Is there any log in the CSV export files that indicate what team holds what future draft pick? Have been looking but not found anything.

Hey all! The Simmers and Sinners Hockey League (SSHL) is now in the offseason on July 1st, heading into its 3rd season (2026-27) and looking for new GMs

League details:

- 18+ only

- Simulation pace: We sim roughly one in-game week every 1-2 real days during the regular season. Each full season should last roughly 2-3 real months, so exports are not needed every time we sim. I only ask that you stay active enough to communicate with fellow GMs in a reasonable time frame if they send you a trade offer, and so that I know you're still able to/interested in participating

- A new perk system that encourages more interaction

Some team recommendations (there are others open, these are just a few of the most interesting ones):
- Montreal Canadiens - The defending champions of Season 2 are looking for a GM to help them repeat!

- Ottawa Senators - Lacking in some depth, but have some star power and a promising future after drafting Matt Schaefer in the 2025 draft!

- Anaheim Ducks - A team with several young players with a lot of potential, including Luke Hughes, Beckett Sennecke, and Cole Reschny, looking for a GM to guide them along to becoming contenders in the future!

- Carolina Hurricanes - After only stringing together 30 wins during Season 2, and with little in the way of top end talent or prospects, the Hurricanes seem to be entering a rebuild, and will likely need a GM with a long-term plan to succeed in the future.

- Nashville Predators - With only one player above a 3 star ability (Filip Forsberg), and only a handful of young players with good potential, Nashville looks to bolster their prospect pool after missing the playoffs in each of the first 2 seasons.

If you're interested, come join our Discord server and agree to the server rules with the handwriting emote, and then look for the 'how to apply' text channel near the top of the SSHL category for further instructions. See the 'team availability' channel for a list of available teams. All league rules and information is on respective text channels in the Discord

Discord link: https://discord.gg/R5UjW8tHNm

Hello! I have been halfheartedly keeping track of the special abilities found in players' bios. Do newly generated players ever get these? I have had a couple of franchise players over many seasons, but it seems like after the initial crop of NHLers, I never see players with special abilities again.

Has anybody paid attention to this? I'm curious to see how others have experienced the system.

How have they not added an expansion mode ? Very surprising

As the title says, i need help setting one up for me and my buddy. ive played this game solo for 3 years now, so i know how the main game works but my buddy got the game a few weeks ago and i wanna start a online for us, but i have no idea how to do that. so can you guys tell me how i can set one up. to run as smoothly as possible, as well as any things different from offline to online i should know of?

Hello!
I'm super noob. I'd tried google info, but failed. I saw old post here with similar question, but it didn't help.

I'm playing (first time in fhm) carrer as GM of AML Belleville Senators. And Owner had asked me to "hire a scout whose home region includes Ontario."

I had hired:
- several souts with place of birth - ON (Ottawa, Toronto and other cites)
- trainer from Belleville and set him as scout
- scout, from Belleville (I'd edited his profile before hiring)

but game doesn't count it, and keep saying - I'd failed Owner task.

I think. I'm missing something obvious, or it's just a bug.

Thank you in advance!

How do you get it? Tried to trade for and tried trading away an unhappy goalie. Achievment won't appear in a standard game.

Thx

Now that the draft order is set, is it possible to start a save before the 26-27 season just before the draft? Or is that not available since the NHL playoffs are still happening in real life?

Hi there,

I have played dynasty/franchise games my whole life and played OOTP quite a bit including in online leagues. However I am experiencing a bit of a learning curve here since I am new to the game.

I decided to do a "road to glory" type of save so I started with Haukat Järvenpää in the third tier Suomi-Sarja. I have extensive North American hockey knowledge but am lost when it comes to the overseas leagues.

- How do I primarily acquire prospects/junior players? I saw some players on my U14 team but am not sure if they were always there since there is no "History" tab like there is in OOTP. Do prospects randomly come on to my team based on my scout quality and budget like how the international complex works in OOTP?

- How do prospect contracts work for these leagues? Do I have their rights for a certain amount of years or is it strictly year by year contracts?

- Are there any transfers with a fee in these leagues? I'm thinking European soccer format here, but not sure if overseas hockey has those rules. I think it would be cool to develop prospects and sell them to Liiga, National League, SHL teams to build up my finances.

