Is the game worth playing now? For franchise and be a pro? Are some of you still playing it? I have tried every game since NHL 22 and I didn’t liked it. I was thinking about buying used PS3 in order to play older games like NHL 14 but maybe used copy of NHL 19 is better option to play on my ps5.

Some guys effortlessly get these and I can’t seem
to reliably get them, even in practice mode.
- do you hold the left stick straight down , or down and to the side you want the rebound?
- do you enter a glide before shooting (ie release left stick momentarily)?
- do you just flick up with right stick, or is better to curl right stick to 5/7 o’clock first ?
- any benefit to holding LT before shooting?

Comment on this post if you would like to join, I’m probably gonna be the red wings.

Here’s the discord link for those interested.

https://discord.gg/mhMfjTKGs

The added this in 25 and it was in 26 where you edit lines once and it’ll save at least until the next patch. Now you have to do it before every game no matter what. It was that way during the trial but haven’t tried in weeks and since the game is on sale I might get it but this was so frustrating.

Are they going to be added to the game?

Remember Gm Connected when you could tank, get a high draft pick and watch him grow into a 92ov player. We have a league that gives the same feels with a great core of GMs, and constantly looking to find new guys to add to the strong core. This is a long term league and it isn’t leaving.

Fantasy Drafts (https://puckhog.ai.studio/)
Rookie Drafts
10 season leagues (fast)
Rerates
Free Agents that matter (McDavid/Crosby)
Active
Nobody under 18
Trophies

This is not a vanilla connected league. The commish goes over and above. We’re now in season 3 with 2 recently open teams, and a few more managers l'd be fine replacing with an active member.

https://discord.gg/U9BZUhEXH or dm

I’m someone that hasn’t played a new EA NHL game in nearly a decade (last one they still had the NBC graphics package) and trying to play NHL 27, even on beginner mode, is a frustrating hassle.

The main problem I have is passing. I’m used to the old way of it sending the puck to the closest player, but now, it never sends it to who I’m trying to send it too. I know you can hold down the pass button and try to guide that arrow to the player you want, but by the time I do that, the player I want to send it to had either moved out of position and the puck goes flying to the boards or it gets poked checked away.

I’m not looking to go online or anything, I’m just looking to have some fun in exhibition and season modes and the passing system in this new game is making that really hard. Is there any setting or tips anyone can give me that can either set it up to make it easier or make it make sense so I can just pick up and play the game?

(Also please don’t crucify me for asking such a dumb question. Like I’ve said, I haven’t played in a really long time and the gameplay is very different from what I remember and just looking to try and enjoy the game more)

A few months ago I posted here about a hockey GM game I've been building for the past year. It's inspired by Eastside Hockey Manager, which I used to play on hockey forums with my buddies 20 years ago, and by EA's GM Connected mode. You run an NHL team in an online league with your friends, or solo against CPU GMs.

Since then it's grown to over 2,000 users, and a lot of new features have been added and improved:

* Scouting staff: hire scouts, send them to regions, and their grades sharpen throughout the season
* A coaching staff with tactics: forecheck, line mentality, matchups, power play and penalty kill
* Line chemistry
* Advanced stats: xG, Corsi and a player card with WAR
* Cap timeline, lineup planner, trade trees and injury call-up lists
* A brand new UI

I'd love to see more multiplayer leagues get going. If you don't have a group, there's a board in the game where commissioners post open spots and you can post that you're looking for a league, and we also have a Discord where people set up leagues together.

Would love to hear what you think, especially from people who played franchise mode a lot.

https://gmconnected.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/z3aAuxu7SR

Nice tweener…. This game is straight bs 💀😂

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on a fantasy draft website for NHL 27 Connected Franchise leagues and wanted to share it with anyone putting a league together with friends. My friends and I are trying to do it and figured I’d use AI to help accomplish it for our league.

The idea is to make it easier to organize your league’s fantasy draft and keep track of who’s picking which players.

Here’s the site: https://draft-night-crew.sweetloon20.chatgpt.site

I’d love for you guys to try it out and let me know what you think. If you run into any bugs, confusing screens, issues joining a league or making picks, or anything else that doesn’t work how you’d expect, please drop a comment here.

If you’re reporting a bug, letting me know what device/browser you’re using and what happened would help a ton. Screenshots are welcome too!
Also open to feature suggestions—what would make this more useful for your league?

Just something I’ve been building with the help of AI for the NHL community, so any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

My friend created these custom rosters and I have to say the details are really great. My personal favorite is the 92-93 NHL Roster file. Obviously the Penguins are elite, but being able to play as the Nordiques and Whalers really bring back some memories. Friend or not, I highly recommend checking them out. I believe he’s working on getting them into NHL27 and improving on them even. Cheers!

There are 7 more spots in this active league.

League ID - AH6HJQ7FE

Discord - https://discord.gg/WGrSwKa4C

Teams left - Dallas,LA,Vegas,Winnipeg, Detroit, Colorado, and Boston

Join the league and discord

When video games were new.

It would be awesome to play a normal BAP career--and if you were good enough, you'd earn a spot on a team's all-time alumni team. Then you could go on to a sort of second career, player-locked as your BAP player, on that alumni team.

I’ve played chel since idk 99. Granted they’re still fun and fine but this game is actually so much fun and brought a sense of arcade hockey back that’s been missing.

Go give it a shot!

Title says it all. I need a good hockey fix

If any leagues have any open spots please let me know!

I used to be addicted to NHL games once upon a time, but I haven't really played in the last 3-4 years consistently.

Worth it for franchise? Just how bad are the menus?