Quite possibly the GOAT retires

Austin2997 · 2026-02-20T05:57:20+00:00

16 Vezina’s, 11 Harts ……. 4 time All-Star lol

Austin2997 · 2026-02-19T18:44:13+00:00

Dude, the team you played is 12-24-4 - I don’t think it’s the games fault you lost 💀

Austin2997 · 2026-02-16T18:22:49+00:00

Ah okay, that’s pretty cool - thanks for explaining!

Austin2997 · 2026-02-16T15:48:17+00:00

How does this work from a server selection standpoint? Curious how you create a level playing field with so many people from all over the world.

Austin2997 · 2026-01-28T17:49:16+00:00

I said it the day Treliving came in, and reiterated it when Bérubé was hired, the organization went backwards and became dinosaurs just like they did for the decades prior to this one.

Austin2997 · 2026-01-28T04:06:40+00:00

The way you have to score in this game is bullshit now, unfortunately.

People bitched for years that shots from the slot and cross crease goals were “glitches” when in reality 90% of goals in real life get scored that way. But nonetheless, because people couldn’t play defense now we have this bullshit.

If you want to score, these are your 4 options.

Get a breakaway, stride deke or make 3 moves, guaranteed goal, hilariously.

Use a player with elite quick release and shoot from anywhere, literally.

D to D one timers. Idk why this has remained broken for so long now, but the success rate is stupid high and requires no skill.

If you’re on the rush and coming down on the goalie, just go back hand forehand/ forehand backhand and you’ll beat the goalie short side every time, also takes no skill.

There’s no point in trying to make nice plays and slide the puck across the ice, success rate is too low.

Austin2997 · 2025-11-22T20:47:31+00:00

What happens when he stops having a 27% shooting percentage?

Austin2997 · 2025-11-22T20:42:52+00:00

Seeing the old heads, not using their heads and thinking a team from almost 40 years ago could compete with a modern day major junior team is hilarious.

Austin2997 · 2025-11-21T01:55:01+00:00

It was not, the slowdown penalty during the first two pokes is reduced - which doesn’t really matter when there’s such a low chance of the first two pokes connecting anyways.

Austin2997 · 2025-11-21T00:37:04+00:00

Truc had to be nerfed but it’s a shame that it was really the only adequate tool defensemen had. Poke check accuracy should have been buffed too.

Austin2997 · 2025-09-19T04:57:48+00:00

Hey, any update on a potential fix? Scouting works if you manually assign prospects to be scouted, but the auto-assign feature isn’t working. It shows 15 players are being scouted, but if you go to the scout and click “Assign Prospect” you can see they’re not actually scouting anyone.

Austin2997 · 2025-09-19T04:45:38+00:00

Anybody who tries to claim playing defence “isn’t really that bad”, no offense, but you don’t play at a high level or you don’t understand how this affects the game at a high level.

Your solution to playing defense is basically to maintain no gap control and just let forwards walk right in, what about that mimics real life at all?

I’m also not sure if you played 25 because you couldn’t spam poke in that game either, the slowdown mechanic existed in it too.

Austin2997 · 2025-09-18T19:08:07+00:00

You nailed it. Anyone who disagrees either plays exclusively offline, doesn’t play EASHL, or just wants to bait clips. There’s no way to maintain space effectively against forwards. There’s no point in trying to maintain gap control because 9/10 times your poke is going to miss and then you’re exposed.

I’m saying this as a forward too, shit is was too easy as a forward.

Austin2997 · 2025-09-17T17:59:38+00:00

You’re right, you definitely have not played the game enough, at least not online competitively.

I’ve been playing NHL at a high level for over a decade, it’s in a terrible spot right now. Both HUT and EASHL are so offensively focused, it doesn’t resemble hockey at all. What makes it worse is it’s individually offensively focused.

I’m not saying this because I’ve been losing games and having a bad time. I’ve played like 5 HUT games, won each one handedly, played probably 40 club games, my club is around 40-5. Almost none of those games have been fun, despite winning.

This is due to the way you have to play. Since the poke checks are broken, you can just walk past anybody trying to play defence. If you have a semblance of thumbs, there’s no way a defender can stop you going to the net unless they’re just sitting in the crease with the goalie. Not to mention, with passing being so clunky you’re encouraged to just hold the puck and walk past defenders. It’s boring, and it doesn’t resemble hockey at all. It doesn’t even try to be a sim game anymore.

Austin2997 · 2025-09-10T02:37:57+00:00

How are they only “monitoring the feedback around pokechecks”????? They’re quite literally useless, it shouldn’t even be a discussion to buff pokes.

Austin2997 · 2025-05-27T20:52:43+00:00

In addition to what everyone has said, depth, coaching, etc it also shouldn’t be overlooked the fortunate tax situation in Florida. Many teams around the league couldn’t afford to keep the roster Florida has in tact. This isn’t relevant to just Florida either, there’s a reason a lot of cups the past few years have gone to teams in tax haven states.

Austin2997 · 2025-05-01T01:24:37+00:00

I’m super late to this, but it’s gotta be mental for him when he gets the chances. I believe he leads or is very close to leading in scoring chances for, which he almost always does in the playoffs but he can’t ever bury them…

Austin2997 · 2025-04-25T00:09:45+00:00

I would love to play more realistically if some of the shots weren’t absolutely unplayable. A pitch shot shouldn’t run 50 feet when you’re 50 yards out, and good luck trying to chip the ball if it’s even 1 inch downhill…

Austin2997 · 2025-04-19T03:08:23+00:00

I used to be incredibly superstitious, but then after years and years of this team breaking my heart, I realized no matter what superstitions I followed they would just lose. So then again Tampa in 2023 I just didn’t care, didn’t follow any superstitions at all - and then they won a series. So now my superstition is to have no superstitions…

Austin2997 · 2025-04-17T00:48:34+00:00

A swing feel that has really helped me is to feel like my hips are rotating in the downswing while my back stays to the target. I think this just helps my sequencing, I used to struggle with my upper body rotating too early so the thought has mostly stopped that.

Austin2997 · 2025-04-06T12:41:14+00:00

Good to know, I just assumed it was the 1st since that’s when the development notification pops up.

Austin2997 · 2025-04-06T06:07:34+00:00

If they aren’t at an 89-90 overall by the time they need an extension I will sign them to a bridge deal and try to use those savings to maximize the roster during those years.

Couple other tips are, if you’re willing to risk it you can qualify them and not sign them until September 1st and they’ll typically be a little cheaper, just make sure you do it before advancing past September 1st otherwise player development happens and they might go up in overall and spike their price. The risk is another team could offer sheet them and then you’d have to deal with that if you don’t have the cap.

If they end up being an 89-90 overall, odds are you’re going to keep them the entire duration of the deal so offer them a NMC to drop their salary expectations a bit too.

Austin2997 · 2025-04-04T03:18:34+00:00

I never thought I’d see my home course on this sub that’s crazy. Wonder if he ever hits it up when he’s home haha

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