NHL 12 "Be A GM" Mode Discussion Thread

[Hooterz]

Nice Gods, good luck
Edit (update):
I finished the season 1st in the Western conference and 4 points ahead of Anaheim who is in my division. I was 2 or 4 points off of winning the president's trophy. First round of the playoffs was against St. Louis and I defeated them in 7 games. Was a good series. Western Semifinals are against Anaheim, and so far the series is 3-1 in my favor. My first line has been doing amazing for me. Brown and Toews both with 7 goals and Taylor Hall right behind them with 6. Brown has 12 assists and Toews 10. Holtby is my starting goalie as he was doing more consistent at winning games and Crawford was very streaky for me. Will update again after the season.

[fillydilly]

I'm playing a BAGM season and my PP percentage is at 12%. The PP never clicks. NEVER. I've tried a lot of different combinations and I have given each combination a few games to get a chemistry going but it never never ever clicks. Its been like this for 3 seasons now and I've given up. But it really hurts my season performance. My defense is top 5, goalie top 10 and penalty kill is top 5 but I loose games because I cant score on the powerplay. So frustrating. Anyone got any tip for me on how to construct the PP-lines?

[Hooterz]

@Filly
I struggled as well, and do at times but my powerplay this past season finished at about 21%. It was at 24% for about 1/4 of the season and then dropped a lot to 18% but I managed to bring it back up again. I try to find my defensemen who have a good slap shot, are able to move the puck around, etc. My first line of power play usually consists of my first line players, typically my star players. That also involves a power forward, sniper, and play maker. Just look at points where you struggle, and when you do score, what is successful for you? For me it was not moving the puck enough and not being patient. Cycle to puck down low and bring it back up to the point. Sometimes you can get a pass to a pointman from down low and there will be no players defending you D men. That is when you can go for a one timer. Also try to aim you shots well when there is traffic infront of the net. You can go for tips this way, but also you can drag the puck with your D man from right to left or left to right (depending on where traffic is) across the blue line and the goalie sometimes doesn't see because of the traffic infront. CPU defense doesn't always cover people down low. This means that you can use your 2 forwards who are infront of the net to score as well. Just pass it around and try to get the 1 D man down low to move and your other player will be open. Hope this helps

[amplify57]

Quote: Originally Posted by fillydilly

I'm playing a BAGM season and my PP percentage is at 12%. The PP never clicks. NEVER. I've tried a lot of different combinations and I have given each combination a few games to get a chemistry going but it never never ever clicks. Its been like this for 3 seasons now and I've given up. But it really hurts my season performance. My defense is top 5, goalie top 10 and penalty kill is top 5 but I loose games because I cant score on the powerplay. So frustrating. Anyone got any tip for me on how to construct the PP-lines?

For some reason, my power play either is unstoppable or it fails. My recent BAGM had a 29% (!!!) power play percentage in the regular season (Malkin, Duchene, Havlat, Ponikarovsky, and Blum for the first line, and Cal O'Reilly, Landeskog, Latendresse, Rolston, and Garrison second) and is even better in the playoffs (I'm about to start the Cup Finals). I just passed the puck and took a lot of one timers. If you are a good passer, try to score a lot on the rush with one timers. I scored on the rush or with one timers for about 80% of my goals. It's easier on the power play because of the man advantage. Hope this helps!

[rockman2k2]

I just purchased NHL 12 over the weekend and started up Be A GM with the Anaheim Ducks.

And so far, I'm having a lot of fun with the game. My Ducks are off to a good start at 4-2-2, all without Corey Perry. Perry was injured during the Preseason and will remain out for another six weeks. So I'm excited to see the team playing well, even without one of our top players. The one thing that concerns me is, we have yet to score first this season. Regardless, we are playing well, and hope to do so while Perry is out.

