Quick questions thread

[BronxBombers]

Sorry wrong thread.

[Bookker92]

Hello,

Do you know when the Champions Hockey League will be added ?
Because I think it is a major interest when we play a European League, and it is often a major objective to be the best team in Europe beyond its national league (like in soccer, basketball etc in Europe)

I think it is already there in EHM for exemple


I would like to know also if you will add some more leagues in European countries such as France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark etc... in order to choose a really small team and have a bigger/longer challenge to upgrade his team at the best level of the country ?

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by Bookker92

Hello,

Do you know when the Champions Hockey League will be added ?
Because I think it is a major interest when we play a European League, and it is often a major objective to be the best team in Europe beyond its national league (like in soccer, basketball etc in Europe)

I think it is already there in EHM for exemple


I would like to know also if you will add some more leagues in European countries such as France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark etc... in order to choose a really small team and have a bigger/longer challenge to upgrade his team at the best level of the country ?

It's currently planned for FHM3.

[lgfrench]

playing through a historical game starting in 1969, Mark Messier does not appear in his draft year and is absent from the game through 1980 season. Should have appeared in 1979 draft and did not.

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by lgfrench

playing through a historical game starting in 1969, Mark Messier does not appear in his draft year and is absent from the game through 1980 season. Should have appeared in 1979 draft and did not.

If you use the Search option, does he show up? He did play in the WHA prior to getting drafted in the NHL, so it's possible he was actually a Free Agent and you missed him and someone else signed him.

[lgfrench]

yup you're correct, Whalers were smart enough to release him right before the 79 draft so he got picked up in the ten days prior to the draft and then St. Louis did not play him in 79-80 so he was absent my search of the league stats

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by lgfrench

yup you're correct, Whalers were smart enough to release him right before the 79 draft so he got picked up in the ten days prior to the draft and then St. Louis did not play him in 79-80 so he was absent my search of the league stats

Glad to hear he's been found.

[Torgonius]

Is there any way to use commissioner mode to edit a player's injury from day-to-day to out?

I had a player (it's in the bug report thread) who supposedly went down for 6 months with an MCL tear, but he was listed as day-to-day.

I tried editing the injury out (made him healthy), but when I tried to add any other injury, it always made it day-to-day. Couldn't get him to show up as out.

[lgfrench]

I have not been able to find a way to keep the training settings set as I have selected them, they keep being adjusted without my input. any help appreciated

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by lgfrench

I have not been able to find a way to keep the training settings set as I have selected them, they keep being adjusted without my input. any help appreciated

Can you check that you don´t have "Setting Training" set to Assistant?

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by Torognius

Is there any way to use commissioner mode to edit a player's injury from day-to-day to out?

I had a player (it's in the bug report thread) who supposedly went down for 6 months with an MCL tear, but he was listed as day-to-day.

I tried editing the injury out (made him healthy), but when I tried to add any other injury, it always made it day-to-day. Couldn't get him to show up as out.

Interesting. You should still be able to send him to the Injury List to keep him out though right?

[Torgonius]

Originally Posted by Adam B

Interesting. You should still be able to send him to the Injury List to keep him out though right?

I could try it. I'm not managing Philadelphia though.

My PC would start throwing batteries or snowballs at me.

[lgfrench]

thanks for the quick reply, I had a bad setting. sometimes I forget what is where. on one of the top settings screens there is a player peak age and peak physical age set at 23 and 24 which seems low to me. they are not adjustable as the up down arrows are disabled, is this as it should be?

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by lgfrench

thanks for the quick reply, I had a bad setting. sometimes I forget what is where. on one of the top settings screens there is a player peak age and peak physical age set at 23 and 24 which seems low to me. they are not adjustable as the up down arrows are disabled, is this as it should be?

Yes. They are only the base values, each player has an individual aging skill that together will control the decline.

[lgfrench]

time and time again, when the day to day lineup is set to assistant, players that should be playing are never dressed. I can go in and put them in for a game then they are scratched. It happens with dmen mainly.

[lgfrench]

it also seems to happen primarily with guys that are picked from the FA list which seems to often be too heavily populated by high end talents. this is during historical games which have kept me at this for the last month since purchasing the game

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by lgfrench

it also seems to happen primarily with guys that are picked from the FA list which seems to often be too heavily populated by high end talents. this is during historical games which have kept me at this for the last month since purchasing the game

The assistant sets the lineup how they feel it to be best. Especially in historical mode (and since you can only dress 19 players), you may disagree with how the Assistant will dress the lineup. They will want some..heavyweights in, because that was the style of hockey of the time (but fatigue and injuries will also play into this).

I think the best thing for you to do is just set the lineup how you feel best and keep it under your control. If not, then the only other thing to do is go drastic and keep promotions/demotions to you, send everyone down you don't want and force the CPU to use the roster how you want.

