NHL 12: Sim Engine Blog

[Gagnon39]

Also, I forgot to mention, I guess EA is still under the delusion that Roberto Lou-Dongo is actually the best goalie in the league. What a total joke. Unless of course they drop all of his ratings by 20 when the playoffs starts, then I'd buy it. My happiest moment this year was the look on his face after they lost game 7. I hope he never wins a Cup.

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Also, I forgot to mention, I guess EA is still under the delusion that Roberto Lou-Dongo is actually the best goalie in the league. What a total joke. Unless of course they drop all of his ratings by 20 when the playoffs starts, then I'd buy it. My happiest moment this year was the look on his face after they lost game 7. I hope he never wins a Cup.

That's kind of harsh. I don't much like Vancouver, but as a person, it sucks to see someone not just lose the cup, but implode like that.
Also, as much flak as he gets, Luongo is a solid goal tender. While the whole team was good all season, you don't win the President's Trophy with a lousy goaltender. He just has problems when the pressure is applied. (Hell, even in the Olympics, i think they only won two of their games by 1 goal, and he did allow that tying goal in the Gold Medal game with under 10 to go if i remember right.) But he's still a really good goalie. He just may never have the composure to keep steady in the playoffs (Something that would be an interesting feature. Playoff ratings, and regular season ratings...Ovechkin and Luongo would suffer there.)
Speaking of, i've had Washington miss the playoffs in my mostly simmed two seasons in Be a GM which is ridiculous. I could understand if they made it and then went out early, that would be pretty realistic, but they aren't even making it, while teams like the Islanders have skated it.

[Gagnon39]

Quote: Originally Posted by actionhank

That's kind of harsh. I don't much like Vancouver, but as a person, it sucks to see someone not just lose the cup, but implode like that. Also, as much flak as he gets, Luongo is a solid goal tender. While the whole team was good all season, you don't win the President's Trophy with a lousy goaltender. He just has problems when the pressure is applied. (Hell, even in the Olympics, i think they only won two of their games by 1 goal, and he did allow that tying goal in the Gold Medal game with under 10 to go if i remember right.) But he's still a really good goalie. He just may never have the composure to keep steady in the playoffs (Something that would be an interesting feature. Playoff ratings, and regular season ratings...Ovechkin and Luongo would suffer there.) Speaking of, i've had Washington miss the playoffs in my mostly simmed two seasons in Be a GM which is ridiculous. I could understand if they made it and then went out early, that would be pretty realistic, but they aren't even making it, while teams like the Islanders have skated it.

It may be harsh, but it is my obligation as a Blackhawks fan. If Sharpy would have put that puck in overtime 6 inches to the left, the Canucks would have not made it to the second round.

Oh, well.

My point though was that its a little silly that Lungo is consistently the highest rated goaltender in the game. Should he be rated high? Sure. The best, no way.

[ComaFaction]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

It may be harsh, but it is my obligation as a Blackhawks fan. If Sharpy would have put that puck in overtime 6 inches to the left, the Canucks would have not made it to the second round. Oh, well. My point though was that its a little silly that Lungo is consistently the highest rated goaltender in the game. Should he be rated high? Sure. The best, no way.

In all fairness, all that picture shows is that he led the league in some goaltending categories. Much like he did this past season IRL.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

Hey Hank, think this could be the year finally or what? *keeping my fingers crossed*

Haha, I hope so.
The screenshot showing the scoring leaders grabbed my attention. The numbers look great and the usual suspects are all present and accounted for. That's great news!

I'm really liking what they've shown so far in the physics hitting clips and now with the stats.
It also sounds like they've revamped BAP and BaGM modes. Music to my ears!

I'll have to create a guy for EASHL too. Anyone know a team that needs an offensive d'man who stinks at D and ignores his teammates in the offensive zone because he's fallen in love with his 65MPH slapper?

[Splitter77]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Also, I forgot to mention, I guess EA is still under the delusion that Roberto Lou-Dongo is actually the best goalie in the league. What a total joke. Unless of course they drop all of his ratings by 20 when the playoffs starts, then I'd buy it. My happiest moment this year was the look on his face after they lost game 7. I hope he never wins a Cup.

same here. He is arrogant. I cant believe the comments he made after game 5. Especially considering he let up 12 goals in games 3&4.

[JsMcbain]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueNGold

Not sure about player fatigue but it looks like we got goalie fatigue: Luongo appears to be the goalie with the most games played at 60. The rest of those guys are all below that.

Or maybe that screenshot was taken after 63 games played.... That would suprise me as players stats screenshot shows 82 games...

[Gagnon39]

Quote: Originally Posted by JsMcbain

Or maybe that screenshot was taken after 63 games played.... That would suprise me as players stats screenshot shows 82 games...

Nah, I'm sure that's after a full season. There would be no reason to show stats while the season was still going.