I'm not to keen on many of the players in the league today, but I'm looking to move Parros, Brookbank, or both in hopes of getting either a RW or D. I know neither are that good, but I'm not looking for a star, just quality veteran guys that could help us at those two positions. So any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[amplify57]

Martin Havlat is a good quality veteran RW. He scores a lot of goals and can dish the puck as well. Best used on rush to take advantage of his speed. Zach Parise is a great LW but I have played him at right wing before, and he still puts up numbers. There are certainly others out there, but these are the best players of whom I have had experience with. If you are going to trade Brookbank and Parros, though, you might need to offer a little more for these guys, but I think they're worth it. Hope this helps!

[rockman2k2]

Thanks for the suggestions. Going to look at both of these players when I get home. If I have to throw in another player, I do have a young guy I wouldn't mind parting with. At the age of 19 I'm hopeful Devante Smith-Pelly could help sweeten any deal. He was atrocious for me during the first couple games and I decided to dress Palmieri in his place. A move that has helped spark us to the record we have now (4-2-2) after starting the season (0-2-0).

[Hooterz]

Just an update if anyone cares about my previous posts. My season ended and the playoffs ended too. I finished in the finals and lost the series 4-2 (I made a little mistake and simmed a game but oh well). I have made a few big moves that has changed my team quite a bit, so if anyone is interested I will post them. Starting my next season, but I upped the difficulty to Superstar and am currently about 4-5-1 or something.

Also one question. I read a post on these forums that say the game plays better without the updates downloaded and using the original tuner 1.00 or whatever. I agree, and have been playing that way for a few weeks now. But my one question is, is there anyway I can get a roster update or how would I go about doing that and getting the updated players/rosters for the current teams. Thanks

[Bloop33]

Well, I have 2 GM Modes currently in progress (switch up on occasion), and have finished 1, but I'll just introduce my Tampa Bay Lightning team.

Currently I'm up 2 games to 0 over the Edmonton Oilers for the 2021 Stanley Cup, and won it once in 2015-16.

Currently my line-up has a lot of draft picks since the game started, It makes the game more enjoyable for myself to develop players into superstars, so I'll give little bio's to help understand them.

Line 1, My best line all around, not best defensively or offensively though.

LW- Dwayne Boos. 24 years old, 5'9, 184 lbs. Playmaker, Franchise Player Drafted 1st overall in 2016 by myself. 370 Career Games, 77 goals, 330 points. 88 overall.

C- Gene Pauls. 21 years old, 6'2, 203lbs. Sniper, Franchise Player Drafted 1st overall in 2019 by myself. 152 Career Games, 53 goals, 94 points. 85 overall.

RW- Kari Kukkonen. 24 years old, 6'3, 214 lbs. Sniper, Drafted 182nd overall by the Phoenix Coyotes. 48 Careers Games, 12 Goals, 25 points. 80 overall.

2nd Line, the scoring line.

LW- Vladimir Fedotov. 26 years old, 6'2, 196 lbs. Playmaker, Drafted 1st overall in 2013 by myself. 625 Career Games, 193 goals, 445 points. 88 overall.

C- Alex Galchenyuk. 27 years old, 6'2, 201 lbs. Playmaker, Drafted 13th overall in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. 659 Games Played, 155 goals, 432 points. 89 overall.

RW- Dimitri Svitov. 23 years old, 6'1, 193 lbs. Sniper, Drafted 1st overall in 2017 by the Detroit Red Wings. 289 Games Played, 77 goals, 146 points. 80 overall.

Line 3, the shutdown line.

LW- Ryan Van Stralen. 27 years old, 6'4, 216 lbs. Power Forward, Drafted 6th overall in 2012 by the Columbus Blue Jackets. 462 games played, 78 goals, 166 points. 88 overall.

C- Trent Lofthouse. 26 years old, 6'4, 197 lbs. Playmaker, Drafted 4th overall in 2013 by the Florida Panthers. 414 Games Played, 121 goals, 283 points. 89 overall.

RW- Sergej Bykov. 22 years old, 6'3, 234 lbs. Power Forward, Drafted 201st overall in 2018 by the Colorado Avalanche. 46 games played, 9 goals, 12 points. 75 overall.

