Historical mode : PCHA best players raided by NHL teams

FrenchMatt · 03-09-2022, 06:07 AM

there is a problem for a proper simulation of the NHL/PCHA time period - I already saw i back in FHM 6 I think :

it seems that player of a certain fame level don't re-sign for his PCHA team and sign for a NHL team : best exemple Cyclone Taylor left Vancouver after first year and signed with the Habs. The NHL teams are so stacked with very good PCHA players that a 3* star player is sent down on the farm team (Punch Broadbent in Ottawa for example) and PCHA teams are quite depleted of talent

I guess it is a prestige gap between the two leagues, and PCHA is maybe seen as a minor league by players so they refuse to extend their contracts. I'm no expert on the subject but PCHA should have a prestige if not equal but closer to NHL to prevent this to happen?

JeffR · 03-09-2022, 10:00 AM

Yeah, looking at the real 1917-18 rosters for the PCHA, almost all of the top guys were still there several years later. Most likely, the PCHA teams aren't re-signing guys effectively enough. I'll make a couple of tweaks to the league reputation, hopefully that'll let them hold onto players a little more effectively.

03-09-2022, 06:07 AM	#1
FrenchMatt Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: France Posts: 21	Historical mode : PCHA best players raided by NHL teams there is a problem for a proper simulation of the NHL/PCHA time period - I already saw i back in FHM 6 I think : it seems that player of a certain fame level don't re-sign for his PCHA team and sign for a NHL team : best exemple Cyclone Taylor left Vancouver after first year and signed with the Habs. The NHL teams are so stacked with very good PCHA players that a 3* star player is sent down on the farm team (Punch Broadbent in Ottawa for example) and PCHA teams are quite depleted of talent I guess it is a prestige gap between the two leagues, and PCHA is maybe seen as a minor league by players so they refuse to extend their contracts. I'm no expert on the subject but PCHA should have a prestige if not equal but closer to NHL to prevent this to happen?

03-09-2022, 10:00 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,257	Yeah, looking at the real 1917-18 rosters for the PCHA, almost all of the top guys were still there several years later. Most likely, the PCHA teams aren't re-signing guys effectively enough. I'll make a couple of tweaks to the league reputation, hopefully that'll let them hold onto players a little more effectively.