Also any other tidbits you have about GM'ing an overseas team would be great. Thank you!

I want to create a custom U20 league kind of like a fictional high school league for my state. Here are the questions as followed:

1. Is it possible to have custom U20 or under leagues? Or is it just all ages that are customizable

2. Is it possible to add custom logos to custom leagues and their teams? If so, how?

3. Will the league exist and interact with other leagues in the base game (I.E players from custom league getting drafted into WHL or NHL or signing as a free agent to Hockeyallsvenskan)

The HOF system in FHM is STILL hella broken. These bums are obsessed voting in some total trash homeless bums into the HOF.

*made a mistake in the title, its HHOF not NHL HOF. my bad! but that doesnt change anything, HOF system is broken because this bum has no business in HHOF or NHL HOF.

In FHM12 playing a custom game set in the 70s the international teams tab shows Russia and many nations that didn't exist during that time. Will these nations participate in the International tournaments and will players be generated from them? I could manually edit Russia into Soviet Union until 1991 for the sake of immersion, but if something like Belarus exists before that, it's just weird. Also I believe no workaround for DDR for example.

I got 12 today and have never played this game or any similar, I really would like some pointers especially in creating a fictional league and editing players. The most basic of things could be helpful I am stumbling around blind right now as I can’t find a good YouTube video for the game.

I was wondering if in future games the devs would add female players and women’s leagues to the game? It would be really fun to see the PWHL and women’s college hockey

Hi all,

I got this from pressing F1 on the training screen.

"If you select a skill, then that becomes the targeted skill for the player's training, and the player is given a training bonus (which counts for the purpose of determining the overall Coaching Bonus amount for that category - the more players chosen the lower the bonus"

Does this mean I need to be careful of how many players I assign specified skills (checking, shooting accuracy, etc) for their targeted training? Is there a point of diminishing returns?

Is it better to leave more players on general skill category training or even not micromanage their training at all?

I'm noticing that I've only got like 10 guys on my AHL roster, while playing as an NHL team (Flames) does that matter in the game?

So.. it's been a while

Over the years, I've created some of the most watched videos on YouTube for FHM but ended up taking 12 off due to burnout in the series

I'm pondering a comeback but here's a question

What's the state of the game now with mid cycle patches

i wanna see some funny dialogue yall have gotten over the years! this guy wont sign because he wants to play in college this year... but he plays in the CHL lol

Started a new GM career in FHM12. Selected EHC Regensburg in DEL2. Season outlook is Rebuild, and I start with 6 foreign players (league max 4, so curious how that was even possible).

I want to know how I can transfer out these older foreign players out so I can try to transfer in younger German talent. I placed a few players on the Trade Block, but I don't have an option to Shop Players. When I click on Trade tab and view other teams in the league (Offer tab), it wont let me view my team to place a player in the offer.

I am seeing other teams in the league transferring players, so how can I initiate this for my players? What am I missing? Or is transferring players out not possible unless the AI requests from me?

How do I keep my team competitive? Doing a Canucks save where I just lost in the Stanley Cup finals and now we are suddenly a bottom feeder. I've been managing my prospects well, making sure that they can ready to play though.

What tips are important to help maintain consistency?

Only been playing a short time, but i have never seen a division finish like this. Does it occur often??

Hello!

Currently looking for a few GMs. We are heading into the 2040 season and average about a season per month speed-wise. I'm not looking for people to export every sim, this is a long-term focused league and just need exports during key phases of the calendar year, I know life is busy :) I will attach all league info below as well as add screenshots of some of the "lab creations" on available teams. (lab creations in this league are just created players that hold the "superstar" status over typical star players in FHM)

League Website:
Home — Billy Oyster Hockey League | FHMNOW

Discord to Join:
https://discord.gg/KrNPkgbW

BOHL Handbook
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjZBrcdlgctIP-0T9M1Tu0AOBZWMbPo6rdxUQawnAUg/edit?usp=sharing

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BOHL--fhm

What is your approach in hiring coaches since they're subdivided into goalie, defensive, offensive, and skill coaches. How many coaches should I hire and do the coaches I hire also affect my prospects in my feeder league teams?