[quote name='jza1218']Would a fantasy draft be possible or just crazy talk?[/QUOTE]
It's definitely crazy talk because the game doesn't even have an option for a fantasy draft, haha. Yup...that's how bare bones the NHL online league system is. It's really mind numbing that EA doesn't just share basic features across its games (online franchise, OTP, etc). The effort involved would be so minimal.
The only options we have are for "unique rosters", which according to the description allows each member to have "duplicate in-game players" on their roster. You have to have this set to on for trades to even be possible. Then for trading, we can have "simple", which allows trading of two players of similar positions...or "restricted", which is the same thing, but also requires that both teams have played a similar number of games. I figure we can just leave it on "simple", and discuss any trades in the thread to decide if they're fair or not. The last thing I want is EA deciding what "similar number of games" means. Then we've got options for injuries and allowing created plays. I left both of these on.
I went ahead and set up the league. I'll make a thread specifically for it in a little bit. But you can find it under: "Liga de Corky Buchek", or simply "LCB". The password is "NICE". I took the Preds. Not going to go through the trouble of a team lottery or anything that's just going to make this take even longer to get moving. Sign up, pick your team, and let's get some games going. Even with the limitations it should be pretty fun considering this is the first league we've attempted since winning any banners and greatly improving our skill all the way around.