Awards......

scootermojo · 10-06-2017, 01:03 AM

Don't know if this would be considered any type of bug.....

....but the award voting is, rather, atrocious again. I've done several sims including a historical right now and not one goaltender has won the Conn Smythe despite some insanely impressive numbers (one year, Marc-Andre Fleury who was with Winnipeg went 16-1, 1.84 GAA, 5 shutouts yet Adam Lowry won it with a whopping 14 points and being -1). I don't think I've ever seen a goaltender win the Hart in all 4 version of FHM, either, now that I think of it.

Also, I've seen Gretzky win 3 Selke Trophies (I'm sorry, he was absurdly good....but he surely wasn't "best defensive forward"....ever lol). I don't know what the in-game Selke Trophy voting is based on....but it's obviously skewered majorly towards offensive players for whatever reason because I've seen several other players in real life who were high offense, not really defensive specialists win the Selke. Even in custom leagues I've gotten strange Selke winners....most often players who are among the league leaders in scoring. I know it's happened occasionally in real life (Doug Gilmour comes to mind) but it seems to happen damn near every season in FHM.

And probably the one that I find the most troubling is this scenario: Player A, who plays defense, wins the Hart Trophy.....yet somehow doesn't win the Norris Trophy. I even looked up the real voting in NHL history: every time since the Norris Trophy was first created a defensemen who won the Hart ALSO won the Norris Trophy; and the last goaltender to win the Hart and not win the Vezina was in 1951 when the Vezina voting was different than it is today.

Just a little constructive criticism to help get a more realistic feel in the game, fellas. Still enjoy it....but the award voting REALLY needs to be tweaked a good bit, in my opinion.

10-06-2017, 01:03 AM	#1
scootermojo Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 125	Awards...... Don't know if this would be considered any type of bug..... ....but the award voting is, rather, atrocious again. I've done several sims including a historical right now and not one goaltender has won the Conn Smythe despite some insanely impressive numbers (one year, Marc-Andre Fleury who was with Winnipeg went 16-1, 1.84 GAA, 5 shutouts yet Adam Lowry won it with a whopping 14 points and being -1). I don't think I've ever seen a goaltender win the Hart in all 4 version of FHM, either, now that I think of it. Also, I've seen Gretzky win 3 Selke Trophies (I'm sorry, he was absurdly good....but he surely wasn't "best defensive forward"....ever lol). I don't know what the in-game Selke Trophy voting is based on....but it's obviously skewered majorly towards offensive players for whatever reason because I've seen several other players in real life who were high offense, not really defensive specialists win the Selke. Even in custom leagues I've gotten strange Selke winners....most often players who are among the league leaders in scoring. I know it's happened occasionally in real life (Doug Gilmour comes to mind) but it seems to happen damn near every season in FHM. And probably the one that I find the most troubling is this scenario: Player A, who plays defense, wins the Hart Trophy.....yet somehow doesn't win the Norris Trophy. I even looked up the real voting in NHL history: every time since the Norris Trophy was first created a defensemen who won the Hart ALSO won the Norris Trophy; and the last goaltender to win the Hart and not win the Vezina was in 1951 when the Vezina voting was different than it is today. Just a little constructive criticism to help get a more realistic feel in the game, fellas. Still enjoy it....but the award voting REALLY needs to be tweaked a good bit, in my opinion. Last edited by scootermojo; 10-06-2017 at 01:09 AM.