EHM The Blue Line

The 2nd of today's community competitions is Create a TBL Star, where users are placed into an EHM game to see how their careers unfold. Users will pick their attributes, positions and their starting junior team and then EHM will take care of the rest!

To enter:
Fill out this Excel File then copy and paste into this thread.
The offensive & defensive attribute limits are dependent on your role attributes, so the higher the offensive role, the more offensive attributes you are able to assign.
The excel file shows you how many attribute points you have left in each section, so it should be pretty easy to setup your player.

Each player starts with current ability 50 & potential ability of -15, which assigns them a potential ability between 110 & 190. This means that some users could be NHL stars, but they could equally be as likely to be AHL players etc.. In our tests we've found that the majority of users will get some NHL experience and about half will be NHL regulars by the time they're 30 years old.
Each player is also assigned the birthyear of 1992, so they will be 13/14 at the beginning of the game.

In the Excel file there are 2 cells entitled Junior Club & Junior Preference.

Junior club is the club you initially start out with, at age 13/14, and has to be chosen under the following restrictions:

From North America, your junior team MUST NOT be from one of the following leagues:
NHL
AHL
ECHL
CHL
UHL
WHL
LNAH
QMJH
OHL
US College leagues

It can be from the Canadian Midget leagues or the US U16 leagues, or the NAHL.

From Europe, your junior team MUST be from one of the junior leagues(e.g. British juniors etc..), NOT from on of the top leagues(DEL/EIHL etc..).

Junior preference is in the editor, in-game it will say 'Aiming to play Canadian major junior hockey'(if you put the Major option). So after a few seasons you will end up in the Canadian Major leagues, and similarly for European & College junior leagues.

I will post updates at the beginning of every month, during the season, and then I will also report on any moves over the off-season I'll be looking to do a season every week.
Users may also request a trade/move once every 3 seasons, I will take over as your teams GM and then offer you out to everyone in the league. You will be able to choose which club you want to go to, as long as they offer for you!

I will be making the saved game available at the end of each season so you can control your own career if you want, or alternatively I can make the database available as well.

The Excel File can be found here: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com//forums/d ... ile_id=452

Now it's time for me to create the next Sidney Crosby...

I love this idea, Calv! This is going to be very interesting!

I'll have my player submitted soon.

Don't worry about any short-term deadline to get your players in btw, I'm going on holiday tomorrow so you've got at least at week to get them in

If the makers of this tool approve, Id like to use this to make the forum players I will add tot he WHA mod database....

Feel free to use it, just bear in mind that it was intended to create players aged 13/14 so the attribute limits may need a little bit of tweaking

Great idea, Calv.

I may have to go against my will and be unrealistic, though. I did this with myself a couple months ago, and I went as realistic as I could with my player... ...he was so realistically unskilled that he retired after only about a week.

LOL! Don't worry about that. We're all on even footing when creating our players. If you look at the spreadsheet you'll see that we all have the same number of attribute points to work with. It all varies on how we allocate them. The only part that's really going to make players range from below average to above average is the random potential.

Done - Calv

I hope mine turns out better than Stinson's, then

What North American junior leagues can we use? I was going to go for NCAA but see that we can't use that. I've gone for the British Juniors but wouldn't mind switching to North America


Skater:
First Name Colin
Surname Archibalduk
D.O.B(dd/mm) 13-Apr
Place Of Birth Liverpool
Nationality British
2nd Nationality Canadian
Primary Position RW
Secondary Position RD
Height(cm) 180
Weight(kgs) 90
Handedness Right
Favourite Number 84
Favourite Club Manchester Phoenix
Disliked Club Sheffield Steelers
Junior Preference Major Junior
Junior Club Beardy's Blackhawks

Role
Offensive Role 16
Defensive Role 14
Role Total 30
Points Left 0

Staff Attributes
Adaptability 13
Ambition 9
Determination 10
Loyalty 8
Pressure 11
Professionalism 8
Sportsmanship 8
Temperament 8
Staff Total 75
Points Left 0

Offensive Attributes
Deflections 3
Dekeing 5
Faceoffs 5
Passing 10
Slapshot 5
Stickhandling 11
Wristshot 10
Offensive Total 49
Points Left 0

Defensive Attributes
Checking 8
Pokecheck 10
Positioning 9
Hitting 4
Strength 6
Defensive Total 37
Points Left 0

Mental Attributes
Anticipation 12
Bravery 9
Flair 11
Leadership 7
Teamwork 10
Workrate 12
Vision 12
Mental Total 73
Points Left 0

Physical Attributes
Acceleration 9
Agility 8
Balance 13
Injury Proneness 8
Pace 13
Stamina 12
Physical Total 67
Points Left 0

Fighting/Enforcing
Agitation 7
Aggression 11
Dirtyness 2
Fighting 13
Fighting Total 42
Points Left 9

North American midget leagues look like the ones with the right age group, or the US U16 leagues

I'm a little confused on the College/Junior choice.

