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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
In NHL '10, it took Scott Neidermayer being rated 76 and a free-agent for a full season before finally retiring. I used to pick him up on the cheap at every trade deadline to bolster the back-end on my AHL roster (so I had a good defenseman and I wasn't giving XP points to players I didn't have signed to a contract).
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Back in the days of 2000 and 2001, I used to pick up Joe Sakic and put him on the 4th line...just for the sake of having Joe Sakic on my team. It was amazing having a Fleury/Sakic/Naslund 4th line (all ~40 years old too!).
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
It was fun, there was tension, it had everything, and no "Come the frack on" game play moments.
It was great, and I didn't need to score 5 goals and lay out 30 hits to enjoy it. Much to the dismay of my agent, my defense man who had been an offensive catalyst and hitting machine through the playoffs registered no points, 3 shots was a plus 2 5 hits and 7 minutes in penalties.
I think EA deserves a well done for that.
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I have to admit, the game would feel like that for me if I didn't have a grinder's mentality while playing. At ~20 minutes a night, I keep ending up with 15-20 shots per game (I just throw it on net unless there's an obvious passing lane with better options)..and the coach NEVER complains I'm not making use of team makes because I'm hitting hard and constantly blocking point shots.