, 20 2.5 star players, and 19 2 star players on it.
The talent level has increased significantly from last season, and that season saw significantly more talented players than my first amateur draft.
After the second season teams were still able to draft 1.5 star players in the fourth round and early fifth round, and there had been 3 3 star players on the Futures List. After the first season, 1.5 star players were only available into the third round, and there had only been 1 3 star player on the Futures List.
This has been a problem I highlighted in previous iterations of the game. This problem seems less pronounced than in previous versions, but the talent level still seems to high, doesn't it?
What should be a reasonable expectation for the number of 3 star players in any given year?
In previous versions the amateur talent would drastically decline after a few drafts, but you would then have significant salary cap issues when all the talented players contracts expired in the same couple years.

JeffR · 12-08-2021, 03:05 AM

Looks like it may be starting them a little too highly-rated, I'll see if we can adjusted that a bit.

ajmh · 09-28-2022, 03:28 PM

I am still noticing an issue with this.

I am starting my fourth year of a Custom Game (NHL+CHL+AHL, fictional player, multiplayer) and my third Entry Draft.

CHL player current ability is still really really high.
The Future Prospect list in the Scouting tab lists, has over 20 players who would immediately be able to enter the NHL and be first line players. (2 four star players, and approximately 20 three and a half star players.)

Is there anything that can be done about that?
In future years this will normalize, but it really screws up the custom game for a few years.

Does not including the CHL in the Custom League fix this?
That seems to be the cause of the problem.

When the CHL is created it doesn't have any over agers, and has a large # of 16 year olds. In a few years time these 16 year olds have all improved dramatically, and the entry draft becomes skewed.

I am hoping this can be corrected in FM9.

Let me know.

12-07-2021, 02:53 PM	#1
ajmh Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 33	NHL Draft Talent I think the Junior Leagues may still be producing too many NHL ready players. I am playing a custom multiplayer game. Per another thread, settings were adjusted at start to not look at previous years stats in order to produce enough quality players. I have just started the 3rd season. The Futures List currently has 10 3 star players, 20 2.5 star players, and 19 2 star players on it. The talent level has increased significantly from last season, and that season saw significantly more talented players than my first amateur draft. After the second season teams were still able to draft 1.5 star players in the fourth round and early fifth round, and there had been 3 3 star players on the Futures List. After the first season, 1.5 star players were only available into the third round, and there had only been 1 3 star player on the Futures List. This has been a problem I highlighted in previous iterations of the game. This problem seems less pronounced than in previous versions, but the talent level still seems to high, doesn't it? What should be a reasonable expectation for the number of 3 star players in any given year? In previous versions the amateur talent would drastically decline after a few drafts, but you would then have significant salary cap issues when all the talented players contracts expired in the same couple years.

12-08-2021, 03:05 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,245	Looks like it may be starting them a little too highly-rated, I'll see if we can adjusted that a bit.

09-28-2022, 03:28 PM	#3
ajmh Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 33	I am still noticing an issue with this. I am starting my fourth year of a Custom Game (NHL+CHL+AHL, fictional player, multiplayer) and my third Entry Draft. CHL player current ability is still really really high. The Future Prospect list in the Scouting tab lists, has over 20 players who would immediately be able to enter the NHL and be first line players. (2 four star players, and approximately 20 three and a half star players.) Is there anything that can be done about that? In future years this will normalize, but it really screws up the custom game for a few years. Does not including the CHL in the Custom League fix this? That seems to be the cause of the problem. When the CHL is created it doesn't have any over agers, and has a large # of 16 year olds. In a few years time these 16 year olds have all improved dramatically, and the entry draft becomes skewed. I am hoping this can be corrected in FM9. Let me know.