What new features do you want to see in FHM9?

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by Flying_Canuck

Right now, I don't see too much benefit to player on-ice decision over the long-term. I have tried it in FHM8 but turned it off after a while. Instead of individual player decision, I'd recommend the developers to think more about "coaching decisions" that we can do DURING games:

This is a very interesting idea, which may have a lot of merit to it.

Originally Posted by DrunkenTeddy

It's also worth mentioning that goalies don't seem to matter as much as people would like. A 2.5 star goalie and a 5 star goalie make only a minor difference to a team's winning percentage from what I've seen.

From my experience, I would agree with this observation. Personally I don't even bother looking for a 5 star goalie. A 3.5 guy will essentially do much the same job.

[boscoJJ]

I would like to add that,Auto League Evolution in Custom Like OOTP would be a pog idea as well

[Greenert11]

My Big 2 Wants is

1. Ability to add AND remove leagues at any time in any game mode. The possibilities for dynasty reports would be endless. Turn the WHL into a pro league in the 1950s to compete with the NHL or in the standard game create a 8 team startup league to compete with the NHL like the XFL or USFL, also the ability to remove the league at any time as if it went defunct needs to be allowed.

2. I think Women's hockey would be an awesome addition, with the increase in women hires in scouts/staff they will need to be added eventually, and having small fully-fledged women's leagues with top talent would be a refreshing experience

Also please let us set up the salary cap/floor to automatically increase by X amount each year on July 1st

[Castleview]

1. Shopping a player - consolidate any responses into one message or screen.
2. Crash-test dummy to quickly view and test jersey mods without having to always edit/modify in a game.
3. Game records - ability to display a chronological list (top-10 maybe) for each record where there are multiple occurences, similar to
the history leaderboard season/career top 100 lists.
4. Individual playoff game records and single season/series/career total records.
5. A league/team/franchise records screen with e.g. most points/wins/losses/goals for & against in a season and all-time.
6. Trade engine responses to actually reflect teams needs and team scouting.
7. AI trades need to meet same acceptance requirements as human trades.
8. Player profile pop-up box to display when hovering over a players name in the players history screen (same as for transaction log).
9. Draft picks in trades to retrospectively update to show which player the pick was used to select in transaction logs and player histories.
10. Ability to edit expected salaries in each league, and for players to gravitate to signing in the leagues with the highest salaries.

[Nickphillies]

Originally Posted by jumpSeat

This is a very interesting idea, which may have a lot of merit to it.



From my experience, I would agree with this observation. Personally I don't even bother looking for a 5 star goalie. A 3.5 guy will essentially do much the same job.

This has been a battle for a few iterations now. 5* goalies routinely get outplayed by 2.5* goalies over the course of an entire season.



Just from my Youtube save here are the prior Vezina Winner:


2021/22: Connor Hellebuyck (ok awesome)
2022/23: Dan Vladar (2.5* and didn't become a starter the next season after winning the Calder the year prior with a 91.9SV% and 8SO cause AI reasons?)
2023/24: Alex Nedeljkovic (3.0*)(Played 62 Games with a 92.0%SV)
2024/25: Karel Bejmelka (3.0*) (Played 56 Games, going 20-30-5 with a 2.70GAA and a 92.6SV% )

[Lord PichuPal]

As I suggest every year, I still want more customizable playoff options. Similar to how it works in OOTP, the ability to set the playoff format however you want. I've waited for years to get a similar format to what the NFL's playoffs used to be (using 12 teams) in the custom game mode, but it's still not available to do that, so hopefully we're getting closer to that being a reality with the changes made to playoff customization in recent games.

And as repeated above by others, adding international tournaments to the custom games would be nice. Same goes for being able to add or remove leagues during your save would be nice. Helps give some extra immersion for when other leagues crop up or fold over time.

