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G-Nuke · 02-19-2016, 02:31 AM

In FHM2 I am seeing far too many instances of backup goalies playing 5-6 minute shifts replacing main goalies several times a season (see attached example).

The main issue with this is that up until 1960, there really wasn't the concept of a dedicated backup goalkeeper in the NHL... each home team was responsible for having an amateur goalie in attendance in case of an injury on either team.

Now I understand that this could be an issue to code (dressing only 1 G, with an extra shared backup in case of injury), but an alternative could be to still dress a backup but restrict mid-game goalie changes to ONLY be for injury replacements prior to 1942 (not sure where teams started occasionally dressing backups, but it was pretty much unheard of prior to 1942).

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Roster Rules

The 15 skater roster FHM defaults to prior to 1938 is pretty off. It should look more like this:

1931-1934: 13 skaters (9 forwards, 4 d)
1935-1937: 14 skaters (9 forwards, 5 d)

This is especially important since D-men are less plentiful prior to 1938. Right now I'm having a bunch of career minor leaguers and fringe NHLers as 3rd pair D-men.

02-19-2016, 02:31 AM	#1
G-Nuke Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 198	Goalie usage and roster rules prior to WW2 In FHM2 I am seeing far too many instances of backup goalies playing 5-6 minute shifts replacing main goalies several times a season (see attached example). The main issue with this is that up until 1960, there really wasn't the concept of a dedicated backup goalkeeper in the NHL... each home team was responsible for having an amateur goalie in attendance in case of an injury on either team. Now I understand that this could be an issue to code (dressing only 1 G, with an extra shared backup in case of injury), but an alternative could be to still dress a backup but restrict mid-game goalie changes to ONLY be for injury replacements prior to 1942 (not sure where teams started occasionally dressing backups, but it was pretty much unheard of prior to 1942). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roster Rules The 15 skater roster FHM defaults to prior to 1938 is pretty off. It should look more like this: 1931-1934: 13 skaters (9 forwards, 4 d) 1935-1937: 14 skaters (9 forwards, 5 d) This is especially important since D-men are less plentiful prior to 1938. Right now I'm having a bunch of career minor leaguers and fringe NHLers as 3rd pair D-men. Attached Images Last edited by G-Nuke; 02-19-2016 at 09:15 AM.