EA NHL 2011 Discussion thread

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.

Passing is very good this year. Yeah it will take time with the timing, but all in all, it is a much better system. A hard pass travelling a short distance might bounce off recipients stick, but very crisp passes down the middle, tape to tape, leading to breakaways still happen. The passing attribute really makes a difference - for the passer and the receiver - in their ability to send a pass and cleanly receive a pass.

The main issue I have had with passing is the sensitivity for the one touch pass. I press RT a lot, like after I pass I press it to change to the player receiving the pass, and by the time he gets it he is passing it off again.

NHL_Fan1787 wrote: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

Can't change the perspective of the camera, only the angle and distance.

Keith - no
Markov - no
Ryan - yes
Bogosian - looks like him IMO
E. Johnson - looks pretty close
J. Johnson - close but I don't think so
Tavares - yes
Hedman -yes

Pooops83 wrote:what other teams have locked jerseys and if so which one (alternate,away)

Columbus Alt. [Locked]

Los Angeles Kings Alt. [Locked]

Ducks Alt. [Locked]

Rangers Alt. [Locked]

Sabres Away [Locked]

Sabres Alt. [Locked]

Thank you Dash.

benitovo wrote:

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.

Just testing that now with the Wild in BaGM. Good news for you also, Mikael Granlund is in the game (72 OVR/B,B-,B).

Couldn't sign Granlund as I had no roster space left. Tried to do a 2-1 trade, even included my 1st (was 2 players with low trade value for another player of low trade value), but teams rejected it. Trade logic is too strict.

Following the pre-season, I went to send Scandella and Cuma down and same thing - they have to go to Major Junior as they are ineligible for the minors.

1 HALL, Taylor LW 14-Nov-91 L 6.01 185 Windsor OHL 75
2 SEGUIN, Tyler C 31-Jan-92 R 6.01 186 Plymouth OHL 74
3 FOWLER, Cam LD 5-Dec-91 L 6.02 190 Windsor OHL 73
4 KABANOV, Kirill LW 16-Jul-92 R 6.03 176 Moncton QMJHL 72
5 GORMLEY, Brandon LD 18-Feb-92 L 6.01 175 Moncton QMJHL 69
6 CONNOLLY, Brett LW 2-May-92 R 6.02 181 Prince George WHL 72
7 GUDBRANSON, Erik RD 7-Jan-92 R 6.03 199 Kingston OHL 69
8 GRANLUND, Mikael LW 2/26/1992 L 5.10 176 HIFK FinE 72

10 MCFARLAND, John LW 2-Apr-92 R 6.01 195 Sudbury OHL 65
11 PYSYK, Mark RD 11-Jan-92 R 6.01 175 Edmonton WHL 69
12 HISHON, Joey C 20-Oct-91 L 5.10 190 Owen Sound OHL 68

14 HOWDEN, Quinton LW 12-Jan-92 L 6.03 183 Moose Jaw WHL 67

17 BURMISTROV, Alex C 21-Oct-91 R 6.00 170 Barrie OHL 70
18 WATSON, Austin RW 13-Jan-92 R 6.03 177 Peterborough OHL 67
19 GALIEV, Stanislav C 17-Jan-92 R 6.01 182 Saint John QMJHL 68
20 SKINNER, Jeffrey C 16-May-92 L 5.10 182 Kitchener OHL 68

22 NIEDERREITER, Nino LW 8-Sep-92 L 6.02 203 Portland WHL 71
23 ETEM, Emerson C 6-Jun-92 R 6.00 194 Medicine Hat WHL 70
24 JOHANSEN, Ryan C 31-Jul-92 R 6.03 188 Portland WHL 71

26 PULKKINEN, Teemu C 1/2/1992 R 5.11 176 Joker FinE 63

30 KUHNHACKL, Tom F 1/21/1992 L 6.01 180 Augsburger DEL 58

scottie2k90 wrote:hello dash, may you please post the detroit red wings AHL team players overalls. thank you very much.

Grand Rapids Griffins:

MacDonald 75
Kindl 75
Janik 75
Williams 74
Tatar 74
Amadio 74
McCollum 74
Pyett 73
Johnson 73
Armstrong 73
Tardif 73
Kolosov 73
Minard 73
Ritola 73
Mursak 72
Ehrhardt 72
Oulahen 72
Crosty 72
Emmerton 72
Pare 70
Jozsa 70
Vigilante 70
Owens 70
Piche 69
Pearce 69

Krejci46 wrote:do you know if the zombie nation oohhhh oooo ohhh ooo o song is in the game for when a team scores?