[wiggleman83]

I'd like a way to tell your minor league GM(s) not to sign a guy because you intend to sign him and make it more likely that a guy will sign with you if he was contracted by one of your minor league teams the year before since he'd be comfortable staying within the organization

[JMKraus]

I will write what I said in another thread:

I want a full fledged training camp with rookie camp, vets camp, intrateam games, progression during TC and preseason.

I want another way to access previous drafts. A dedicated window. The way it is now is awkward (history - year - draft).

I want a deeper scouting report which describes more the potential instead of putting informations about the present.

I want a more realistic calender: draft day in june not july, etc.

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by Nickphillies

This has been a battle for a few iterations now. 5* goalies routinely get outplayed by 2.5* goalies over the course of an entire season.

Yeah, my first couple playthroughs I invested a lot of resources into my five star 'monster' goalie, only to learn the hard way he wasn't stealing the odd game for me like I hoped he might.

Would be nice to see this ironed out in FHM 9. Strike that, would we positively wonderful!!

[Alessandro]

Originally Posted by JMKraus

I want a more realistic calender: draft day in june not july, etc.

You need to update your own calendar

[JMKraus]

Originally Posted by Alessandro

You need to update your own calendar

I mean for junior teams.

[wiggleman83]

A way to make custom tournaments at a neutral site isn't necessary or that high on my list of wants but could be fun

[Raindrops]

Originally Posted by boscoJJ

I would like to add that,Auto League Evolution in Custom Like OOTP would be a pog idea as well

I would love that Idea well not only for leagues to expand and teams to move but to have teams change the league

[fashett_7]

This might be a little niche, but I'd love there to be an actual consideration of a prospect's league preference. Personally, I enjoy setting a lot of those to college, because I think it's fun to see international players matriculate to the NCAA. But a lot of times they'll still sign a professional contract in their home country at 16 or 17 an nullify that desire. I've also seen multiple instances of higher level prospects playing a single year in the NCAA, then choosing to go sign a contract in UIH, which pays them like $20K a season, which makes approximately zero sense. I know you can't give us control of the NCAA teams, because it's a licensing issue, but if you're going to have them as a legitimate development option for prospects, I'd like to see it be used realistically.

[fashett_7]

Originally Posted by Greenert11

My Big 2 Wants is

1. Ability to add AND remove leagues at any time in any game mode. The possibilities for dynasty reports would be endless. Turn the WHL into a pro league in the 1950s to compete with the NHL or in the standard game create a 8 team startup league to compete with the NHL like the XFL or USFL, also the ability to remove the league at any time as if it went defunct needs to be allowed.

2. I think Women's hockey would be an awesome addition, with the increase in women hires in scouts/staff they will need to be added eventually, and having small fully-fledged women's leagues with top talent would be a refreshing experience

Also please let us set up the salary cap/floor to automatically increase by X amount each year on July 1st

Hard agree on the women's leagues. Having the ability to run a franchise in the SDHL, or Naisten Liiga, or the PHF would make this an instant purchase for me.

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by fashett_7

Hard agree on the women's leagues. Having the ability to run a franchise in the SDHL, or Naisten Liiga, or the PHF would make this an instant purchase for me.

+1 from me. I'd be very happy to see women's hockey included.

[alko]

Originally Posted by jumpSeat

+1 from me. I'd be very happy to see women's hockey included.

But how? Separate? Or together with mans hockey?

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by alko

But how? Separate? Or together with mans hockey?

I was thinking separate leagues, just like in real life.

[sgrondin98]

Hi i know i already ask for this but if FHM can have a utility or something like Statslab from baseball it would be awesome.

I wish you could only upload all your csv files to a server and everything is update automatic it could be awesome.

I wish i could have something like this:

https://www.eshl.ca/IndividualLeaders.php

I know its with another simulator but im pretty sure its possible to do with FHM.

[Lord PichuPal]

Originally Posted by JMKraus

I mean for junior teams.

The primary reason the draft is in July in-game is because July 1st is when the game converts to the next year. Due to the way everything works with the rosters changing over and free agency filings and all that good stuff happening after June 30th into July 1st, it's just easier to set up the league drafts early in July.