Rubber Ducky
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Alright. I finally picked up the game today. I sent a join invitation for Buffalo. My GT is TheAvaholic, by the way.
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NHL 14 GM Connected League Thread (360)
- Thread starter Smiley90
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Invites apparently don't work properly, just search for gaf sim league and I'll accept.
You HAVE Drouin. Prospects are with the respective teams
You also have Landeskog and Hooberdoodoo, talk about a stacked team wow.
Also 6for8, there's no way I'm accepting that trade with Florida. The Detroit trade is already very borderline and a cap dump that I MIGHT accept since it's the first sim. The florida trade is way too one-sided though.
I accepted the EDM/FLA trade.
A Serious Man
Member
I spent a good 15 minutes trying to get Yakupov from Minnesota before one finally went through. I was just trying anything at that point and I was shocked the CPU actually accepted it. It does address a need they have and they'll be set on RW for years even without Yakupov, but I wouldn't be shocked if you reject it.
Yakupov is already better than Booth AND younger AND higher potential, you need to add way more to that to make it fair. Involving draft picks, especially not-1st-round picks tends to screw over the AI in trades. You need at least another 4star prospect or sth in there to make that trade fair.
I figured it wouldn't be a problem. I was just looking to get a playmaker to rotate in my third line when he develops a bit...hopefully.
Fear the line of
Hall-Thornton-Kane
Gardiner-Schultz.
I need to replace Thornton with someome young, then I'm set. I also have Rychelt (LW) and Murray (D) coming up as 4.5 prospects.
Quite happy with my team, just need to snag a lefthanded OFD/2WD as 6th D-man, then I'm more or less set.
Also the app tells me that the Toronto trade offer includes a 27th round pick :lolol. I wonder what that is supposed to be. Also a 9th round pick in another trade...
Checking ingame now, and seems you're getting Kane and a first back? Not sure how I feel about that... They're giving up skill AND future picks... Maybe convert it into a 2nd and drop your 3rd? You're getting a franchise player in return after all.
Rand0m TAG
Member
damn, internet died ...
will see what i can do
will see what i can do
A Serious Man
Member
My first attempt had two four-star prospects, a 1st, a 2nd, and Ribiero and the CPU rejected it. :/ I'll try to get something more fair through again.
Okay, Just reworked it to them giving up a 2nd, dropped my 3rd.
Well guys, looks like I'm outta the league. My xbox died on me this morning. I unplugged it and let it be for the day. Tried to boot it up just now, nothing :/
You can scratch me off the list Smiley90
Did you try plugging it in and out?
I mean, the AC adapter. I swear it dislodged for me one time and it was the last thing I checked for connection. Too bad :/Sounds good, accepted the thing!
Going to sim for the very first time soon!
"Ottawa signed free agent Teemu Selanne to a 1 year contract"
SACRILEGE CAKE BOSS. SACRILEGE.
All three players I put an offer in for signed, shocking.
Nobody injured yet, good shit EA. 3-1 start to the season.
Holy shit the Leafs have 3 players with 10 points, leading the league lol.
Edit: scratch that, 3 players injured. Lol. At least nothing long-term... Yet.
SACRILEGE CAKE BOSS. SACRILEGE.
All three players I put an offer in for signed, shocking.
Nobody injured yet, good shit EA. 3-1 start to the season.
Holy shit the Leafs have 3 players with 10 points, leading the league lol.
Edit: scratch that, 3 players injured. Lol. At least nothing long-term... Yet.
For reference, the two trades for 4.5star players that have happened so far:
3 4star prospects for Kane (+2nd)
4star roster player, 4star prospect, 3.5star prospect +1st for Yakupov
The 4star roster player was Booth who's low 80's, not particularly valuable, and a 3.5star prospect isn't as valuavle as a 4star, so that's why the 2nd trade also has an extra pick in it.
The app doesn't show properly what picks are in your trade, but I'm guessing it's something like:
4star roster player with potential (more value than booth for sure) + 4star prospect + 1st + 2nd?
If so, I think that's a fair trade. I can't tell from the app what the picks are though, so if you tell me I can accept it right away.
As always, let me know if you guys think the trades above are fair or not. 4.5 star players are decently rare and I don't want the AI to be screwed over. Now that the season has started I'm also gonna be much stricter on cap space dumps. -cough- Elias trade -cough-
So... You're trading away the first overall pick again?
BIG DOG BIG NUTS
I hope you get the GTA reference, hopefully this goes better then last time.
I'm not that far yet, busy with school til Friday :/
I might put a trade together for a young good center prospect at some point... It's all I'm missing now. Will post here once I have something.
Also djblue/Chicago, you haven't claimed your team in the league yet...
I usually sim between 11 and 12 pm PST. Trades go through at the end of the period. (so, after I sim and after the games have been simmed) So Benn won't enter your lineup until after I sim/he'll still play this sim's games for his old team.
Rand0m TAG
Member
sedin for sale
Anybody in need of a rental goalie?
