"Official" NHL13 Game Thread - Page 3 - Fantasy Sports Forums

praba · #21 10-09-2012, 03:56 PM

do you guys actually sim the be a gm mode? i find that takes all the fun away. i think in nhl 12 i made it to season 4 playing every single game (excluding ahl games). it sucks that i never get to see my young guys reach their potential, but i find its worth it at the end of the season when you can see all the results that you did, instead of randomly generated by simming.

robmyatt · #22 10-09-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by praba

do you guys actually sim the be a gm mode? i find that takes all the fun away. i think in nhl 12 i made it to season 4 playing every single game (excluding ahl games). it sucks that i never get to see my young guys reach their potential, but i find its worth it at the end of the season when you can see all the results that you did, instead of randomly generated by simming.

Agreed. I never sim.

dyzfunctioned · #23 10-09-2012, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by praba

do you guys actually sim the be a gm mode? i find that takes all the fun away. i think in nhl 12 i made it to season 4 playing every single game (excluding ahl games). it sucks that i never get to see my young guys reach their potential, but i find its worth it at the end of the season when you can see all the results that you did, instead of randomly generated by simming.

Thing is, I want to actually Be a GM - you don't get to see the fruits of your work as a GM if you don't progress through the years.

I usually play most home games against my division rival (Calgary in this case) and then most/if not all of the playoffs.

robmyatt · #24 10-09-2012, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dyzfunctioned

Thing is, I want to actually Be a GM - you don't get to see the fruits of your work as a GM if you don't progress through the years.

I usually play most home games against my division rival (Calgary in this case) and then most/if not all of the playoffs.

when you're a GM, do you play as all the players too?

icevenom · #25 10-09-2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dyzfunctioned

Well that ex-Flame Bartschi certainly isn't helping

I did improve my goalie though - Dubnyk was an 80, Bernier is an 83. My offense improved slightly as well, and the only place I downgraded was at D - last year I had 87, 86, 85, 84, 84, 80 and this year I have 87, 86, 84, 84, 82, 78. So over the D-corps I dropped a total of 5 and improved in goal by a total of 3 (5 if you count the backup).

I hear ya, but I mean like 90~ range goalie. I noticed on older games if a goalie was ranked under 85 they were that much easier to score on (head to head). Not sure what the game uses to calculate sim'd.

I think the game also distributes minutes to your top 4 D more than bottom 6 guys... is that the case? can you see TOI?

Try fiddling w/ your coaching strategies to match the player types. I.e. PWF lines crash the net... SNP overload... etc.

dyzfunctioned · #26 10-09-2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by robmyatt

when you're a GM, do you play as all the players too?

Not sure what you're asking - I play a few games during the season and all the playoffs and it functions the same way as a regular game against the CPU (ie: switch players, not player lock).

dyzfunctioned · #27 10-09-2012, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by icevenom

I hear ya, but I mean like 90~ range goalie. I noticed on older games if a goalie was ranked under 85 they were that much easier to score on (head to head). Not sure what the game uses to calculate sim'd.

I think the game also distributes minutes to your top 4 D more than bottom 6 guys... is that the case? can you see TOI?

Try fiddling w/ your coaching strategies to match the player types. I.e. PWF lines crash the net... SNP overload... etc.

Yea, I've fiddled with the coaching strategies and stuff.

As far as ~90 range goalie, I tried soooo hard to get one. Pretty much destroyed my GM rep trying to get Price or Lundy.

praba · #28 10-09-2012, 04:35 PM

i was playing HUT until now, i just started be a gm mode. i had markstrom as my starter, and barely won 4-3 in my first game of the season. i got pissed off because i never let in more than 1/2 goals max against the cpu, so i went and traded for fleury.

i gave up faksa + 2nd 2013 to land him...wtf? please tell me the trading isnt that terrible in this game.

dyzfunctioned · #29 10-09-2012, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by praba

i was playing HUT until now, i just started be a gm mode. i had markstrom as my starter, and barely won 4-3 in my first game of the season. i got pissed off because i never let in more than 1/2 goals max against the cpu, so i went and traded for fleury.

i gave up faksa + 2nd 2013 to land him...wtf? please tell me the trading isnt that terrible in this game.

Fleury isn't rated that high in 13 - he's only like an 85 and with little/no potential to get better.

On the other hand I offered Dubnyk + Klefbom + Green + 2nd for Price and got declined.

hockeyrobot · #30 10-09-2012, 05:16 PM

Finally gave in and picked it up on Friday....still sitting in my car waiting to be opened and played but Im starting tonight for sure.

Thinking a franchise with either Buffalo, Carolina or Long Island....thoughts?

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