2010 NHL Offseason Thread

[Callisto]

Ugh, Comcast is obliterating my online ranking my first day with the game, fucking internet keeps going out midgame when I'm winning and counting as a DNF for me.

[Deader2818]

Ugh, Comcast is obliterating my online ranking my first day with the game, fucking internet keeps going out midgame when I'm winning and counting as a DNF for me.

It's comcastic!

[Sepukku]

I aint gonna lie, you're decent, but goddamn do you abuse the same one way of scoring. You have 13 shots and of those 13 - 6 were divided up into a combo of snap shot then queer rebound put-in.

Also, Letang -3. Gogo/Crosby Even. Letang is the bane of my existence.

[Callisto]

You'd think someone who sees as many Crosby interviews as you do wouldn't complain about something as cliche as 'just get pucks to the net'!

But yeah, this year's version plays a lot more to that style than last year's, that's actually not my go-to move, but uhh, I was knida the Oilers, lol. Trying to keep up with your backchecking in a footrace just wasn't going to happen at all. The third one was especially pure luck, the first two I was kinda aiming for since I saw the guy coming up the wing. Not sure if you've noticed as much, but if you try to actually pass across to the trailer the goalies are buffed as fuck in terms of getting across the crease this year and it doesn't work remotely close to as well as it did in last year's installment.

[Callisto]

also how the hell do you do that little jumpy move lol?

[Sepukku]

I think we're pretty evenly matched. The third goal definitely was the queerest of them all. I know you like my jumping deke My favorite one and oddly, this year, my best deke for actually being useful since the sideways deke thing sucks in this year cause it kills all your momentum.

[Callisto]

I don't typically mess with much other than the standard stick dekes, I've always been shitty with the dangle ones.

[Brill Weave]

I'm awful with the dekes. I'm still trying to get the total hang of checking. It's got a bit more of a learning
curve this year. But I'm loving the improvements. I just haven't had a lot of time to sit down and play.

[Brill Weave]

By the way Sepp, I will be expecting my tickets to the game. I'm old enough to buy you and your girlfriend beer

[Palin]

Stars re-sign Neal for 2 years, 2.875 cap hit; and Niskanen for 2 years 1.5 cap hit. A bit overpaid on Niskanen, hopefully he'll have a bounce back year. Neal signing is solid, woulda loved more years but he'll still be an RFA when its over, so he can get his raise if he pushes his game.

[Sepukku]

By the way Sepp, I will be expecting my tickets to the game. I'm old enough to buy you and your girlfriend beer

Asshole! I turned 22 last month :/

Its not my fault you're too old to get free tickets :b

[Chips]

Would we be interested in making an EA League team for the PS3?

[Callisto]

I actually may be after I get a chance to mess with BAP a bit, I've been too busy getting pissed off at bandwagon Canucks fans who don't know any defensive controls outside of L1+R1 and quit any time I get a lead. I haven't touched the offline modes really.

[Ivaden]

Would we be interested in making an EA League team for the PS3?

Yes, I'll play left D. LET'S DO THIS

[Ratatapa]

I actually may be after I get a chance to mess with BAP a bit, I've been too busy getting pissed off at bandwagon Canucks fans who don't know any defensive controls outside of L1+R1 and quit any time I get a lead. I haven't touched the offline modes really.

So fucking true, played 5 canucks fan and they all dive all the fucking time lol

[Sepukku]

Just do the jumping deke over them, thats what it was primarily designed for if you watch the animation thing at the start... oh wait... you all don't know how :b

[Sepukku]

2 most badass moments in the game:
Jumping over someone who dove on the ice.
Taking your center up the middle and jumping between the two defensemen and corraling the puck again in time to beat the goalie. <---Haven't pulled this one off yet, but god help me when I do, its going on Youtube and EA Sports World. Ive jumped between the two D twice now without getting flattened but neither time I got puck control again quick enough to beat the goalie.

[Callisto]

Just do the jumping deke over them, thats what it was primarily designed for if you watch the animation thing at the start... oh wait... you all don't know how :b

I do now actually, but even better than your 2(not mine):

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/36295933

And getting past them isn't the issue, it's them just laying down in front of the net. I've had to play at least two games against two people at a time where both of them would just sit in front of their own net on D and lay down on the ice side-to-side in front of it as soon as I set up in the zone, so the only shots I could take without getting blocked were from at least at the top circle if not further out.

[Chips]

Yes, I'll play left D. LET'S DO THIS

Awesome, I guess the team could have as many people as we want, but so far we have three interested, we should get this going soon!

Edit: what're your PS3 IDs? Mine's SOChips

[Callisto]

Mine's Nalso, I still need to actually make a BAP guy lol

I can play anything but goalie