I have two 85 ovr goalies (Brodeur and Halak) on expiring ~$3mil contracts.
Would take low first or high second round pick or prospects.
Also on the block:
Corey Perry
Lupul
Heatley
Plekanic
Seabrook.
Rand0m TAG
Member
goalie me up
make a blockbuster? sedin on the move too. halak + ... for sedin + ... ???
I have to check your roster and the trade offer from cake boss but do you have any interest in Lupul? Lupul and Halak for Sedin and prospects and or pick(s)?
Since it is unlikely that I re-sign Sedin next year, how about:
Gormley+Sedin
for
Lupul+ Halak
Cake Boss- not interested in your washed up players. Give me some prospects.
Checking trades on the iPhone app is awesome and way more convenient than last year.
Honestly, I REALLY dislike pick-heavy trades with the AI. They overvalue them way too much. A player is worth much more than a future pick for a player that May or may not pan out 5+ years down the road. Please don't try and make trades with the AI for one of their star players/prospects and only include maybe 1 decent prospect on your side and try and make up for the difference in picks. That will work in offline be a gm, but not in gm connected. The trades should be balanced and realistic. No team is gonna give up their franchise center who still has 10 years to play for a potential 2nd liner&backup goalie and picks for players that May or may not become nhl players 5+ years down the road.
I would feel a lot better about my shitty team if I was responsible for drafting them.
I approved all of today's trades. If they don't all end up going through then it's because of the cap space. There were e.g. multiple trades made with NJ that all shrunk their cap, I went in order of how they were submitted, with older trades being approved first. If your trade didn't go through, check for cap space again and try again (this probably mostly applies to CakeBoss)
There's no fantasy mode with AI involved, sadly Maybe in NHL 19.
There's no fantasy mode with AI involved, sadly
Maybe in NHL 19.I just told you this :lol Please don't try to balance out a trade so heavily with picks.
On the other hand, CakeBoss, I'm not sure that Canucks trade is fair to the AI either. Their player is MUCH more valuable than what you're offering in return and it's HEAVILY over-valuing your prospect relatively to what you're getting back. Beef it up or post the trade here if you want input from others, but I don't consider that trade even remotely even.
lol, why do you hate me Smiley? I was actually having 2nd thoughts about that trade after the CPU accepted it.
You are seriously overrating OEL in this game, hes not rated that high in GMConnected to begin with.
Hes only rated 82OVR, and hes not even the best dman in that team. Voynov and Stall are the top 2 dman in that team.
I dont think I am overvaluing my prospect, Ceci has the 2nd highest trade value on my dman, only behind Mcdonah (88OVR). and has the highest potential of all my prospects. hes basically my best prospect.
The trade is
Oliver Ekmman Larsson
4.5 yellow star / 82 OVR / OFD / 22 years old
some minor leaguer to make it under the 45 skater rule.
for
Corey Potter
3.5 silver star / 82 OVR/ TWD/ 29 years old
Cody Ceci
4.5 yellow star/ 64OVR/ TWD/ 19 years old
Potter basically replaces OEL for them and they also get my best prospect. And I get a guy that can probably play in my top 2 sooner than Ceci can, while OEL cant do that in vancouver becuase he'll always be stuck behind their top 2 dman.
You are seriously overrating OEL in this game, hes not rated that high in GMConnected to begin with.
Hes only rated 82OVR, and hes not even the best dman in that team. Voynov and Stall are the top 2 dman in that team.
I dont think I am overvaluing my prospect, Ceci has the 2nd highest trade value on my dman, only behind Mcdonah (88OVR). and has the highest potential of all my prospects. hes basically my best prospect.
The trade is
Oliver Ekmman Larsson
4.5 yellow star / 82 OVR / OFD / 22 years old
some minor leaguer to make it under the 45 skater rule.
for
Corey Potter
3.5 silver star / 82 OVR/ TWD/ 29 years old
Cody Ceci
4.5 yellow star/ 64OVR/ TWD/ 19 years old
Potter basically replaces OEL for them and they also get my best prospect. And I get a guy that can probably play in my top 2 sooner than Ceci can, while OEL cant do that in vancouver becuase he'll always be stuck behind their top 2 dman.
He's "only" an 82ovr, but he's also only 22. Most 4.5star prospects take much more than 3 years to develop like that, so his ceiling is really high. You're essentially trading for short-cutting Ceci's POTENTIAL development by 5 years and making it an essentially guaranteed ceiling with Potter, who's not extremely valuable himself. That's my take on this, at least. If others find the trade fair (e.g. Potter is worth as much as short-cutting 5 years of development) then I'll accept it. Just my take is that it's imbalanced.
And I'm saying the game trade value of Ceci is too high compared to OEL. OEL should be much more valuable, since he's grown much faster than the average 4.5star prospect.
I got most of my FA's by simple offering them like 25% more than they asked for, same term :lolol
Nobody wants to come to Tampa. Everybody wants to come to Columbus. Clearly.