One thing I am hoping for

[erikthered]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Promotion/relegation of necessity means all the clubs in all the leagues are effectively independent organizations. The lower-tier league's teams are not minor league clubs of the higher tier teams, at least, not in any league where the team can be eventually promoted to the top tier.

Right, but will the AHL in the game be able to have the NHL farm system turned off, or will players just be treated like loans, or will there be some other solution? That's what I'm wondering.

[YZG]

Originally Posted by erikthered

Right, but will the AHL in the game be able to have the NHL farm system turned off, or will players just be treated like loans, or will there be some other solution? That's what I'm wondering.

Well, in OOTP, you can decide what league(s) and what team(s) serve as the minor pro affiliates of your top league, if you want any. I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible in FHM.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by Orioles1966

The AHL has too many Mickey Mouse Cities, so some teams would need to move to bigger markets(San Diego,Oklahoma City,etc) for relegation too work properly...

That is something else to consider. Promotion/relegation is used in conjunction with an open league model, which means there are no territorial restrictions. A city can be home to as many clubs as that city can support. This is in contrast to the North American closed league model, in which league membership is purposefully restricted and each member club has an exclusive territory within which no other club is permitted to operate (a territorial monopoly, in other words).