[crawdad5000]

Just got the game. Been playing OOTP Baseball since 2003.
I'm confused about some of the finance rules in Hockey. Is there a tutorial because the manual barely scratches the surface. Also, when do you claim the rights to younger players and why.
What do the symbols mean next to players names on the roster? TB is trading block, c for captain, a for assistant, but have no idea what (p) means. Are there anymore?

[crawdad5000]

Confused on how the minors in Hockey work compared to baseball.

I let the AI set up my organization to see what would happen in my test league. This is just so i can learn the ins and outs of the game.

I'm controlling the Columbus Blue Jackets and the AI demoted a few guys in my organization from Columbus, Lake Erie (farm team) and Kalamazoo (Farm team). They ended up in Pensacola in the SPHL. In transactions it says they are sent down. Does this mean just because I send a player down from the NHL he may not end up in my Farm system? I'm not familier with how this works in Hockey so some pointers would help. Thanks.

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by crawdad5000

Just got the game. Been playing OOTP Baseball since 2003.
I'm confused about some of the finance rules in Hockey. Is there a tutorial because the manual barely scratches the surface. Also, when do you claim the rights to younger players and why.
What do the symbols mean next to players names on the roster? TB is trading block, c for captain, a for assistant, but have no idea what (p) means. Are there anymore?

One cap to rule them all, one cap to find them, One cap to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Of course I kid. Basically it really depends on your league/when you're playing. The first thing to understand is Hockey is now a Salary Cap league - meaning you have to fill a roster without spending over a certain limit, or under a certain limit. The cap can be seen either on the Finance screen, or on the Roster Screen at the bottom (this way is usually the most helpful though). The Cap wasn't in the NHL until 2005, so it was a little more 'Wild West' then. Previous to that, teams were restricted by budgets imposed by owners essentially, much like baseball today.

The Finance screen should help you figure most things out. The other thing to know is under your personnel tab. You want to have enough Scouts scouting players in the NHL, minor league and junior leagues to give you an idea of a players true value if you want to trade for them or draft them. However you also need coaches to help train your players when they are on your team. So you have to find a balance in how much each person is costing you. For instance, if coach X is costing you 150,000 - you may not be able to afford coach Y. But you could afford coach Y and Z instead of coach X.

As for tags, it's not greatly explained, but I did so in my blog. If you're in the NHL, the only tags you haven't figured out are (P) which means Protected. A player with the denotation does not have to waived when sent down. You may also see (TB), which means Trade Block. Which means you or another team is actively trying to move a player and is more likely to accept a trade offer for that person.

If you play in another league (such as the WHL), you may see the (F) tag, which denotes Foreigner and (OA) tag which is for Over Age. These tags are league specific as their are rules on how many of these types of players one team can have.

As for the last question, players who age 18 (or turn Age 18 by September 15th) are apart of the NHL draft which is held in late June (or July in the Historical mode). If a player goes undrafted or a team lapses their rights, they are free to sign with another team.

Originally Posted by crawdad5000

Confused on how the minors in Hockey work compared to baseball.

I let the AI set up my organization to see what would happen in my test league. This is just so i can learn the ins and outs of the game.

I'm controlling the Columbus Blue Jackets and the AI demoted a few guys in my organization from Columbus, Lake Erie (farm team) and Kalamazoo (Farm team). They ended up in Pensacola in the SPHL. In transactions it says they are sent down. Does this mean just because I send a player down from the NHL he may not end up in my Farm system? I'm not familiar with how this works in Hockey so some pointers would help. Thanks.

The SPHL is a league lower than the ECHL. So it goes NHL > AHL > ECHL > SPHL. I'm not sure why they got sent all the way down, but if I had to guess is they had fairly low stars and needed continued development. As long as you see the player on your "Protected list" (in Rosters), he's still with your organization and you can call him up any time.

But the NHL is fairly scattershot on how development actually works so let me try and give a quick run down here:

Anyone 20 and younger - If they are Canadian, the likely have league rights in the WHL/OHL/QMJHL and have to be sent back to their team if you choose not to keep them in the NHL.

If they are European or American (ages 18-23) - if they do not have W/O/Q rights, or they are not in US Colleges, then they can be signed and put into your minor league system where you feel appropriate. However, they may want to stay in Europe or College and they will continue to develop their. Not a bad plan.

Anyone 20 and above typically ends up in the NHL, AHL or ECHL. The top players play in the NHL. The AHL is typically a development league, and such, the vast majority of players are expected to be under the age 26. You can see the counter again on the team roster. But it's good to mix veteran leadership with younger players. The ECHL you may not use a lot, but it's a good place for a player with potential by little actual skill to start to play and develop until he's ready for the next step.

Anyways, hope this helps. If you have further questions, please ask!