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An additional division is absolutely needed and would be better for everyone. Also ECL 3x in a year would be the best imo, you could grind from Semi-Pro to Elite in one NHL title if you've got the skill.. A shorter offseason would probably result in steadier rosters too

I don't see the problem, why is it required to reach the top division in one NHL game if you start out in the lowest division? If you play the game for fun, then you play with your friends no matter which division you're in. If you play the game to reach the top, either fight for a spot in a team already at the top or get into a lower division team and prove that you are worth it. If you want to see YOUR team reach the top, start from the lowest division and build the best team you can of players that will accept to play in lower divisions. This is a challenge as it should be, nothing worth having comes easy. Edit: Since I'm ECL Staff, I'd like to point out that this is my personal opinion.

There was some talk of this topic at the end of last year. I and many others think that there is too many teams in ECL for just 3 divisions. Huge number of Lite teams causes too short regular season and too long play-offs. And not to forget huge cap on skill level as well. I personally think that NHL Gamer should not waste any more time on this decision. It should be made before ECL9. Time is short. Please be fast to share your opinion on this case and also remember to vote. I think there should be 4 divisions ECL ELITE (16 teams) ECL PRO (32 teams) ECL SEMI PRO (32 teams) ECL LITE (rest of the teams)

NHL20 and ECL9 are coming closer quickly so let's get this thing up. Cheers Hockey (PRO) are looking for a one Defender (LD/RD) to get our roster ready for the new NHL and upcoming season(s). Our roster at the moment is 2 Goalies, 2 Defenders and 4 Forwards so otherwise we are ready! What we are looking from Defender: Finnish Nationality required. We are all finnish so we feel like it's best solution for communication and connection etc. It's a big plus if you can play both 'hands' and LD/RD, that gives us more chances and opportunities in roster rotation. We hope you have previous experience from Pro and/or Elite, but we will look for 'rising stars' players aswell! What we as a team can offer to you: We are still quite a new team (since December 2018), and in our first ECL season we played ourselves to ECL8 Lite's TOP 4, and that gave us promotion to Pro. We have still lot of potential out there to prove our game, even tho we developed a lot as a team in a short time. Teamplay is our biggest strenght, that's why it's easy to jump in to our team and strategies! Results from Spring League and practise games showed that we are ready to play in Pro and our only goal is to play for Pro's top spots right in the first season. So, if you want to wear these hot Orange & Black colours and be a part of team that is ready to play and fight for Pro's top spot and aims for Elite in the future, this is your chance! If interested, you can contact me here or PSN: @Borjendahlen

D/G looking for an ECL-team. I played in ECL 8 with the Prowlers. I've played the game every day since NHL 14, basically. I prefer speaking Swedish. Get back to me on PSN and we'll take it from there. Gamertag: BeJutiFul

Hundred Acre Wood is recruiting and tryouts are open! Take the opportunity to join us from the beginning of our journey. We will make an ECL Pro Application, but most likely we will have to start in lite with only one goal. Win. We are a mixed team, with players from different nations. So it would be good if your english is at least decent, but otherwise finnish and swedish talking players are welcome! So, what are we looking for? Starting goalie, we would like an active goalie that will be able to play most of the games and of course help us to win as many games as possible. Previous ECL experience at a good level is probably necessary. But if you feel that you got what it takes feel free apply, there is nothing better than a hidden gem! Starting C or RW, chemistry is key. Looking for an intelligent player who is able to read the game and whos controller still got the r2 and r1 buttons attached. We want to play as a team, but with players that makes a difference! If you are interested, contact me here or at psn-id svetidaje. Best Regards! Svetidaje, rakkauspakkaus and KARALAHTl Done and done.

With more divisions do we need more ECL-tournaments every year. You should be able to reach the highest division from the lowest in the same game if you're having a good team. Instead of having good teams like "Vesa Pompa" who decides to split up cuz they don't "have the time" to grind in the 2nd highest division, and "maybe" get the opportunity to play in Elite later in 20. As it is now with 3 divisions is it already too few tournaments. Don't see that 4 divisions would make it any better, for anyone.

