SETTINGS

NHL/AHL LEAGUE SETUP

NHL/AHL SCHEDULE
​Number of Teams: 30
Number of Conferences: 2
Number of Divisions: 6
NHL Salary Cap: On
Salary Cap Inflation: On
Player Salary Scaling: Off
Salary Cap Max: $55.000M/$125.000M
Salary Cap Min: $28.000M/$24.000M
Player Salary Max: $8.800M/$10.000M
Player Salary Min: $0.750M/1.200M
Rookie Salary Max: $0.850M/$1.600M
Round Robin: Off
Number of Games: 82
Number of Division Games: 32
Number of Conference Games: 40​
Number of Interconference Games: ​10​

NHL/AHL STANDINGS FORMAT

Season Tie Break: 5 Min (4 on 4) Then Shootout
Wins: 2 Points
OT Wins: 2 Points
SO Wins: ​2 Points
OT/SO Losses: 1 Points
Losses: 0 Points

NHL/AHL PLAYOFFS Qual. TYpe

NHL/AHL PLayoffs format
Playoff Qualification Type: Conference
Playoff Reseeding: On
Wild Card Round: Off
Number of Teams That Qualify: 8
Standings Tiebreaker 1: Regulation Wings
Standings Tiebreaker 2: Regulation and OT Wins
Standings Tiebreaker 3: Total Wins
Standings Tiebreaker 4: Goal Differential
Playoff Tie Break: Continuous OT
Round of 16: 2H - 2A - 1H - 1A - 1H
Quarter Finals: 2H - 2A - 1H - 1A - 1H
Semi Finals: 2H - 2A - 1H - 1A - 1H
Final: 2H - 2A - 1H - 1A - 1H

CUSTOM TEAM SUBSTITIONS

NHL SUBSTITIONS

All NHL teams remain the same (substitute them with created for authentic experience) if they still currently exist except the following:
  • Winnipeg becomes Atlanta

DIVISON REALIGNMENT (NHL)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

CENTRAL DIVISION

ATLANTIC DIVISION
  1. Chicago Blackhawks
  2. Detroit Red Wings
  3. St Louis Blues
  4. Nashville Predators
  5. Columbus Blue Jackets

PACIFIC DIVISION

  1. San Jose Sharks
  2. Phoenix Coyotes
  3. Los Angeles Kings
  4. Dallas Stars
  5. Anaheim Ducks
  1. Philadelphia Flyers
  2. New York Islanders
  3. New Jersey Devils
  4. New York Rangers
  5. Pittsburgh Penguins

NORTHEAST DIVISION

  1. Boston Bruins
  2. Toronto Maple Leafs
  3. Ottawa Senators
  4. Montreal Canadiens
  5. Buffalo Sabres

NORTHWEST DIVISION

  1. Colorado Avalanche
  2. Vancouver Canucks
  3. Edmonton Oilers
  4. Calgary Flames
  5. Minnesota Wild

SOUTHEAST DIVISION

  1. ​Carolina Hurricanes
  2. Washington Capitals
  3. Tampa Bay Lightning
  4. Florida Panthers
  5. Atlanta Thrashers

SETTINGS

ADVANCED SETTINGS

GAMEPLAY SETTINGS
Sim Engine Scoring: Medium
Draft Class Quality: Medium
Generated Prospect Quality: Medium
Sim Engine Shot Frequency: Medium
​Retired Jerseys: Off
Icing: On
Offside: Delayed
Trapezoid Rule: ​On
Overtime: Single OT (4 v 4) Then Shootout
Everything else is pretty much up to you, feel free to test the builds out with other advanced settings and sliders to let me know if you can get something more authentic to the time period!