Draft in Historical Mode Thins Out

DougS · 12-08-2015, 07:03 PM

If this has been covered in the Quick Questions thread, I apologize. But it's awfully long at this point to flip through it looking for the answer to one particular question.

The circumstance: Playing in historical mode, starting in 2000. The option to generate rookies at 17 and have a draft is selected. When searching the draft pool, the parameters are the most inclusive (i.e., the default).

The issue: After the first couple of years of the simulation, the draft pool is underpopulated, so that there are no draftable players left after Round 5.

Am I missing something, or is this a known issue? It's a bit of a disappointment, as my favorite challenge in games like this is to take a team that's in the dumps, strip it down and rebuild it. This almost always means making good use of the draft to keep your farm teams/reserve list well stocked (as well as trying to wrangle top prospects from other teams). Having a short draft pool year after year puts a crimp in that strategy.

dave1927p · 12-08-2015, 10:33 PM

It is intentional. Only players who played in the NHL for at least a game make it in so that means that a lot of picks go unused.

DougS · 12-09-2015, 01:08 AM

Ah, I see. I'll have to remember that when trading for draft picks from now on. :-/

So, am I correct to deduce that the reason that the first year's draft class is so wide and deep is that it includes players who historically entered the draft in the couple of years before the simulation starts? I noticed some 19 year-olds, and then in subsequent seasons the top prospect are all 17 or 18.

12-08-2015, 07:03 PM	#1
DougS Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	Draft in Historical Mode Thins Out If this has been covered in the Quick Questions thread, I apologize. But it's awfully long at this point to flip through it looking for the answer to one particular question. The circumstance: Playing in historical mode, starting in 2000. The option to generate rookies at 17 and have a draft is selected. When searching the draft pool, the parameters are the most inclusive (i.e., the default). The issue: After the first couple of years of the simulation, the draft pool is underpopulated, so that there are no draftable players left after Round 5. Am I missing something, or is this a known issue? It's a bit of a disappointment, as my favorite challenge in games like this is to take a team that's in the dumps, strip it down and rebuild it. This almost always means making good use of the draft to keep your farm teams/reserve list well stocked (as well as trying to wrangle top prospects from other teams). Having a short draft pool year after year puts a crimp in that strategy.

12-08-2015, 10:33 PM	#2
dave1927p FHM Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brantford, ON Posts: 2,896	It is intentional. Only players who played in the NHL for at least a game make it in so that means that a lot of picks go unused. __________________ IN 1964 THE LEAFS WON THE STANLEY CUP :: IT'S ALSO THE YEAR THE CANADIAN FLAG WAS DESIGNED...coincidence?

12-09-2015, 01:08 AM	#3
DougS Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	Ah, I see. I'll have to remember that when trading for draft picks from now on. :-/ So, am I correct to deduce that the reason that the first year's draft class is so wide and deep is that it includes players who historically entered the draft in the couple of years before the simulation starts? I noticed some 19 year-olds, and then in subsequent seasons the top prospect are all 17 or 18.