I kind of want to say yes, as for some reason I thought I heard that song... but if I did it may have been an intro or something. Sorry I can't remember 100%.

Dash wrote:
Just testing that now with the Wild in BaGM. Good news for you also, Mikael Granlund is in the game (72 OVR/B,B-,B).

Couldn't sign Granlund as I had no roster space left. Tried to do a 2-1 trade, even included my 1st (was 2 players with low trade value for another player of low trade value), but teams rejected it. Trade logic is too strict.

Following the pre-season, I went to send Scandella and Cuma down and same thing - they have to go to Major Junior as they are ineligible for the minors.

Thanks for testing. That's a little disappointing but I'll try to find a way around it when I get the game.

Could you check something else for me? I read that all draft picks (I'm not sure if this includes players in the system when the game begins, or if it's referring only to future drafts) have to be signed to entry-level contracts immediately or else they become free agents. Is this true? If so, do they count against the 50 contract limit? While it'll be nice not having draft picks scratched at the AHL level, using contracts for players in juniors will take away from contracts available to fill the AHL roster.

Off the top of my head, you can sign ELCs and I do not believe they count towards the roster limit. Some do some don't k\not sure which ones did.

I remember I wanted to sign a FA or someone and couldn't as my roster was full, yet I was able to sign a player I already had(?).... I will check in a bit for sure.

And as far as drafted players go, I think you can keep them unsigned in your system for 2 years. I will check that too.

they must have been a RFA then if you already had them,

Dash wrote:Passing is very good this year. Yeah it will take time with the timing, but all in all, it is a much better system. A hard pass travelling a short distance might bounce off recipients stick, but very crisp passes down the middle, tape to tape, leading to breakaways still happen. The passing attribute really makes a difference - for the passer and the receiver - in their ability to send a pass and cleanly receive a pass.

The main issue I have had with passing is the sensitivity for the one touch pass. I press RT a lot, like after I pass I press it to change to the player receiving the pass, and by the time he gets it he is passing it off again.

Me too, I press the RT a LOT and I've noticed the same. Plus, have you found it hard to hold the pass button without getting creamed? I'll see an opening, I press the pass button slightly longer to get a hard pass off and inevitably I'm hit.

PS - the hitting in this game is WONDERFUL. Love it. I've already broken a couple of guys.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Dash wrote:Passing is very good this year. Yeah it will take time with the timing, but all in all, it is a much better system. A hard pass travelling a short distance might bounce off recipients stick, but very crisp passes down the middle, tape to tape, leading to breakaways still happen. The passing attribute really makes a difference - for the passer and the receiver - in their ability to send a pass and cleanly receive a pass.

The main issue I have had with passing is the sensitivity for the one touch pass. I press RT a lot, like after I pass I press it to change to the player receiving the pass, and by the time he gets it he is passing it off again.

Me too, I press the RT a LOT and I've noticed the same. Plus, have you found it hard to hold the pass button without getting creamed? I'll see an opening, I press the pass button slightly longer to get a hard pass off and inevitably I'm hit.

PS - the hitting in this game is WONDERFUL. Love it. I've already broken a couple of guys.

I think Wonderful is too soft a word to describe the hitting Haha just kidding...do we now get to perform Double Dions?

Mattias Tedenby, Jacob Josefson, Kyle Beach and WBS Penguins player ratings?

johnnb69 wrote:Mattias Tedenby, Jacob Josefson, Kyle Beach and WBS Penguins player ratings?

Tedenby 68
Josefson n/a
Beach 73

Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins:
Craig 76
Hutchinson 76
Brookbank 74
Tangradi 74
Boogaard 74
Sterling 74
Bortuzzo 74
Engelland 74
Curry 73
Boulerice 73
Connor 73
Wagner 73
Jeffrey 73
Veilleux 73
Smith 73
Pushkarev 73
Thiessen 72
Pierro-Zabotel 72
Letestu 72
Grant 72
Strait 72
Haddad 72
Johnson 72
Wallace 71
Sill 71
Lovejoy 71
Vitale 71
Lee 70
Caffaro 70