Prospect development

[MB19]

Hi. I drafted Joe Sakic in 1987. At the time he was drafted he had 0.5 star ability and 4.5 star potential. Upon drafting him, I immediately sent him to my AHL minor-league affiliate. One year later he is still only at 0.5 stars. Should his star rating have improved by now? Is this the proper way to develop such a player?

Also, the only players on my minor-league affiliate team’s roster are the few players I have drafted. It’s not a complete team. And, when I click on my minor-league affiliate I can’t find any indication of how the team is doing, no record, schedule, stats, etc. Am I responsible for staffing the entire minor-league team and if so, why does my team only have a few players on it?

Thanks!
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[eldur00]

Originally Posted by MB19

Hi. I drafted Joe Sakic in 1987. At the time he was drafted he had 0.5 star ability and 4.5 star potential. Upon drafting him, I immediately sent him to my AHL minor-league affiliate. One year later he is still only at 0.5 stars. Should his star rating have improved by now? Is this the proper way to develop such a player?

Also, the only players on my minor-league affiliate team’s roster are the few players I have drafted. It’s not a complete team. And, when I click on my minor-league affiliate I can’t find any indication of how the team is doing, no record, schedule, stats, etc. Am I responsible for staffing the entire minor-league team and if so, why does my team only have a few players on it?

Thanks!
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Some things do not exist or work the same in historical as it does with modern day setting.


For starters, your AHL affiliate or minor team will not play games that you can see, so icing a full team for it would not be necessary. If you hover over a player you will see that it generates stats so it can give you roughly a good idea of how the player is "doing", but ignore the PIM stat as there is a bug with the amount of generated PIMs in non playing or non existing leagues where players accrue too much (that was mentioned by a dev a while back).



As for Sakic's development, make sure you have an assistant coach set to do the training, with good ratings. Just having the assistant coach is not enough, you need to assign him to the desired trainings.


Players can sometimes take a season or two to develop. Also make sure you check the monthly reports to see the progress of the player. A guy like Sakic should have a bunch of "+" in a lot of categories. If you see barely any growth there, you might want to check your assistant coach.

[croatian]

Originally Posted by MB19

Hi. I drafted Joe Sakic in 1987. At the time he was drafted he had 0.5 star ability and 4.5 star potential. Upon drafting him, I immediately sent him to my AHL minor-league affiliate. One year later he is still only at 0.5 stars. Should his star rating have improved by now? Is this the proper way to develop such a player?

Also, the only players on my minor-league affiliate team’s roster are the few players I have drafted. It’s not a complete team. And, when I click on my minor-league affiliate I can’t find any indication of how the team is doing, no record, schedule, stats, etc. Am I responsible for staffing the entire minor-league team and if so, why does my team only have a few players on it?

Thanks!
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Do you use FHM development engine in historical game or game recaulculates attributes from season to season (as it was in real life) ?

[MB19]

Originally Posted by croatian

Do you use FHM development engine in historical game or game recaulculates attributes from season to season (as it was in real life) ?

Hmm. Good question and I am not sure. How would I set this up and which should I use?

[MB19]

Originally Posted by eldur00

Some things do not exist or work the same in historical as it does with modern day setting.


For starters, your AHL affiliate or minor team will not play games that you can see, so icing a full team for it would not be necessary. If you hover over a player you will see that it generates stats so it can give you roughly a good idea of how the player is "doing", but ignore the PIM stat as there is a bug with the amount of generated PIMs in non playing or non existing leagues where players accrue too much (that was mentioned by a dev a while back).

As for Sakic's development, make sure you have an assistant coach set to do the training, with good ratings. Just having the assistant coach is not enough, you need to assign him to the desired trainings.

Players can sometimes take a season or two to develop. Also make sure you check the monthly reports to see the progress of the player. A guy like Sakic should have a bunch of "+" in a lot of categories. If you see barely any growth there, you might want to check your assistant coach.

This is super helpful and thank you! A couple of questions:

-I set the training myself, which is confusing. I can only add training for players on my NHL team - not for prospects. How to I set it so that an assistant takes over the training? Also, when I do set training, it only seems to last for a few games, then when I go back to the "training" screen all the training check-boxes have reverted to unchecked.

-Re Sakic, I don't see the "+" to which you are referring. Could you please elaborate?

Thank you!

[croatian]

Originally Posted by MB19

Hmm. Good question and I am not sure. How would I set this up and which should I use?

You set this up prior to starting historical game. Which should you use is up to you. Personally, I am using re-calculate engine, I don't want to see some ex-star turn into bust

[MB19]

Originally Posted by croatian

You set this up prior to starting historical game. Which should you use is up to you. Personally, I am using re-calculate engine, I don't want to see some ex-star turn into bust

How do I know which one I have chosen? Is it too late to change it now?

If it helps, I think I am in Historical Challenge Mode (?). I chose the NY Islanders 1983-1984 season (drive for 5th cup). I'm now several seasons in.

I've acquired some great talent so hope I haven't messed up their development too badly.

[croatian]

Originally Posted by MB19

How do I know which one I have chosen? Is it too late to change it now?

If it helps, I think I am in Historical Challenge Mode (?). I chose the NY Islanders 1983-1984 season (drive for 5th cup). I'm now several seasons in.

I've acquired some great talent so hope I haven't messed up their development too badly.

Don't think you can choose between FHM development and not if you play Historical challenges (but I am not sure).

You should know it by getting monthly development reports in your inbox.

[MB19]

Originally Posted by croatian

Don't think you can choose between FHM development and not if you play Historical challenges (but I am not sure).

You should know it by getting monthly development reports in your inbox.

Ah. Good to know. I do receive periodic development reports (they don't say much - just "the following prospects are progressing" or something similar, but no ratings or specific development date).

Thanks!