So what I’ve seen just in being back is Goalies playing bad, and a ton of goals being scored on hitting and checking. So you see one team dominate and easily put up 10-12 goals a game on average. 

My suggestion is fully move over to FHM 8 it’s been well improved. Have a crew get together and work out build maxes. Because this you can just build everything and Player Types should not be able to just free roam everything to max. FHM has improved from 6 and 7. There are more in game situations you can choose from to make it more strategic (but for sake of Simmers I’d turn that off because it would be a pain in the ass) as far as game play is concerned when you begin to create the league from scratch I believe you can set an average goals seen per game. I might have to double check, but I believe that’s the case. That way this for one levels out the playing field and people can’t just completely annihilate everyone based on simulation loop holes. I’d personally put a limit on checking and hitting. I would also limit other areas. I just have a feeling that with builds it would be a lot better, and a lot more interest in games.