Each player will be assigned a role like NHL Star or journeyman so casual fans can quickly tell the difference between Dany Heatley and Garnet Exelby. He'll come back with detailed reports about players, the good (great passer, good scorer), the bad (needs to toughen up, not physical enough), and even provide a stock rating of whether the player is on the rise or on the decline. You can send scouts off throughout the season to check out teams for potential trades.
One of the main areas where the more you spend the better is scouting.
Some coaches are good leaders, some good motivators, some bring an aggressive style of play with them, and depending on how much you want to spend for each position, your coaching choices will end up having a profound impact on your team. From defensive and goalie coaches to scouts and even minor league coaches, you'll be given a coaching budget and depending on how much you want to spend for each position, that will go a long way in determining how you will shape your team. But before you sign players, you need someone to coach them, so when Franchise mode begins, that's exactly what you need to do, hire a coaching staff.
And now they're preparing for the second release under the new 20-bones price plan, a game that should ease the ills of hockey fans upset that the real season might never get under way.Īnd to make sure that hockey gamers will be able to live out everything that would've happened if it wasn't for greed (which in this case, is not good), the developers of ESPN NHL 2K5 have completely overhauled their Franchise mode to focus on what matters most, the players. First they shake up the football gaming world by offering the amazing NFL 2K5 for $19.99…in July, no less.