Alright everyone, here is the new thread for the CAG NHL13 League! This is my first created thread so bear with me as it's probably gonna be a little unorganized. We will be using the same rules/settings as in the previous thread which is located here:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=326572

Team: CAG Name (click to send private message) | XBL Gamertag | Time Zone |

New Jersey Devils:
New York Islanders:
New York Rangers: Canbanana | Canbanana | CST |
Philadelphia Flyers: Flyersfan | PsychedelicRock | ??? |
Pittsburgh Penguins: chriscolbert | chriscolbert | EST |

Boston Bruins: Handlovitch , Mark331330 , EST
Buffalo Sabres: Twick87 | twick87 | EST |
Montreal Canadiens: mvp828 | AttackingMVP | EST |
Ottawa Senators:
Toronto Maple Leafs:

Carolina Hurricanes:
Florida Panthers:
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Washington Capitals: DestroVega | DestroVega | EST |
Winnipeg Jets: IndoAssassin | IndoAssassin | PST |

Chicago Blackhawks: ajh2298 | ajh2298 | EST |
Columbus Blue Jackets:
Detroit Red Wings:
Nashville Predators:
St. Louis Blues:

Calgary Flames:
Colorado Avalanche:
Edmonton Oilers:
Minnesota Wild:
Vancouver Canucks:

Anaheim Ducks: TimTalsx0 | TimTalsx0 | EST |
Dallas Stars:
Los Angeles Kings: Matt Young | X Matt Young X | PST |
Phoenix Coyotes: garrett007 | garrett007 | EST |
San Jose Sharks:

League Rules and Policies

In general, the NHL series needs less guidelines than some of the other sports leagues. But there are still some areas people need to be aware of.

Playstyles
This is a tough one to define because in general the golden rule is "Don't play like a jerk." But there aren't too many areas of gameplay where people need to restrict themselves. It's really one of those things of "you'll know it when you see it." We have a couple specific examples, but other than that, there are things that I wish would be tuned better: penalties, hitting effectiveness, goalie reaction speed, etc. But that's not something we have any control over, so there's really no way to tell people to play a certain way in regards to those areas.

What I do think can be said though is to not come down the ice trying to do the same thing every time. If you're constantly going for a cross crease, or you're constantly twirling your stick and shooting for that short side, you're not really playing hockey. You're looking for an easy goal (see also: exploit). Vary your attack with the flow of the game, and play the game right.

Skating Backward on Breakaways
EA makes stupid AI. There's no other way to put it. Holding the LT on a breakaway to skate backward at the goalie, and then turning back around quickly to whip the puck by the goalie as he tries to figure out what is going on is an exploit. This has been an exploit in previous years, and it has resurfaced this year.

If you're facing a human goalie (ie. penalty shots/shootouts), feel free to do whatever you want. But against an AI goalie, it's an exploit. Of course you're free to deke, do a spin move, etc. But skating backward for 3-4 seconds until you're right at the crease, and then turning and blowing the puck by the AI goalie shows no skill. It's just a stupid exploit.

Diving At The Goalie
This should be common sense. But then again, it should have been common sense for EA to take it out of the game. But apparently, diving at the goalie and swinging your stick on the ice after he's covered the puck and is waiting on the whistle is a great way to knock the puck loose. It should go without saying that this is a 100% dbag "strategy". Anyone caught doing this will get one warning. Get caught again and you're banned from the league. Not going to fool around with this one since it's complete garbage.

Sportsmanship
The biggest thing I can stress is be respectful of your opponent, and be gracious in victory. Have the recognition that sometimes the puck just bounces your way, and the better team doesn't always win. In short, stay humble.

Disconnects
Unfortunately, I think if a game gets disconnected, whoever's "fault" EA thinks the disconnect was will get the loss. I have no power to reset games, so you'll just have to take it on the chin and like it if it happens to you. But you're playing an EA game, so you should be used to that by now right?

Advancement
Because of the fact that our only option was to play the full 82 game season, we're going to have to move at a much quicker pace if we want to have any hope of playing multiple seasons. Nobody is expected to play all 82 games. I'll be impressed with nyone who plays half of that.

But to mach sure we keep things moving along, each advancement period will have 2 weeks of the real NHL schedule available to play. You'll have 5 days to play as many of those games as you can...and the rest will just get simmed. It's nowhere close to ideal, but it's what EA gave us, and we'll just have to make the best of it.

Free Agency
It seems that free agency is completely regulated in this game, complete with a salary cap, variable contract lengths, and in-depth negotiations. Considering those factors, we SHOULDN'T need to restrict free agency too much. Feel free to place offers on players, but remember that your finances are not limitless. And again, if anyone notices any glaring problems, just speak up.

Trades
Like free agency, trades seem to be fairly regulated. The game even has a system built in to give the commissioner final rights to approve or reject a trade. As welcomed as that feature is, I still want people to post trade proposals in the thread.

Once you and another team have come to an agreement on what you believe is a fair trade, please post it in the thread, including all players/draft picks involved, the player's position, age, overall rating, and contract info.

Communication
This is probably the most important aspect of the league. Without it, there's no point in playing. Considering the pace of the advancement schedule, it would be wise to send PM's to all opponents on your schedule and let them know when you're available.

LOOK AT YOUR OPPONENT'S AVAILABILITY in the OP before sending your message. If you can offer them a time that already works with their availability, you're going to be much more likely to get your games played. This may seem like common sense, but you'd be surprise how many leagues just completely stall out because people fail to communicate. Don't let that happen to you!

