Gades





Marton has definitely overperformed compared to my expectations and I’m very curious to see if he can keep it up. My original build was meant to mimic the playstyle of Tomas Holmstrom while also leaning into the game knowledge aspects of offensive and defensive read. My main goal was really to solidify a third-line role and maybe getting to run the left wing lock. Over the years, I’ve had to fill in at center for multiple seasons, which necessitated adjustments to the build so I could be effective. And learning more about FHM forced me to abandon the idea of being a net front presence as Screening is a useless attribute in the engine; sad.

But with all of that, I’ve still kept the focus on being a physical player who can get into the corners and use the body to support the offense. Having back to back seasons with massive assist and hit numbers has been a wonderful outcome and I’m trying to craft this second regression to make sure I can stay there for one more season, to hopefully have another shot at the Cup.




Texas really should’ve pushed harder to not get completely boned by FHM. Like in game 5, they should have not given up two shorthanded goals. They did great to put up 49 shots (a full 21 more than NEW) and to outperform their opponents in nearly every stat category. But letting their opponents score a completely realistic number of shorties while also letting that goalie get a 100 game rating was not the way to win. And then with it all on the line at home in game 7, I would not have my nearly 1900 TPE goalie get a 35 game rating and a .790 save percentage. As a GM, I would have pressed the button that makes my goalie perform as well as they did all season, no reason to switch that up for the final game.

And ultimately, when you haven’t lost a single playoff game at home, I would just not lose two of them in the same sim on the final day of the championship. No, I would’ve done a much more realistic job of continuing to be a good hockey team, like they had been for nearly all 20 previous playoff games. Choosing to suddenly forget how hockey works was a bad idea and, frankly, an unrealistic choice on their part.