Line 4, don't get scored on!

LW- Tim Barker. 21 years old, 6'1, 193 lbs. Sniper, Drafted 7th overall by myself. 164 Games Played, 36 goals, 74 points. 83 overall.

C- Marcus Power. 27 years old, 6'1, 183 lbs. Playmaker, undrafted. 166 Games Played, 12 goals, 37 assists. 80 overall.

RW- Sergey Kuptsov. 26 years old, 6'2, 221 lbs. Sniper, Drafted 12th overall in 2013 by the Philadelphia Flyers. 290 Games Played, 25 goals, 70 points. 85 overall.

Scratched forwards:
Paul Adams, Sniper, 84 overall.
Nick Woywitka, Grinder, 83 overall.
Jarrod Scatchard, Two Way Forward, 81 overall.
Tristan Sieben, Two Way Forward, 81 overall.
Levi Bews, Two Way Forward, 80 overall.

Defence!

Pairing 1

LD- Chris Carlisle. 26 years old, 6'1, 192 lbs. Defensive Defenceman, drafted 2nd overall in 2013 by the Edmonton Oilers. 258 Games Played, 3 goals, 34 points. 84 overall.

RD- Riley Guenther. 26 years old, 6'1, 189 lbs. Defensive Defenceman, drafted 2nd overall in 2012 by the New York Islanders. 571 Games Played, 71 goals, 282 points. 93 overall.

Pairing 2

LD- Kenton Helgesen. 27 years old, 6'3, 198 lbs. Defensive Defenceman, drafted 3rd overall in 2013 by the Anaheim Ducks. 402 Games Played, 15 goals, 84 points. 88 overall.

RD- Jeremy Tanabe. 28 years old, 6'2, 206 lbs. Two-way Defenceman, drafted 11th overall in 2012 by the Minnesota Wild. 649 Games Played, 64 goals, 275 points. 87 overall.

Pairing 3

LD- Sean Callaghan. 27 years old, 6'5, 205 lbs. Defensive Defenceman, drafted 170th overall in 2013 by the Boston Bruins. 294 Games Played, 28 goals, 106 points. 86 overall.

RD- Greg Boyess. 25 years old, 6'2, 298 lbs, Defensive Defenceman, drafted 3rd overall in 2016 by myself. 249 Games Played, 13 Goals, 47 points. 81 overall.

Scratched d-men.
Edward Manlow, Defensive Defencemen, 81 overall.
Gordon Weaver, Two-Way Defencemen, 80 overall.
Oldrich Hamrlik, Two-Way Defencemen, 82 overall.

Goaltenders

Starter- Tuukka Miettinen. 24 years old, 6'2, 184 lbs. Butterfly Goalie. drafted 2nd overall in 2016 by Phoenix Coyotes. 97 Games Played, 47 wins. 86 overall.

Back-up- Matt Murray. 27 years old, 6'4, 176 lbs. Hybrid Goalie. drafted 73rd overall in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. 196 Games Played, 86 wins. 88 overall.

Prospects:
Danny Erskine, 21 y/o, 78 overall, A-,B-,B potential. Lw, Snp.
Dwight Reid, 23 y/o, 79 overall, C,B-,A- potential. DFD
Jordan Lombardi, 23 y/o, 78 overall, B,C,B potential. DFD.
Timo Haakana, 22 y/o, 77 overall, A-,C,A potential. Rw, Ply.
Austin Booth, 23 y/o, 76 overall, B-,B-,B potential. TWD
Jani Viuhkola, 23 y/o, 75 overall, B-,B,A- potential. C, Snp.
Sergey Alexeev, 25 y/o, 84 overall, A-,C,B- potential. Hyb Goalie.

Hope you all enjoy, next posts will be shorter, as I won't need to introduce my team.

[Hooterz]

Nice Bloop it looks like an awesome team. I agree that the game is more fun developing picks into superstars and it shows in your lineups. Good luck in the cup finals!