Game simulation - Wings out in first round

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Everything went pretty close to plan in my Red Wings franchise apart from how badly I destroyed everything.

I faced Vancouver, Dallas and San Jose (in that order) in the playoffs and then took down New Jersey in five. Not too far from possible reality.

[wmubronco420 25]

just curious...do those simulations take into consideration the players' stats for the actual season?

[SDavis35 140]

Yeah well theres major differences between NHL09 and real hockey. For instance, in real life you can't shoot the puck through the back of the net. When the puck is on your stick in real life, you cant push it THROUGH the goalie and into the net. The players in real life have REAL intelligence and the players in NHL09 lack even A.I. because they were programmed so poorly. Seriously, skate 1 on 2 into the other teams zone and neither of those defenders will pressure you. They both skate straight back and stop about 3 feet in front of the goalie for an easy screen goal. The game is fun but has SO MANY unrealistic problems with the core and engine that I wouldn't trust it if it told me the wings won the cup last year...i'd call it a liar! lol. Seriously though, another VERY flawed thing about that game is the player ratings. Guys like ovechkin and Crosby are like 94 overall and while they have just as much offensive game as guys like datsyuk (if not slightly more) their defensive game is HORRIBLE yet datsyuk os only rated like a 91 and zetterberg 89. Same with hossa, better in his own end than body crosby and ovechkin combined yet he's rated like 89.

I love EA's NHL series but they have totally f***ed up this years version with glitch goals, juiced players, horrible player attributes...etc etc etc....maybe next year they'll work on the fundamentals instead of adding half assed new modes to attract more customers/more money. They need to fix whats there and been broken for 3,4,5 years now instead.

Anyways OP i'm not goin off on you at all i appreciate the info, i'm just saying I wouldn't trust the predictions this game made if my life depended on it

The Arcade mode is awesome though!! (or whatever the one with the powerups and stuff) So much fun to be had in that lol.

[Zetterling 16]

Ha! Chicago will never make it out of the West this season.

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

The Arcade mode is awesome though!! (or whatever the one with the powerups and stuff) So much fun to be had in that lol.

the arcade mode is actually a different game entirely. It was made by the same people on the same game engine and yeah it's pretty fun but it was something they made you pay extra for which was kinda bs because there is pretty much NOTHING to it but yeah you're right...it is fun for what it is

[j.hoop 64]

anyone remember NHL Hitz? that game was sick!! best 3 on 3 hockey around.