EHM The Blue Line

Hey i was wondering if anyone could help me, im a passionate sharks supporter and wont use anyone but them, ive read all the guides but i still suck lol

they get so many shots each game and i dont seem to score enough goals anyway thanks if u can help


Tim

Can you post a screen shot of your team so we can look at it and critique and advise?

Also, what have you done with your tactics and training?

and my goaltenders are nabokov and toskala

tactics hm ive changed them around and none worked, training, well it confuses me.

tim

Do you still have Brad Stuart? Or is Thornton there because of the trade? Oh nevermind, that's what it looks like. The top of the roster isn't there. Who are your coaches? I like your additions. Let me know who your coaches are, your record, PP%, PK%, goals for average and goals against average and I will try and leave a detailed post.

timmy_t wrote:Do you still have Brad Stuart? Or is Thornton there because of the trade? Oh nevermind, that's what it looks like. The top of the roster isn't there.

The top of the roster: Toskala and Nabokov.

That seems to be a defense with plenty of physical play and solid defensive guys. I would look around for another power-play QB.

No i dont have Brad Stuart, yeah Thornton is there because of the trade.
Coaches are Ron Wilson, Tim Hunter, Warren Strelow, Rob Zettler, Pat Funk.
PP% 13.4
PK% 79.8
GF: 63
GA: 80

record is 10 14 6
winning percentage .433

Thank for all your help guys.

Ok, I'm not an expert, but here's what I would do:

Eckman-Marleau-Cheechoo
Staal-J. Thornton-Dimitakros
Cooke-Madden-Michalek
S. Thornton- McCauley-Parker

McLaren-Hannan
Souray-Preissing
Davison-Stevens

Nabakov
Toskala

I put Marleau and J. Thornton on separate lines just like the real sharks. I think you could change the wingers on either line to your preference. I think you should use line matching and match your 3rd to their 1st. On your third line use defensive, man to man, and individually set your lw to check their rw, your c to check their c , and your rw to check their lw.

On defense I put Scott Stevens on the 3rd pairing so you can save him for either PP or PK duty. Also, put Marleau, Joe Thornton, and Cheechoo on your 1st PP unit and have Madden and McCauley on the 1st PK unit.

Bump up the PP and PK training on the practice screen to 30-35% for about a month and I bet those numbers will improve. Another thing is to set at least one D-man from each line to defensive and join rush to no.

I hope this helps.

P.S. click on your profile on the top of the page and select your sharks jersey and logo, then you'll be cool like us

Hey
thanks for that ill let you know how it goes, i appreciate all the help and il let u know if i need anything else

Tim

If you coach games, set your best shooters to shoot and your best passers to pass and removing the "simple pass" command.

A good thing could be setting your best hitters to hit hard!

I think also that you need a puck-moving defensema. McLaren is wanted maybe you could snap up a gonchar or a visnovski

Hey guys, ive taken all ur hints and advice and still am not having much sucess, i seem to be letting to amny shots agasint and ive changed alot of my tactics/training, pleyers in different positions and still it happens? And i have also read the guide numerous times

thanks

Tim

Have you tried setting your tactics to `high forecheck'? I'm currently on an ECHL game, have played 20 games, average 29 shots a game, while conceding an average of only 19 shots per game.