1. Is this choice where we start or where we want to end up playing our amatuer hockey?

2. If we can't select US college leagues, does that leave only Canadian Universities?

3. One choice is "Major Junor", but the OHL, QMJHL & WHL are all off limits. What other major junior leagues are there?

I would like to end up playing for the University of Michigan in the CCHA, but would probably start in the NAHL. So how would I record this?

Calv wrote:North American midget leagues look like the ones with the right age group, or the US U16 leagues

Right I'm with ya. I've gone for Beardy's Blackhawks of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League

Junior club is the club you initially start out with, at age 13/14.

Junior preference is in the editor, in-game it will say 'Aiming to play Canadian major junior hockey'. So after a few seasons you will end up in the Canadian Major leagues, similar if you select College or Europe.

Hypnotist wrote:I would like to end up playing for the University of Michigan in the CCHA, but would probably start in the NAHL. So how would I record this?

Sorry about the confusion, I have edited the original post so it should be a little bit clearer.
unfortunately I can't control the GM of the Uni of Michigan, so I wouldn't be able to move you there. I can suggest that you select your junior club as a team in the NAHL and then put your junior preference as College. That way you are most likely to end up playing in the US College leagues

Done - Calv

Roger that Calv. Here is the next Nick Lidstrom.

Skater:
First Name Ric
Surname Hypnotist
D.O.B(dd/mm) 20-Apr
Place Of Birth Toledo, OH
Nationality USA
2nd Nationality
Primary Position RD
Secondary Position C
Height(cm) 180
Weight(kgs) 95
Handedness Right
Favourite Number 20
Favourite Club Detroit Red Wings
Disliked Club Colorado Avalance
Junior Preference College
Junior Club Toledo Ice Diggers (NAHL)

Role
Offensive Role 12
Defensive Role 18
Role Total 30
Points Left 0

Staff Attributes
Adaptability 10
Ambition 15
Determination 18
Loyalty 9
Pressure 9
Professionalism 9
Sportsmanship 3
Temperament 2
Staff Total 75
Points Left 0

Offensive Attributes
Deflections 1
Dekeing 2
Faceoffs 9
Passing 6
Slapshot 9
Stickhandling 3
Wristshot 5
Offensive Total 35
Points Left 0

Defensive Attributes
Checking 9
Pokecheck 9
Positioning 12
Hitting 10
Strength 9
Defensive Total 49
Points Left 0

Mental Attributes
Anticipation 14
Bravery 8
Flair 2
Leadership 14
Teamwork 5
Workrate 18
Vision 12
Mental Total 73
Points Left 0

Physical Attributes
Acceleration 9
Agility 9
Balance 9
Injury Proneness 1
Pace 9
Stamina 12
Physical Total 67
Points Left 0

Fighting/Enforcing
Agitation 13
Aggression 13
Dirtyness 13
Fighting 15
Fighting Total 54
Points Left 0

Done - Calv

Netminder
First Name Andrew
Surname Gagnon
D.O.B(dd/mm) 20/12
Place Of Birth 1969
Nationality Canadian
2nd Nationality
Primary Position Goalie
Secondary Position
Height(cm) 182 cm
Weight(kgs) 84 kg
Handedness left handed, shoots right but catches with left hand! (I have to turn goalie stick around to shoot!)
Favourite Number 30
Favourite Club Montreal Canadiens
Disliked Club Toronto Maple Leafs
Junior Preference Major Junior
Junior Club Halifax
Netminder Style Unorthadox

Role
Offensive Role 10
Defensive Role 20


Staff Attributes
Adaptability 14
Ambition 7
Determination 12
Loyalty 4
Pressure 16
Professionalism 10
Sportsmanship 2
Temperament 10


Mental Attributes
Anticipation 15
Bravery 11
Flair 8
Leadership 4
Teamwork 4
Workrate 15
Vision 16
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Physical Attributes
Acceleration 11
Agility 12
Balance 10
Injury Proneness 6 The lower the better
Pace 8
Stamina 12



Netminder Attributes
Blocker 9
Glove 12
Passing 2
Pokecheck 6
Rebound Control 11
Recovery 9
Reflexes 10
Stickhandling 3

I'd really avoid NCAA teams all together. As was stated in another thread, the development there is really poor. It could stunt your player's growth.

Done - Calv

Here's mine...

