Eric Welsh

Just a thought, but this could add some good depth to the game.
 
Instead of setting up the tactics like we do now, how about hiring a coach who is known to run a specific system.
If you want to run a defence-first trap-style team, hire some kind of fictional Ken Hitchcock. Have fictional bench bosses to represent each of the tactics that exist now.
Imagine re-creating some kind of Broad Street Bullies scenario where your roster is populated with tough players and you have a coach who favours intimidation?
Like you match your players to your systems now, you would sign players to run the system your coach prefers. If you don't, he may not give proper ice time to a certain player, or may even have the authority to sit that player out.
 
And that player would then demand a trade!
 
Like players, you could have upwardly mobile coaches who refuse to re-up their contract after a successful season.
 
You could integrate coaches with the existing 'traits' system. Have coaches who clash with lazy or arrogant players. Coaches who are challenged by the idea of motivating lazy players. Coaches who have a calming influence on nervous or anxious players and coaches who push those same players into mental-breakdown territory.
 
Loving or hating the coach could add another reason for a player to sign or not sign with your team.
 
The coach could also factor into a team's reputation.

Just a thought, but this could add some good depth to the game.
 
Instead of setting up the tactics like we do now, how about hiring a coach who is known to run a specific system.
If you want to run a defence-first trap-style team, hire some kind of fictional Ken Hitchcock. Have fictional bench bosses to represent each of the tactics that exist now.
Imagine re-creating some kind of Broad Street Bullies scenario where your roster is populated with tough players and you have a coach who favours intimidation?
Like you match your players to your systems now, you would sign players to run the system your coach prefers. If you don't, he may not give proper ice time to a certain player, or may even have the authority to sit that player out.
 
And that player would then demand a trade!
 
Like players, you could have upwardly mobile coaches who refuse to re-up their contract after a successful season.
 
You could integrate coaches with the existing 'traits' system. Have coaches who clash with lazy or arrogant players. Coaches who are challenged by the idea of motivating lazy players. Coaches who have a calming influence on nervous or anxious players and coaches who push those same players into mental-breakdown territory.
 
Loving or hating the coach could add another reason for a player to sign or not sign with your team.
 
The coach could also factor into a team's reputation.

Just a thought, but this could add some good depth to the game.
 
Instead of setting up the tactics like we do now, how about hiring a coach who is known to run a specific system.
If you want to run a defence-first trap-style team, hire some kind of fictional Ken Hitchcock. Have fictional bench bosses to represent each of the tactics that exist now.
Imagine re-creating some kind of Broad Street Bullies scenario where your roster is populated with tough players and you have a coach who favours intimidation?
Like you match your players to your systems now, you would sign players to run the system your coach prefers. If you don't, he may not give proper ice time to a certain player, or may even have the authority to sit that player out.
 
And that player would then demand a trade!
 
Like players, you could have upwardly mobile coaches who refuse to re-up their contract after a successful season.
 
You could integrate coaches with the existing 'traits' system. Have coaches who clash with lazy or arrogant players. Coaches who are challenged by the idea of motivating lazy players. Coaches who have a calming influence on nervous or anxious players and coaches who push those same players into mental-breakdown territory.
 
Loving or hating the coach could add another reason for a player to sign or not sign with your team.
 
The coach could also factor into a team's reputation.

Just a thought, but this could add some good depth to the game.
 
Instead of setting up the tactics like we do now, how about hiring a coach who is known to run a specific system.
If you want to run a defence-first trap-style team, hire some kind of fictional Ken Hitchcock. Have fictional bench bosses to represent each of the tactics that exist now.
Imagine re-creating some kind of Broad Street Bullies scenario where your roster is populated with tough players and you have a coach who favours intimidation?
Like you match your players to your systems now, you would sign players to run the system your coach prefers. If you don't, he may not give proper ice time to a certain player, or may even have the authority to sit that player out.
 
And that player would then demand a trade!
 
Like players, you could have upwardly mobile coaches who refuse to re-up their contract after a successful season.
 
