Re: EA NHL 2011 Discussion thread

[jeremyn]

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

[Riprock]

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.

[canucklehead96]

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

on wikipedia and gamespot it says there is

[Riprock]

Vancouver Canucks



Edmonton Oilers

[canucklehead96]

Vancouver Canucks



Edmonton Oilers

thank you

[Riprock]

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.

[Riprock]

Vancouver Canucks



Edmonton Oilers

thank you

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

[canucklehead96]

awww sweet thanks bro that should be this jersey

[Riprock]

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.

[scottie2k90]

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

[Krejci46]

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

[Pooops83]

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

[tumblingtom66]

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

[Sensational]

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)

[Riprock]

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).

[NHL_Fan1787]

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

[benitovo]

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.

[SpezDispenser]

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.

[Riprock]

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.

[Riprock]

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

[Riprock]

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]

[NHL_Fan1787]

Thank you Dash.

[Riprock]

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.

[Riprock]

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

[Riprock]

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

[Riprock]

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%.

[benitovo]

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.

[Riprock]

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.

[Pooops83]

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

[SpezDispenser]

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.

[Big Ev]

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?

[johnnb69]

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

[Riprock]

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

[Riprock]

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?

Pass timing will come, you have to anticipate like in real life. Sometimes you get caught holding the puck too long, it happens.

The hitting is awesome. The animations are so much more realistic.

[The Silfer Server]

Just thought I'd re-post Dash's find in this thread:

Just a heads up I found this years fake player: Bradley Cooper (not the actor). He's a 16 yr old goalie in the FA list with a 95 OVR.

Thanks for finding this. I'll modify him as soon as I get the chance.

[scottie2k90]

so after u finish the bagm season the (2010) and u start next season, will u get real life 2011 draft picks like adam larsson?

[NHL_Fan1787]

Is there some changes in the scouting system ?

And

Can we see the stats of the players that we draft ?

Thanks

[Riprock]

Just a heads up I found this years fake player: Bradley Cooper (not the actor). He's a 16 yr old goalie in the FA list with a 95 OVR.

And I said I would look for Linus Omark's ratings from NHL 10 prior the roster updates, when he was removed:

LW Linus Omark #30
1987 – FEB – 05
5’9”, 163
2007
ÖVERTORNEÄ, SWE
Curved, clear, small, short, none, front, white
RBK 10K 90’ Modano
Bauer x60 11”
Bauer XXXX
Bauer 4500
C, A-, C
OVR 77
79
73
77
85
84
79
74
85
82
86
67
78
78
69
78
73
84
69
78
77
66
84
74

[Riprock]

Is there some changes in the scouting system ?

And

Can we see the stats of the players that we draft ?

Thanks

Scouting is done by leagues, so you can send your scouts to the WHL, OHL, QMJHL, USA, DEL, O2 Extrakiga, SWISS, SM LIGA, SEL, and Russia and then "Rest of World". Scouting assignments still one to six weeks in duration.

[Riprock]

BAGM with Oilers - any CHL players I wanted to send down after pre-season had to go to CHL. Thats just the way it seems to be. MPS could go to AHL though.

I qualified offers to RFAs Cogliano and McDonald - only McDonald accepted, and Cogliano became a hold out. After Dec 1., RFA holdouts who were qualified but not re-signed become ineligible to play until July 1, and if unsigned, become UFA.

Trade deadlines is same as last year with a few rounds of offers.

Trading is just too hard to pull off now. Trade deadline was boring. Wish the trade negotiations weren't a no or yes, but you could go back and forth a couple of times with counters (didn't 09 have that?). I hate having to pull up the same trade offer everytime it is rejected to just tweak it. Plus you only get as many chances as you have phones.

I simmed the entire season with the most current rosters, and trades/waivers off... and Buffalo wins the cup.

[Riprock]

The 2011 draft class consists of actual 2011 draft eligible players.

Team red:
S. Couturier-R. Pouliot-S. McColgan
Z. Phillips-J. Gotzzman-A. Belzile
N. Samoluk-C. Smith-M. Populus
K. Bisaillon-J. Huberdeau-B. Maclean

D. Hamilton-N.Bealieu
M.Bell-D. Musil
A. Bolduc-M.Gagnon

M.Segal
A. Vernonneau

Team White:
M. Puempel-R. Nugent-Hopkins-T. Rattie
D. Broll-J. Raymond-M. Kantor
P. Ouellet-N. Tarnasky-M. Le Sieur
N. MacMaster-D. Chiasson-F. Bergeron

C. Duininck-G. Clarke
K. Hope-S. Percy
J. Narbonne-S. Woodsworth
R. Gusse
P. Tremblay

When you are in the draft, you can view the following player info: Nationality, Age, Handedness, Player Type, League, Team. And you can see your depth chart to see how many players you have signed, unsigned, and what positions you have filled, etc.

[Big Ev]

I want Frk!

[NHL_Fan1787]

Cool, thank you Dash