Enabling CPU Play (Required of ALL Teams)
Select one of the games on your schedule, press A, and select "Enable CPU and Sim Games Vs Your Team". This DOES NOT prevent you from playing your games in any way. It just makes it possible for other teams to play you should you not be available by the day of the deadline.

ALL TEAMS must contact their opponents through private message on CAG to inquire about schedulling a time to play their game. If you have not responded to your opponent within an appropriate amount of time to get the game scheduled before the deadline, do not be surprised if your opponent ends up playing the CPU.

NO ONE should be playing any games vs the CPU until the day of the deadline unless given permission by the team owner in this thread (teams with no owner can be played at any time...if you're not sure who doesn't have an owner, check the Original Post of this thread).

Any team that plays a CPU team without permission or without giving the team owner a chance to exchange private messages will be given one initial WARNING. A second offense will come with a 3 GAME SUSPSENSION (meaning 3 opponents get to play your CPU team). A third offense will come with a 6 GAME SUSPENSION. And a fourth offense will result in being BANNED from the league. Don't let this happen to you. There are plenty of ways to figure out if you should be playing the CPU or not. Don't be lazy.

Note: ALL LEAGUE GAMES ARE TO BE PLAYED 1v1

Present.

I'm a go for the second season...think it'll be a lot less crazy now. I'll probably be letting a lot of games go to CPU though.

'Allo Chaps

Please send me a pm if you are gonna play in season 2!!!

In for the second season.

Couldn't trade it in since its the only game me and my son play together on a regular basis. As crap as it is it is the only hockey I have for now. I guess I will be back for season 2 also.

I (Los Angeles) will be back.

Good to hear that the Caps, Kings, and Canucks are all gonna be back for season 2.

I have a question for you guys: while browsing through the settings as commissioner I don't see an option to turn injuries off (unless that option opens up in the offseason). If this is the case would anyone object starting over so that I could turn them off? This means that we would be starting back at season 1 and you would lose any sort of progress with your young players and contracts would be reset to year 1. For me, this is my biggest gripe with the game. What are your thoughts?

EDIT: this would be after the playoffs are over of course.

I'd rather not start over. If so, I might consider dropping all together. Part of the reason why im in for round two is because of the team I "built"

Would also not want to start over. One of the reason I am coming back is to see how the draft and free agency works.

I really don't care if we start over or not. I don't even think I have any players that I picked up. Hell I really only wanted to pick up Tarasenko and I don't even think he is in the game. Only thing I want is the same rules we used for the last league. I really don't want to see people skating backwards and shooting to score goals. I really think the last league was fine the way it was. Sure I didn't like losing guys, but it is a game and it is hockey. However if everyone wants injuries off I'm fine with that. At least then I wont have someone say I'm head hunting when their guy gets injured by a CPU player on my team.

Alright we'll just stick with the current league and the current rules. Hopefully in the offseason it gives me the option to turn off injuries (not counting on it) but I forgot about our trades and that is a big part of everyone's teams. I know I don't want to lose the guys I traded for.

Looks like I'm the first casualty of the 2nd round. Went down to MTL in 5 games. Games 1-3 were tight, then games 4 and 5 my defense shit the bed. Allowed 6 goals in games 1-3, and 7 goals in 4+5. MTL scored first in every game so I had to play from behind the entire series. I only scored 4 goals in the entire series which is terrible. Didn't help that my top 2 LW's missed every game.

Overall a good series sportsmanship wise. You really notice the games' flaws more when u lose tho. It sucks even more when u know how your opponent is gonna score but u still can't stop it. I'm gonna have to mess around with the strategies in the offseason.

Good luck to PIT/WSH cause he's gonna be tough.

Also I noticed that nobody else has started round 2 yet. Obviously it's no rush but if everyone is done before the due date I'll advance us earlier. I'd like to have the finals done by Xmas.

Originally Posted by Twick87 Looks like I'm the first casualty of the 2nd round. Went down to MTL in 5 games. Games 1-3 were tight, then games 4 and 5 my defense shit the bed. Allowed 6 goals in games 1-3, and 7 goals in 4+5. MTL scored first in every game so I had to play from behind the entire series. I only scored 4 goals in the entire series which is terrible. Didn't help that my top 2 LW's missed every game. Overall a good series sportsmanship wise. You really notice the games' flaws more when u lose tho. It sucks even more when u know how your opponent is gonna score but u still can't stop it. I'm gonna have to mess around with the strategies in the offseason. Good luck to PIT/WSH cause he's gonna be tough.

Good games. I thought 4 was pretty good too. The one thing constructive criticism wise is that it seemed like in 4 and 5 you were playing a little more aggressive on D which helped me create more opportunities. It helped that in game 5 Miller decided to take a$shit.

I'm glad to see Price brought an A game this series. It was also nice to see my D-men contributing from the point since they had been irrelevant most of the season.

I was looking at my player stats and talk about a 180 from the regular season. Had all but 2 guys score through 82 games. After 10 games in the playoffs, all but 4 have scored and everyone I think has a point. Getting really lucky that my 3rd and 4th lines are stepping it up when it matters most.

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What teams are still in the finals? Seeing how this is the only hockey I'm getting I'm interested in knowing who wins what. Really hope it is a player that is staying in the league that wins.

You can count me in for season 2

Originally Posted by sendme What teams are still in the finals? Seeing how this is the only hockey I'm getting I'm interested in knowing who wins what. Really hope it is a player that is staying in the league that wins.

The conference finals will be:

MTL v. WSH/PIT and DET/MIN v. COL/PHX