[Updated Prospect and Non-Player Generator released]

Hello everyone, please see the link below for the Prospect Generator. You can use this to seed prospects into your databases. There are instruction inside on how to use it, and I hope it enhances your games if you do choose to use it.

Any questions - send me a message on Discord: https://www.discord.com/users/230886367247204352

File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e6T_5zlcOdv8RdON09KJ8ZAbHY74ah2x

[NHL Teams Not Hiring Head Coaches again after firing a head coach, then firing the GM before a new head coach is hired]

Very common bug, I see it in every save, Couple of screenshots attached. It's 2052 and MTL and PHI hasn't had a head coach since 2022. Currently 11 out of 32 NHL teams suffering from this bug. I assume it's because it's all "future" GM's are hired as GM/Head Coach roles rather than GM's?

 

Uploaded save game - test3.2.sav

 

[Sort of Consolidated Bug Report / Feature Request from long-term testing]

Hi Riz et al.,

I've probably done in the region of 40-50 long-term sims (25+ years) with 1.5 as I look to finalise some of the prospect generation stuff I do. I consolidated my main findings into a list below:

Bugs:
1. ELC's incorrectly sliding a year (I know this one is ongoing)
2. Cap calculation issues (there are still some issues with the cap calculator specific to buried contracts above 1.125m AAV)
3. RFA Arbitration bug we found in NTHL last season (explained below)
4. How AI selects new GM's at NHL level - choosing reputation over ability
5. NHL teams occasionally not hiring HC's and staff (see my other post regarding AI Teams not hiring staff)
6. Fired GM's & HC's getting their reputation reset to 1 - IRL HC's and GM's often float around the NHL after being fired, or become assistant coaches but normally when a coach is terminated they never work again in EHM.
7. Teams not hiring "balanced" coaches - splitting between Goalie, Defence, Forward, as well as conditioning and technique based coaches. General Improvement needed here - easiest way might be to split coach role into Goalie coach, fitness coach etc. roles?

RFA Bug:

1. Oettinger with SJS was RFA eligible for offer sheet and arbitration
2. PHI offer sheeted Oettinger, he accepted
3. SJS did not match offer sheet
4. Oettinger was supposed to join PHI but board cancels transfer
5. Game "reset" the rights and so Oettinger was no longer arbitration eligible as he accepted an offer (but PHI board cancelled it)
6. RFA rights then expire on 1st August, but the arbitration is not done (I checked the news items of SJS, he did not go through an arbitration award process)

Feature Requests:
1. Ability to modify waiver periods (would help in online leagues if in-season waiver periods were 5 or 7 days instead of 1 day)
2. Ability to make waivers only possible during trade window periods (so after TDL - noone can be put to the minors unless they previously passed waivers)
3. Try to have more common philosophies between President, GM and HC, speaking specifically about playing styles
4. Nearly all NHL teams should have Presidents at this stage
5. Ability for NHL teams to hire staff from other NHL teams for "higher" roles i.e. AGM -> GM, Coach -> Head Coach etc.

[NHL Teams not hiring staff]

Screenshots to show:

[NHL Teams not hiring staff]

Hi all,

Running a long term test for PG development and spotted a likely bug. Uploaded "test 2.1.sav" to the Cloud storage.

Nashville and Pittsburgh are so far under the salary cap (44.0m and 32.9m) that they are not hiring staff. Maybe it's something to do with club non-player budget and salary floor compliance fines coming out of that same pot so they think they dont have the budget to hire staff? Several other teams don't have fleshed out non-player rosters, probably for the same reason above but not so bad as the other 7 teams that are under the floor still have cap hits of 50m plus so the compliance fines will likely be less.

 

[With the release of 1.5, the Prospect Generator has been reset and is open for signups]

With the release of 1.5, the Prospect Generator has been reset and is now improved. If you ever wanted to be included in the Database then now's the time. Signup Links below (separated out players and non-players)

Player Form: https://forms.gle/bzLfMGPK7JDE7TLr5 
Non-Player Form: https://forms.gle/GyE1XB9GfCcCCKd19 

Notes:
- Any signups that contain things like rude or unrealistic names etc. will be deleted
- The game will reduce your attributes if you put too many things at a high level, so be careful!
- Players will be set at 60CA, -17PA
- Non-Players will be set at 90CA, -14PA 

[Guide: EDT, DDT and LNC Files]

How do you retain non-players? Coaches etc.

I have their unique ID's.