Skater:
First Name Bill
Surname McConnell
D.O.B(dd/mm) 23-Dec
Place Of Birth Weymouth, MA
Nationality USA
2nd Nationality
Primary Position RW
Secondary Position
Height(cm) 190.5 cm (6'3")
Weight(kgs) 90.91 kgs (200 lbs)
Handedness Right
Favourite Number 23
Favourite Club Boston Bruins
Disliked Club Monteal Canadiens
Junior Preference Major Junior
Junior Club Lewiston

Role
Offensive Role 17
Defensive Role 13
Role Total 30
Points Left 0

Staff Attributes
Adaptability 8
Ambition 12
Determination 10
Loyalty 6
Pressure 13
Professionalism 7
Sportsmanship 9
Temperament 10
Staff Total 75
Points Left 0

Offensive Attributes
Deflections 9
Dekeing 9
Faceoffs 1
Passing 9
Slapshot 6
Stickhandling 9
Wristshot 10
Offensive Total 53
Points Left 0

Defensive Attributes
Checking 4
Pokecheck 5
Positioning 8
Hitting 7
Strength 10
Defensive Total 34
Points Left 0

Mental Attributes
Anticipation 14
Bravery 12
Flair 9
Leadership 4
Teamwork 9
Workrate 11
Vision 14
Mental Total 73
Points Left 0

Physical Attributes
Acceleration 10
Agility 11
Balance 12
Injury Proneness 10
Pace 10
Stamina 14
Physical Total 67
Points Left 0

Fighting/Enforcing
Agitation 12
Aggression 12
Dirtyness 5
Fighting 10
Fighting Total 39
Points Left 0

I believe everyone is getting the same potential range. It's -15, which is supposed to be a variable where you could be an really good NHLer or maybe a minor leaguer. A lot is left to random. It's really the only fair way to do it. Otherwise, we'd all be stars.

CrockerNHL wrote:Disliked Club Nashville Predators

They tend not to strike the fear in the heart of too many hockey fans!!

CAlv said:

Now it's time for me to create the next Sidney Crosby...

What??? NOt Tony hockeysuperstarnoonebetterthanmeIamagod Hand?

Done - Calv

Here's mine:

Netminder
First Name Joakim
Surname Helmersson
D.O.B(dd/mm) 14/04
Place Of Birth Katrineholm
Nationality Swedish
2nd Nationality
Primary Position Goalie
Secondary Position
Height(cm) 175
Weight(kgs) 80
Handedness Right
Favourite Number 14
Favourite Club New York Rangers
Disliked Club New York Islanders
Junior Preference Major Junior
Junior Club Djurgårdens IF jrs
Netminder Style Unorthodox

Role
Offensive Role 10
Defensive Role 20
Role Total 30
Points Left 0

Staff Attributes
Adaptability 13
Ambition 8
Determination 13
Loyalty 6
Pressure 16
Professionalism 10
Sportsmanship 1
Temperament 8
Staff Total 75
Points Left 0

Mental Attributes
Anticipation 14
Bravery 12
Flair 8
Leadership 3
Teamwork 7
Workrate 16
Vision 13
Mental Total 73
Points Left 1

Physical Attributes
Acceleration 9
Agility 13
Balance 12
Injury Proneness 6
Pace 7
Stamina 12
Physical Total 67
Points Left 0

Netminder Attributes
Blocker 8
Glove 13
Passing 3
Pokecheck 7
Rebound Control 11
Recovery 8
Reflexes 9
Stickhandling 3

Sbufkle wrote:

CrockerNHL wrote:Disliked Club Nashville Predators

They tend not to strike the fear in the heart of too many hockey fans!!

Sbufkle: That wasn't my intention, by no means . I just don't want to be drafted by a pretty weak team in a few years down the road. That might ruin or limit your future NHL career!

Hey Crocker: Just make sure you are good enough to beat out anyone. Then you don't have to worry, right? I mean I ain't worrying about taking Boogaard's spot that is for sure. I want Gaborik's. (example)

Done - Calv

Skater:
First Name Geoff
Surname Dinnes
D.O.B(dd/mm) Jan-18
Place Of Birth Sudbury, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
2nd Nationality
Primary Position Centre
Secondary Position Left Wing
Height(cm) 189
Weight(kgs) 95
Handedness Right
Favourite Number 13
Favourite Club Toronto Maple Leafs
Disliked Club
Junior Preference Major Junior
Junior Club Sudbury Junior Wolves

Role
Offensive Role 19
Defensive Role 11
Role Total 30
Points Left 0

Staff Attributes
Adaptability 8
Ambition 9
Determination 9
Loyalty 12
Pressure 9
Professionalism 10
Sportsmanship 10
Temperament 8
Staff Total 75
Points Left 0

Offensive Attributes
Deflections 8
Dekeing 8
Faceoffs 12
Passing 10
Slapshot 8
Stickhandling 8
Wristshot 6
Offensive Total 60
Points Left 0

Defensive Attributes
Checking 5
Pokecheck 5
Positioning 4
Hitting 8
Strength 6
Defensive Total 28
Points Left 0

Mental Attributes
Anticipation 9
Bravery 10
Flair 8
Leadership 13
Teamwork 10
Workrate 14
Vision 9
Mental Total 73
Points Left 0

Physical Attributes
Acceleration 13
Agility 11
Balance 10
Injury Proneness 6
Pace 8
Stamina 11
Physical Total 67
Points Left 0

Fighting/Enforcing
Agitation 10
Aggression 9
Dirtyness 6
Fighting 8
Fighting Total 33
Points Left 0

I have no worries since everyone is getting the same potential range. "Que sera, sera! "