EA NHL 2011 Discussion thread

If possible, I'd like to see a pic or 2 of the oiler's arena

avsfan192 wrote:can you tell me if Kevin Shattenkirk is in the game, if he is he would be on the Lake Erie Monsters

if he is can you tell me his OVR and Potential

He's not on their roster.

huge question.... are there playoff beards?????

on wikipedia and gamespot it says there is

Vancouver Canucks



Edmonton Oilers

Dash wrote:Vancouver Canucks



Edmonton Oilers

thank you

SpezDispenser wrote:Without looking through the entire thread, how does the CHL figure into BAG mode? Can you put your draft pick in the CHL, then follow him to the AHL, then to the NHL for example?

And...can you GM a CHL team and move up to GMing an NHL team?

These are deeply involved questions - and I think we'll have to wait for the actual game, but if anyone knows, I'm curious.

I just did this in pre-season, so that's pretty cool. That was after the 4-game pre-season. I also signed and called up Tim Erixon for the pre-season and when I sent him down there was no prompt at all, so I don't know if he went to the AHL or back to Sweden, but I would safely say it was to the AHL.

canucklehead96 wrote:

Dash wrote:Vancouver Canucks



Edmonton Oilers

thank you

Here's something else you might find interesting...

awww sweet thanks bro that should be this jersey

canucklehead96 wrote:huge question.... are there playoff beards?????

on wikipedia and gamespot it says there is

I'm going to say no, based on this:



Took that photo from round 1, game 4 of the SC playoffs. Sid has no beard as you can see, and I looked around at other guys like Guerin, etc and they had no beards other than what they might have had in the first place.

hello dash, may you please post the detroit red wings AHL team players overalls. thank you very much.

do you know if the zombie nation oohhhh oooo ohhh ooo o song is in the game for when a team scores?

what other teams have locked jerseys and if so which one (alternate,away)

can you tell me what team linus omark is on, and what his overall and highest attributes are?

Hey man, came over from the EA boards to ask some questions about the game and found a bunch of sens fans, good deal.

Anyway can you tell us the cost of all the different packs for HUT and if you can trade during the draft in BAGM (not just before each round)

I will answer most of these questions tomorrow, but @ Sensational (re: draft) it's the same format as last year with pre round trades only.

re: Linus Omark, same situation as last years game, he is in the KHL so not in game. If he makes Oilers or goes to Oklahoma he will be in update. I think I have his ratings from NHL 10 prior to the updates when they removed him from the game when he signed in the KHL, I will see if I do and post them if you want to make him.

Just a note about the packs, prior to the server reset, there were a lot more packs available for purchase, a lot of them said "deal" beside them, meaning they were a special deal. They were same price or less than packs offering less cards and less rare cards per pack. Now here's only 4-6 packs. That's all I got for now, check back tomorrow.

EDIT: HUT packs as of Sept. 4, 11:15am

Peewee Pack: Your basic pack of cards earned by playing Hockey Ultimate Team. Contains 6 cards with a small chance at a rare card.
600 pucks

Standard Pack: This is your Standard Pack for Hockey Ultimate Team. Contains 12 cards (1 rare guaranteed plus a chance for a 2nd rare).
2,500 pucks/80MSP

Jumbo Pack: Better value and double the size of a Standard Pack. Contains 24 cards (4 rares guaranteed plus a chance for a 5th rare).
7,500 pucks/160MSP

Consumable Pack:
Consumables only in these limited packs, perfect for growing players and keeping your superstars. (Contains 15 cards with 4 rare cards).
5,000 pucks/80MSP

Free Agent Pack:
Add some talent to your team or hang on to one of your superstars with this pack. Contains 3 cards with a small chance at a rare card.
FREE

Draft Pack:
Add a player to your team and train him with this pack. Contains 3 cards with a small chance at a rare card.
FREE

NHL 11 Demo Tournament Champ Reward Pack:
Congrats on winning the NHL 11 Demo Tournament. Contains 10 cards with 1 rare card.
FREE

NHL 11 Demo Invitation Reward Pack:
Thank you for inviting others to play the NHL 11 Demo. Contains 5 cards.
FREE

Dash's note: After being ripped off once already losing my MSP for the time being, I am not going to redeem the free packs until Sept. 7 as I do not want to risk losing free packs. And Since the last time I checked the store (yesterday afternoon), two new "free" packs were rewarded (the FA and Draft packs).

I have two questions.

Can you make a good broadcast view with the custom camera ?

Are Keith, Markov, Ryan, Bogosian, Johnson(Erik and Jack), Tavares and Hedman have there true faces ?

Thanks for all the info Dash

Dash wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Without looking through the entire thread, how does the CHL figure into BAG mode? Can you put your draft pick in the CHL, then follow him to the AHL, then to the NHL for example?

And...can you GM a CHL team and move up to GMing an NHL team?

These are deeply involved questions - and I think we'll have to wait for the actual game, but if anyone knows, I'm curious.

I just did this in pre-season, so that's pretty cool. That was after the 4-game pre-season. I also signed and called up Tim Erixon for the pre-season and when I sent him down there was no prompt at all, so I don't know if he went to the AHL or back to Sweden, but I would safely say it was to the AHL.

I'm confused about Nemisz. He's 20 years old and should be eligible for the AHL this year. I don't understand why he wouldn't be eligible in the game. Could you try sending other players like that (20 years old, in the CHL last year) to the AHL? Or is there something else about him that prevents him from being sent down?

I'm wondering if it has something to do with players who were in the CHL last year and on CHL rosters in the game, but in reality will be playing professionally this year (20 year olds who are now old enough for the AHL). If so, maybe editing the roster and moving a player from the CHL to the AHL before starting BAGM would make a difference. I want to have Marco Scandella and Tyler Cuma on my AHL roster in my BAGM!

Thanks.

The only thing that's gonna take me some time to get used to is the passing. This one requires the forward to stay stationary to accept the pass from time to time and doesn't have the same feel as 10 - which is probably good, I was pulling off ludicrous air-passes in NHL10.

I find also so far that it's a *little* easier to walk into the zone and shoot - that results in a goal. In 10, I found I could rarely walk in and score from between the hash marks and the blueline.

Also, I notice the shots from the point are more accurate than in 10. And the angles that players can score from can be much more extreme - like almost red line, side of the net.

It's awesome though obviously, same basic engine I guess, polished a bit in the graphic department.