12-06-2021, 07:27 PMCount Chocula Wrote: I keep having the same thought. The HO keeps trying to be realistic in some regards and then unrealistic in others. Shorten careers cause real player don't stay good that long. Yet Makeup TPE was introduced so rookies didn't feel like they were left behind. Well players in the NHL aren't all going to be 1st line super stars. Rookies aren't going to come in and put a franchise on their shoulders and win an MVP or scoring title. There should be a gap between the best of the best and younger players. They need to pick if they want to go more realistic or not. Not pick and choose whenever they feel like it.

I don’t think makeup TPE is a great example here. NHL players also don’t discover hockey two days before their draft and find themselves at a disadvantage early in their career due to that, or decide to start playing hockey halfway through a season - real players work towards their draft their entire life, and putting people on an even playing field at the start is more realistic than just “congrats on discovering hockey halfway through a season, sucks you’re way behind everybody else.” Catch up TPE is imo important for keeping users engaged and feeling like they’re on equal footing in their rookie class in the early days after they first join, which is a crucial turning point when it comes to retention.