EHM The Blue Line

I've started a season with the Colorado Avalanche and I've been playing for already season and a half and just can't win!
In both seasons I've won about one to five games, of course I was renked last Some where with 30 - 40 points. My team wasn't that bed , my lines are:

Tanguay - Forsberg - Jagr
Konowalchuk - Damphhousse - Sakic
C.Gratton - Yelle - Deadmarsh
M.Murray - McLean - J.Ruutu

Blake - McCabe
Skrastins - Foote
Liles - Salo

Golies:
Last season:
Aebischer
Sauve
This season:
Cechmanik
Sauve

So It might not be the best team but sure not the worse team.

One more thing which bothers me is that I usually have something around 10 penalties a game from which I usually block 10-8 each game, so I would like to rduce it too.

So someone please Halp me the game id getting on my nurves!!!

Well, really your team isnt that bad...

What I would try to adjust are your tactics. There u can move from your play style to your agression (penalties).

When I started to play this game I also had more or less a good team, but could never win...then I adjusted my tactics and things changed.

Give it a try!!!

Greets

I'd suggest either downloading the .pdf version of our EHM Guide and reading through it or checking the online version you can access via the 'EHM Guide' link at the top of the forum pages. I too can only guess that your tactics are leaving your team playing too risky and other teams are capitalizing.

flea wrote:Well, really your team isnt that bad...

What I would try to adjust are your tactics. There u can move from your play style to your agression (penalties).

When I started to play this game I also had more or less a good team, but could never win...then I adjusted my tactics and things changed.

Give it a try!!!

Greets

Thanks for the comment.
Well, I changed the tactics and for my surprise I won one teid two and then I won once again after this I had an 8-game loosing streak, I didn't touch anything...

I'll try to read this guide of yours maybe it would help.
Thanks!!!

Also try letting your coach take over practices and setting lines/tactics in the 'general managers options' screen. Once you learn your way around the game somemoe, you can slowly let yourself take over more aspects.

I let my head coach doing all the work. And I have very difficulty to win (I'm Montreal). I try to trade, but the only things I can have, is weak players for draft. But I'm nearby the salary cap so, I can have them. And this is not the worst...

My backup goalie (Huet) can't play games. Because, his game condition still at 40-50% and my head coach didn't give him a break.

Does someone can help me?

You should probably handle the practice yourself for a little while; sometimes the head coach doesn't do a very good job.

Handle the practices yourself.

During pre-season put everyone (except the goalies) in an intense conditioning and skating regime.

During the first half of the season put your best shooters on shooting, your other offensive forwards in offense skills, put your defenders and defensive forwards in defensive skill.

Sometime in January, put all the skaters in the conditioning regime.

During Olympic breaks, give everyone a break from practice for the first half of the games.

Also, give your star players games off every now and then. I tend to give them a game off when I am playing a weaker opponent. I've also played with only 18 players because of the salary cap at times and still destroyed high quality teams.

Tanguay(passer) - Forsberg (passer/carrier) - Jagr(shooter)
Blake - McCabe
Mentality: Normal
Offensive System: Skating
Offensive Zone: Behind the Net
Forecheck: Neutral Zone Trap

Konowalchuk - Damphhousse - Sakic
Mentality: Normal
Offensive System: Skating
Offensive Zone: Positional
Forecheck: Passive

C.Gratton - Yelle - Deadmarsh
Skrastins - Foote
Mentality: Defensive
Offensive System: Skating
Offensive Zone: Crash the Net
Forecheck: Passive

M.Murray - McLean - J.Ruutu
Liles - Salo
Mentality: Defensive
Offensive System: Skating
Offensive Zone: Positional
Forecheck: Passive

Goalies:
Cechmanek
Sauve

I would recommend upgrading your second line wings and move Sakic back to center. At the end of a season, try signing cheap RFAs for that have a compensation of a second round pick (I was able to get Peter Prucha, Kari Lehtonen, and Bobby Ryan all for second round picks via offersheets).

I would also look for a new goalie... Cechmyfiveholemanek is overrated.