Adding another division at this point would probaly be good since the current amount of lite teams is probably a bit unappealing to newcomers. If the division number keeps increasing there has to be some kind of ELO system for teams/players to be able to correctly place newfound teams (teams have found ways to capture unused teams so far though).

... aaaand the legendary Falun Coal Miners 😍 Although to be fair FCM was somewhat of a special case as the promotion Lite -> Pro came by way of application and "strength of roster". But yeah, afaik those three teams have made that journey - with teams like GHETTO FIREBIRDS and Supernatural candidates to do the same in the near future (imo).

Is it really necessary to be able to create new Elite teams just like that in a 1-2 month? I would like to see path to become an Elite team to be longer. It would increase the value of Elite / Pro teams and the hours that GMs give to build their team. And if its harder to raise a team to Elite level, Elite / Pro managers have better free agents available to sign. I think that very skilled new teams should start in Semi-Pro... But this question among many other is something NG staff need to think about.

Finnish LD or RD lf mainly lite, possible pro tryouts. I speak solid english too Psn:Acedi-

Yeah, but i mean that now it is 1-2 month, because it is possible to start in PRO and play that 2 month and then you have Elite team. I like it a bit more that existing PRO and ELITE teams would get stronger fe. the way you mentioned. I agree, 3 ECL season / NHLXX would be good. There isnt any reasons why NG should tie ECL to calendar years. I think it would be cool if tournaments were something like: ECL1 ECL2 ECL3 RCL, GCL, FCL, SCL ( is it possible to do all at the same time?) Summerup And if RCL and GCL need to have their own tournaments around year then they can.. But it would be cool if at least FCL and SCL is about same time.

#1 Our club is looking for LW who would be able to play other positions if needed, such as center. Rosvosektori is finnish team, we are mature & chill. We have active party during games and our whatsapp group is awesome. For references and more information, you can contact me or anyone in our team. It would be great if we can play games together before NHL 20.

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Free RW/RD for next ECL. Looking for chill, mature group of players to play with. Hit me up with PM Here or PSN: haaga_

Free RW/LW for next ECL. Looking for a top lite or pro team mainly. I can play almost every day 19.00-23.00 finnish time Im 19 y.o. guy from Finland, can speak english Send message here or psn : Mannerheim199 for tryout. Gamerprofile: https://nhlgamer.com/player.php?playerID=3592

Free G looking for new Challenge for Nhl20 and future Tournaments! Pro Teams prefered because i played the last 5 Seasons in Pro Division. My second Account:mhcforever Feel free to contact me for tryouts here or on Psn! Greetz Devil

I really like the three division system. After all, it's great that players in lowest division get to play long playoffs, and the ones who don't qualify have the time to practice their game during their off-season. I don't see people being really into a system where they play long regular season just to realize they don't quite cut it as a playoff team. On the opposite, it's not that rewarding for the top lite teams either to dominate during a long regular season and then get downed in round 1 or 2: that's what makes pro so unappealing as well.

You don't?? Teams giving up cuz it's not worth to start in LITE, pay 100 euros, play 2 tournaments and "maybe" get the chance in the same game/year to play in the highest division. Like Vesa * 4 divisions means that it would be any harder for a LITE team, and not cheaper.

I get what you're saying but the time to create new Elite team would not be "1-2 months", it would take more like 3-4 months with only two ECL seasons per year. Nobody would like/enjoy to play the whole year of ECL if they would play first in "Semi" level where you face current Lite teams who are just "not there" with current Elite teams. If you qualify from there to Pro, you'd play another two months but the teams would be little better that time of course. With two ECL seasons this road to Elite thing would take atleast 12 months from a single team, if they would start from "Semi" or Lite in the current system. Right now the NHL as an esport isn't that big yet that we should slow down the better teams from stepping up. Obviously this isn't that big problem as we've seen how majority of the teams has found their place thanks to the divisions, and because it's pretty easy to take over some old Pro (even Elite) team, which is good thing in my opinion. Why? The players and the management change in the real life too, so it would be stupid to require same guys to be core of certain teams only because of they has played there first. I'm talking about cases where the team roster has faced big update. But yeah, like I said, this would probably not be the biggest problem anyways so lets just bring the 4 in.

