NHL 10 General Discussion

[FanIn80]

Ha! Iggy tied with Malkin for 2nd highest in the league. 1pt behind Crosby and 1pt ahead of Ovechkin.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Joborule

Yes, rosters can be adjusted by trades if the commish allows them.

Awesome, thanks!

[ComixZone]

Is fantasy draft available for online leagues?

[Russic]

Pretty cool video from the developers:

http://www.easports.com/blogs/nhl/in...-demo-feedback

Interesting to see how much work they've been able to do based on demo feedback via twitter and message boards. Looks like the tape to tape passing is one thing of many that might get a tweak in the first update. It's impressive to see a dev team being so interactive with the community.

[FoxMulder91]

Originally Posted by TSXCman

hey guys,

the top 8 players of each team overall rating:

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/301702.page

Iginla - 93
Phaneuf - 87
Regehr - 86
Jokinen - 85
Bouwmeester - 84
Langkow - 82
Sarich - 81
Conroy - 80

Also according to this the Canucks still have Sundin - 86..although his contract is apparently 10 million..lol
Comrie has a rating of 83..wtf..hes with the Senators still

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by FoxMulder91

Iginla - 93
Phaneuf - 87
Regehr - 86
Jokinen - 85
Bouwmeester - 84
Langkow - 82
Sarich - 81
Conroy - 80

Also according to this the Canucks still have Sundin - 85..although his contract is apparently 10 million..lol
Comrie has a rating of 83..wtf..hes with the Senators still

Ya the Canucks still have Sundin and no Ehrhoff or Schnieder

I think EA will probly put out a roster update on tuesday or wednesday

[FoxMulder91]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Ya the Canucks still have Sundin and no Ehrhoff or Schnieder

I think EA will probly put out a roster update on tuesday or wednesday

Yea hopefully they do. Also I edited my above post Sundin is an 86 not an 85.
Kessel is only getting paid..0.850 this year lol

[FoxMulder91]

Apparently Hodgson is not in the game..ill try to find out if Backlund is.

Here are some goalie ratings
Luongo 92
Brodeur 91
Tim thomas 88
Mason 83
Emery 83
Nik Backstrom 88
Fleury 88
Miller 87
Kipper 88
Ward 90
Lundqvist 87
Nabokov 88

[Bibtin Tex]

I don't think that Luongo is 4 pts better than Kipper, maybe 1 or 2, and Lundqvist I'd say should have a higher rating based on the past 2 years (I still think Kipper is the best in the league though).

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Is fantasy draft available for online leagues?

No. You start with current online rosters.

[3 Justin 3]

Whats Turco's rating?

[FoxMulder91]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

Whats Turco's rating?

Ill ask for you

Here are some more Flames players ratings

Bourque 79
Glencross 78
Moss 78
Backlund 78
Irving 77

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by FoxMulder91

Apparently Hodgson is not in the game..ill try to find out if Backlund is.

Here are some goalie ratings
Luongo 92
Brodeur 91
Tim thomas 88
Mason 83
Emery 83
Nik Backstrom 88
Fleury 88
Miller 87
Kipper 88
Ward 90
Lundqvist 87
Nabokov 88

Backlund should be in the game, at least at the ahl level, since he played a game for the Flames last year making him an official member of the NHLPA.

[theExpendable]

Just did my preorder today, so stoked for tuesday!

[FoxMulder91]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Backlund should be in the game, at least at the ahl level, since he played a game for the Flames last year making him an official member of the NHLPA.

Ah good point, but yea hes in the game!

[TSXCman]

every year is the same guys... the game is released with FA, and other players not correctly entered, the game is released before that is all settled, and an update always fixed it up right away, and an update at the first day that every team has played (real rosters for every team that way)

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

Is the Be a GM mode more indepth, kinda like MLB09. The dynasty mode in NHL09 is pretty weak in comparison.

Started some Be A GM today. You havew the option to start at NHL Entry Draft (do prospect game first) and do the whole off season, or start on October 1st.

I guess the mode so far has much more depth then 09. You have to play under the rules of the CBA, and the game does have authentic contracts. (Dion, Iggy, ect. are correct length and salary) The trading block and rumors is cool since it gives you an idea of whats out there.

Lets put it this way, I didn't even bother with Dynasty Mode last year at all. This year, I may be into it a bit. The primary reason I'm not into these too big is because I like to play my games and I end up owning the CPU in pretty much any game. So far, I'm not destorying them on All Star level.

[koop]

Are there RFAs?

[Kipper is King]

IGN posted some videos from EASHL games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINb8VPED54

Boardplay changes things quite a bit online! We really have to think about positioning now!

[Joborule]

So I tried some OTP/EASHL:

• Honda ads are everywhere.
• Apprantly the minimum for games now is 3 players a team.
• After doing a game, normal style of play probably would be better route to go then hardcore passing. It's difficult enough to connect passes with players since the aiming is loose enough.
• Open ice hits are going to be tougher since checking is manual.
• Positioning is key. Oh boy if your team is doing bad positioning against a team that knows how to do good positioning, your gonna have a long game.
• Slot cross crease passes aren't going to be easy to pull off. With the D AI of breaking up passes along with pass aim being harder a bit, the effect of that being successful is going to drop.
• Report card shows up each period. So you know if you have to step up aspects of your game.
• Couldn't test voice chat all that much since players on my team didn't feel like talking much. So don't know much about quality so far.