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Originally Posted by Ashasx

I pretty much edit all the prospects before I start my GM mode (at least, I did in NHL 12).

In NHL 12, I couldn't seem to get unedited players like Reinhart, Ferland, etc., even players like Baertschi, to develop to what I'd consider their full potential. I'll admit, it bothers me when the guy in that video was mocking our limited prospect pool.

I would bring Sven up to around an 80 (which was pretty mediocre still in NHL 12) and adjust his potential so that he could be more than a 4th line player. I did this with Brodie, Reinhart, Ferland, Brossoit, Irving... anyone who I'd consider among our top prospects. This way, I could eventually use them, instead of having them rot on the Heat.

I don't know if I was playing the wrong way, but even when I picked 1st overall, I couldn't get that player to be a good NHLer.

I don't know how much it's changed in this game, or again, if I've been doing it wrong all the time... but thee way the guy has described in the video, by tanking with your top prospects playing first line minutes... that doesn't seem authentic to me.

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Can anyone tell me how developing prospects in the NHL compares to leaving them in the AHL?

In 12 I found that they had to be at least a B for them to hit the mid 80's and you had to have them on the 1st line for them to develop properly. When I was playing I would only look for B's the B-'s were pointless. With A's, you could easily get them to the mid 90's but it does take a few years. I believe with just tossing them in the NHL they do go up a bit faster but your team is gonna be awful for a few years lol. My guys when I played, I usually waited until they were at least an 80 before i brought them up to the NHL. But now that I'm thinking about it, I've had similar problems with bartschi. I think I got him to hit maybe 83.