You could integrate coaches with the existing 'traits' system. Have coaches who clash with lazy or arrogant players. Coaches who are challenged by the idea of motivating lazy players. Coaches who have a calming influence on nervous or anxious players and coaches who push those same players into mental-breakdown territory.
 
Loving or hating the coach could add another reason for a player to sign or not sign with your team.
 
The coach could also factor into a team's reputation.

Just a thought, but this could add some good depth to the game.
 
Instead of setting up the tactics like we do now, how about hiring a coach who is known to run a specific system.
If you want to run a defence-first trap-style team, hire some kind of fictional Ken Hitchcock. Have fictional bench bosses to represent each of the tactics that exist now.
Imagine re-creating some kind of Broad Street Bullies scenario where your roster is populated with tough players and you have a coach who favours intimidation?
Like you match your players to your systems now, you would sign players to run the system your coach prefers. If you don't, he may not give proper ice time to a certain player, or may even have the authority to sit that player out.
 
And that player would then demand a trade!
 
Like players, you could have upwardly mobile coaches who refuse to re-up their contract after a successful season.
 
You could integrate coaches with the existing 'traits' system. Have coaches who clash with lazy or arrogant players. Coaches who are challenged by the idea of motivating lazy players. Coaches who have a calming influence on nervous or anxious players and coaches who push those same players into mental-breakdown territory.
 
Loving or hating the coach could add another reason for a player to sign or not sign with your team.
 
The coach could also factor into a team's reputation.

My method of scouting the draft class involves inputting their ratings and such into a spreadsheet so I can more accurately compare Player A to Players B, C and D.
It's a bit of a painstaking process the way the prospect list is set up now, where I have to click on the player, then click on 'show all ratings,' then click on 'show all traits'
Rinse and repeat about 250 times.
 
I would love, love, love it if the prospects were presented the way I view my team's roster on the 'ratings' page, where everything is laid out in a cut-and-pasteable way.
 
Even if you're not doing some kind of foolishly labour-intensive process like mine, I think it would help less involved GMs if they could do a bit more eyeballing of the draft class before the draft.
 
I've heard that everything in this game matters, but I don't think everyone is accounting for everything in draft evaluation, because accounting for everything is currently a lot of work.

I would like to see a deeper statistical record tracking stats/rosters from past seasons.
I plan on running my team for a long time and I would like to be able to look back from time to time to see what my roster looked like in season 13/16/18, what the standings were that year, what the stats were.
I currently only see basic win-loss record info.
 
Maybe I haven't found the correct screen yet, but that's something that would interest me.

I would like to see a deeper statistical record tracking stats/rosters from past seasons.
I plan on running my team for a long time and I would like to be able to look back from time to time to see what my roster looked like in season 13/16/18, what the standings were that year, what the stats were.
I currently only see basic win-loss record info.
 
Maybe I haven't found the correct screen yet, but that's something that would interest me.

I would like to see a deeper statistical record tracking stats/rosters from past seasons.
I plan on running my team for a long time and I would like to be able to look back from time to time to see what my roster looked like in season 13/16/18, what the standings were that year, what the stats were.
I currently only see basic win-loss record info.
 
Maybe I haven't found the correct screen yet, but that's something that would interest me.

Hey folks.
I've just taken over as the hockey boss of the Duffield Desperadoes (formerly Oshawa Aztecs).
This is my first hockey simming in quite some time. I was involved in the early days of EHM and Front Office Football, but life and kids and things like that took away whatever time I had for the games.
Now that that there's a good online one, figured I'd give it a try and I will attempt to do the best job possible.
 
Thanks!
 
Eric

Hey. Just wanted to chime in and introduce myself as the new GM of the Duffield Desperadoes (formerly Oshawa Aztecs).
 
Once upon a time I was a veteran of original Eastside Hockey Manager and Front Office Football sims, and thought I'd get back into it with Game Plan. Hit me up with any reasonable trade requests.