r/EANHLfranchise

Essentially what the title says. I’ve been playing franchise mode for years now and never got a player up to 99 overall, but I finally did it, and it was a goalie of all positions! This guy has been better than generational, starting with winning the Hart in his first full seasons as the starter. I’m excited to see how long he can keep this up!

Edit - Every game is simmed, I only go into a game as the coach to watch certain moments

Drafted this Gem Elite low 50 OVR defender in round 7 and after just 1 year grew +32 in OVR to 82. I’ve never seen that much growth for any player after just 1 year, absolutely crazy. Don’t know to play line 1 AHL now or Line 3 NHL.

The first time I've ever seen it happen in franchise mode. I'm playing as the Pens and I had Adam Jiricek called up from Wilkes-Barre while I had some D-men out with injury. I was sending him down after the defencemen recovered from their injuries, and then he got claimed, so I looked at the activity center and noticed he was claimed 4 times that same day. Funny enough, two days later (in game)  he was put on waivers again and I reclaimed him, so now he's back in Pittsburgh. 

Haven’t played NHL in years and decided to start a franchise. Drafted him in the 6th round when I stated by height and accidentally found him. He was 7 ft when I drafted him and he grew an inch in the offseason. His potential sucks and I haven’t played franchise much in NHL. What’s the tallest player you’ve ever seen in NHL 26 ? Also is there a way I can get him to be a half decent player even tho his potential sucks? This dude is a giant and has 83 speed

I could understand retiring at 36 if there was a couple bad seasons in a row. I have started saving the day before and reloading if it doesn’t make sense. Seems to be the way to do a lot of things with this game.

Just went to re-sign my coaches and Adam Foote only wanted 60,000$ to be re-sign as my head coach…… And he accepted. This is coming off a year making the Stanley cup finals…..OK

That dude finished the game btw, he stayed down for the entire fight but he came back on the PP💀So naturally I targeted him for the rest of the game with heavy hits, after the whistle shoves, some more cross-checks etc. He ended up with a bum neck for a few days lol

What would y'all GM do? AHL to control his development or stay in the USA program to see if he develops more? If he were Med Elite, there would be no doubt but the low elite is worrying me a bit. Normally the low elite I get are in the 60s and I leave them unsigned till ready. Never got a low elite who can play in the ahl

Traded up to draft this guy 2nd overall, he's playing great at 2C alongside Mckenna and Nazar. Every negotiation ends poorly and he refuses to sign even when I've offered him $1.5M over his asking price. His organization interest seems normal and he's already won two cups with me so I'm confused. Is my shit bugged or do I really have no chance of signing this guy?

Edit: just noticed it says "no" under wants extension. Does he not want to resign because he isn't getting first line minutes?

Second edit: update in my comments below

Poor Charlie Elick btw.. dude suffered from Post Concussion Syndrome which caused him to miss 17 regular season games and 22 playoff games and in his first game back in the playoffs (the Stanley Cup clinching game 5) he injured his MCL😭

Can someone PLEASE create the Danbury thrashers with jerseys and players

I cannot believe Minnesota let him walk. I outbid the hawks for him!

Ye Gods....Bottom 6 F / 7th D & prospects with an AHL ceiling start at pick 64. Crazy. A/A- scouts.

And yet, the head scout tells me that this draft class is a bit better than normal.....for the 197th time in the last 200 seasons. I don't have the heart to tell him that's not how averages work.

how on earth has this guy scored 104 points while not even being in pp1 and with only 9 pp points😂

having med scoring and high shots and nothing else adjusted makes this even crazier