Bad D, looking for a good team to future tournaments. Backup role is good, becost shiftwork and family need time too. Positions Ld (lw,c) Msg here or psn

Wow, never thought so many of us would prefer four over the current three. With 4 the Lite would literally be lite and as there's some teams around who dont even want to compete in the highest level, SEMI-PRO/LITE option would be a lot better for them. Also it would upgrade the status of the Pro division. @ahonaattori good shit.

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Free Finnish Ld/Rd looking for clup to future tournaments!! Send me msg here or psn: hardsrrocky

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Saucer Hockey (Lite) is looking for C/LW/RW and LD! Guaranteed ice-time for club games and upcoming ECL games as well. We require you to use WhatsApp and have a working microphone. Hit me up if you're interested.

Free C(RW.LW,RD,LD) looking for an active club for tournaments cups, leagues and next ECL. Searching for new teammates in NHL20 and any division is fine with me. PSN ID: Darkster76 Gamerprofile: https://nhlgamer.com/player.php?playerID=2654

Unknown Diamonds/ Kaupallinen yhteistyö/ whatever name we sign up in ecl Is looking for a starting RD preferably long-term. We are propably going to play in lite next season but if you would like to come and win it we are the team to join. If interested message me here or on PSN: Jooonasaurus

Free RW/LW looking for club. Almost active every day

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NHL 19 starting 6: LW - Vilupoika - One of the most lethal forwards in the game. Haven't faced him much this year but the few times I have come up against him, he always finds a way to score. Has exceptional creativity & skill. ------------------------ C - Dominointi - This guy has been elite for quite some time now and this year it looks like he's found the right team with the right chemistry and improved his game even more. Always a very tough match-up for any center in the league. ------------------------ RW - FlyerKungen - So tight between him and Eki (as close to a tie as it gets) but I have to give this to "eKungen" for winning 3 out of the last 4 tournaments he's played in and making many many finals appearances this year. It's not easy to go from elite to the best but I think he did that this year. ----------------------- LD - Gzell60 - Maybe an unexpected pick, but for me he's one of the best offensive D-men out there. Near impossible to get the puck off of him and he always finds the open pass for a good scoring chance. ------------------------ RD - willekunq - As solid as it gets. Great all-around player with not a lot of weaknesses. Extremely reliable defenseman that doesn't make a lot of mistakes and one that every team would like to have on their roster. ------------------------ G - Hansulinho - Just wow. LAN beast. Don't get to play a lot of games against him cause Sky/Havu only play against 💸 opponents but perhaps that's a blessing in disguise cause every game against mr.Burns is bound to be a frustrating night for even the best of forwards. Honorable mention: RW - NikkeDangles - Watch out for this kid...

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HAVU GAMING We are probably looking for Defender & Goalie. After tight team talk, we decided to check if there is potential ones out there & instead asking player by player, we wanted to make this public. Defender: Finnish Nationality required. Handedness doesn't matter, ofc it's a big plus if you can handle both. At the start you will be behind Nassustelija & willekunq, but depending your skills and development with our teamplay, you may have a chance to play your way to "starting six". It's not easy, be ready to be a "back-up" & learn things at least whole first season. But as I said, this depends so much what is your current skill level. Goalie: Finnish Nationality required. At the start you will be behind Hansulinho, etc... Tbh, after two last LAN-events, it's hard to see how any Goalie in this scene would take #1 spot from him so... yeah, you will probably be back-up until some miracle on ice happens. For regular seasons & group stages we can promise 50% of games. We can offer you Professional esports organisation from Finland, which gives us best possible tools to play and practice NHL. Main focus is just to play the game itself. You will hear more about our benefits if we take you on the team. I have rights to not answer back to you if we are not interested. No rude, just busy times. Contact FlyerKungen here or PSN if interested.