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Northern Stars are hosting a versus tournament. Mainly just for fun but we decided to throw in a copy of NHL18 to the winner atleast. We capped the number of participants to 128 players so hurry up and secure your slot if you want to sign up . Heres a link to our facebook page, click on it and follow the instructions to join: https://www.facebook.com/NorthernStarsEASHL/

I like it! This is the first NHL in a while that actually feels "real". But they still need to fix some parts of the game. Goalie As a goalie I love it but one thing that EA needs to fix is when the goalie makes animation saves when your out of position. You should be rewarded if your read the play well, and if you don't read it well you should be punished not saved by a lucky animation. Another thing as a goalie I hated in NHL 17 was that the blocker side was not good at all. It always felt like you couldn't trust that side but in the beta it felt like it was better. The gameplay I like the speed of the game, as @miisolegend said "Players have to learn create speed by plays." That's how it works in real life and that's how I think it should be in NHL 18. The poke check is a little OP in my opinion. You can't protect the puck in the same way as before. The defensive skill stick sometimes eat you alive in this game as a forward. Even though I want to protect the puck better I think that in NHL 17 you could protect the puck way too good. So hopefully it will be nerfed a little bit when they release the full version of the game. It's good that deflections isn't so OP anymore. In NHL 17 it was ridiculous sometimes to let in a weak ass goal from a wrist shot that was deflected... I like that deflections is better if you shoot a slap shot. That's my opinions, see you in NHL 18!

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...and the division system is somewhat good but its not fifa with that huge player base, 10 divisions is 4-5 too many.

EA keep saying that they´d like the game to be more competitive so why should it be possible for the net to come off to begin with, at least in a 6 on 6 matchup. There are just so many things that would make the competitive scene alot more competitive with just some small adjustments to the game according to me. I´d like to see some easy "before lunch" adjustments, and this is for the EASHL 6 vs 6 scene, not the rest. Injuries, what is the point? Get rid of it. Fighting, same thing, pointless and more or less never happens anyway. Stamina, fuck this, full steam space machine it feels like its just there for no reason what so ever if anything make it possible to at least see how much gas you´ve got left.. ALL players should be able to perform all moves at all times, its just so annoying when you lose control of the puck for no fucking reason with like a defensive defenseman. Net off moorings, pointless and is just used for obvious reasons. Games are to long, sort this out by using real minutes instead of the "real time fast clock" and adjust the penalties accordingly, Id say 3 x 3min with like 30 sec penalties. That way, all games that doesnt go to OT would be pretty much on the spot 10 min and not like now, anywhere from like 20 min til the next game comes out. If draw make it a 3 min overtime, if draw after that a 5 round shootout. The overtime and shootout should be a setting that the home team can pick before going into the game (for playoffs etc). To challenge a club why do you have to go to totally different dressing room where nobody ever is? Wouldnt it be nice to just be able to do that from the original dressing room so that you can just challenge a team and not get matched up with the same random team over and over again, this would also be a great tool to see if the fucking search engine works to begin with and see who is playing. Reconnect to games if you are disconnected, duh, this is possible in "indie/arcade/low budget" games such as rocket league, but not in a AAA-franchise such as NHL. If the goalie gets disconnected he has got like 30 sec to reconnect, if he fails to do so another player has to take the goal, I want no bots, EVER, same thing goes for penalties etc, if there are alot of penalties just add the time to the skaters who are already in the box or replace them with the new ones but no bots, ever, if people rage quit you better finish your game with 3 or 4 players. It should be possible to change your lineup once you see who you are up against, pretty much like a dropin before this position thing got into the game like 2 years ago. I like the new drop in system for sure when most people just want to play F/C but its pointless for a serious team. Highligts/replay: These are way to short, the highligts for the goals are like 2-3 sec long, make them like 10 sec or something instead.

A player that will do anything to win! One of the best two-way centers in the game if you ask me. A player that is deticated to his team and will help your team to higher levels!

@Casper I think those pics are the only reason i sleep well

Unknown - ECL Pride KenuFHR from Kattiautomaatti A great two-way player with a lot of experience. I first met him in NHL12 at Xbox360 when he still played for FHR Punakone (I guess?). He did his first games with Unknown tonight and he will for sure be important for us in the upcoming season, both on and off the ice. Welcome @Kenu!

Hello Looking for a new team for the next ECL. Played as a LD since NHL 09 and are open for tryouts. Although I might not be available everyday but try to be as active as possible. Swedish/English is not a problem PSN: Terasniska

From goalie's perspective: I was really hoping (like I've done for years now) that EA would take this game in the direction where goalies get rewarded really well for being in position (and maybe even knowing when to go into butterfly and when to standup),but in meantime goalies would get punished unforgivenly for being out of position. Instead, we see goalies making huge saves while being out of position, maybe even on the wrong side of the net. In addition, goalies who are squared off to the shooter and actually take away the shot angles are getting beat by snipes, deflections, sloppy ass shots and all that great stuff. I think it's just those few things EA should do and it'd change the goalies' game dramatically and we could see real difference on the skill level of the goalies. Instead of having goalies that are bad and who are good, we could actually classify goalies horrible, bad, decent, good, incredible. But as of right now, it's really hard to standout as a goalie in this game and have some recognition unless you play for a top notch team. Plus the goalies' game book is still the same: find that one thing that works and abuse it. Whether it is about sitting in a butterly 24/7 or standing up the whole game, for the past 3-5 NHL games it's been all about finding that one stupid trick to be a top level goalie instead of actually learning how to use your goalie's skill set. And yes goalies do have a skill set, it might be quite limited but it really exists, it's just not needed in the game as it's either about standup only or butterfly only.