During the first two turns, you will be able to view your young prospects evolutions, your stars of tomorrow.

At the beginning of each season (excluding the first), you will take part to the frenetic free agents hunt.

Click here to view a resume of a round of the free agents hunt

Along with the HTML resume, this small form appears at the end of each free agents hunt round.

When free agents are negociating, this form appears to let you know what's going on.

At the beginning of season 1 (and anytime passed the first turn), it is this form that will appear when you choose the Free agents menu item.

After the second turn has been simulated, this form will appear with a complete report on the free agents hunt.

Still at the end of the second turn, you will be invited to participate to the GM's pool ! Some interesting prices will be given to the top three finalists !

But just before, a lottery will determine the rank of selections...

At the end of the 7 training camp turns, you will have to process with cuts to build your starting lineup. Try to avoid to loose some key elements on the waivers !

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It is the place to put on the ice the lineup of your dreams. Also, you can set your strategies in this form.

It is very important to handle your goalkeepers carefully. Establish a shcedule and don't overuse them !

During the camp, scheduling goalies is a little bit different. You can choose to replace one of your prospect after a period, to help you analyzing your future goaltenders.

You are looking for a dictator or a players coach ?. This is the place where you deal with your coaching staff.

View a detailed coach profile with this function.

Injuries are unfortunately part of the game. Adjust your roster, try to accelerate the healing or be patient !

One of your players lost his cool during a game ? Try to decrease the lenght in front of the judge..

Determine team philosophy and player responsabilities in this form. Your decisions will have an impact on the team performances.

Have even a bigger impact on the results of the games, adjusting your player's strategies during the course of a game.

You can adjust your strategy, depending on the outcome of the games.

View a complete report on any player, with a single click, about everywhere in the game.

Similar to the player card, the goalies are rated on different attributes.

You wish to convert one of your players into a right wing ? Choose this option in the player card. Be cautious, the player may regress !

If you want to know what is really going on in the locker room, simply meet a player !

If you are lucky enough, maybe one of your upcoming free agents will accept to negociate before the end of the season  !

What would be a simulator without its most interesting function ? Submit trade offers, but be aware that opposing general manager are not stupid !

Once drafted, you have rights on your prospects for a few years. You must sign them before their rights expire.

Your players are playing some poor hockey ? Offer them an 8 hours bus travel. Your choices will have an impact on your players motivation.

Analyse your present and future potential with this useful function. This way, you won't trade a promising prospect against nothing.

This function is providing you with informations to help you know the real financial value of your players.

Would you like to know other general managers needs, claim some players on waivers or have a look at players on the market ? This is the place to be.

You are a visual type ? Analyse your roster in this section that generates a lot of graphics

View any team complete profile by doubleclicking on the name of the team, in the standings form or in the newspaper.

Before processing the simulation, the game has to do a lot of adjustements. During this process, important informations are shown on the screen.

Here is the place where all the action takes place. You will see all the games results and when it reaches your game, you will live the excitement of an epic dual ! At the end of your game, a boxscore will appear.

Click here to view a boxscore example

Unfortunately, injuries occur quite often during the course of the game. Do you have enough depth to minimize a painful loss ?

Fortunately, these injured players come back to play one day or the other. You will have to integrate the player into the lineup. Be careful about the waivers !

Random events are affecting the course of your dynasty. Here is a basic example.

Here is an exemple of another random event, this time with choices. You have to choose which player it will affect.

Other general managers will submit you some trade offers. They are rarely to our advantage, but fortunately, you can submit a counter offer.

It is possible that one player wants to meet you to ask you a personnal favor. It will be hard to meet your guest expectation, but if you succeed, you'll receive a great bonus.

To increase the team popularity, the owner may ask you to try to obtain a specific local player. once again, the bonus/consequences will have a direct impact on your career !

Sometimes, destiny has no pity. Some events may compromize all your plans, including the death of one of your players !

If players has been put on waivers during the simulation turn, you will be warned with this form.

Unfortunately, some players are ready to do anything to get a slight edge over the competition...

Here is a situation you probably want to avoid ! Be concern about your health, avoid stress, or else, destiny may struck !

Being fired is sadly part of the career you chose ! You HAVE to win...

If your record is impressive, you may receive offers to be the general manager of another job..

You may also be quickly forgotten...

You can compare your current dynasty with previous results ! You'll become better with time.

You can access the report of all the prospects that you have scouted. They will appear during the simulation.

There is also a small chance that Quebec becomes a country. It will then replace France at the World Championship and all players nationalities will be updated.

Before the 20th game of the season, experts will analyze your team performances. Good or bad, they will destroy your decisions for sure.

When you reach the mid season, you will have to attend a press conference and answer embarrassing questions.

Around the 52th game of the season, the best players of the current season will be invited to the annual classic.

Just before the game, the players will please the fans in a skills contest.

Right after the skills contest, the all-star game takes place. Expect some high scoring games 

Click here to view an allstar game boxscore example

Following the 60th game of the season, you will live the trade deadline frenzy. You will receive many trade offers and a detail resume of all the moves will appear the following turn.

Before the end of the regular season, you will have to vote for the best goaltender, and let know your potential candidate for humanitarian awards.

All new turn begins with the newspaper cover. You will find there many elements that will interest you and direct links to articles related to PHL activities.

Page 1 of the newspaper mainly covers your team activities. Rumors, performances, players movements, everything is deeply analyzed.

Page 2 of the newspaper covers PHL results elsewhere in the league. Important games, players of the week, of the month, it is in this section that you will be able to follow what going on in the PHL.

Page 3 covers personal milestones. 1000th game in the league, 50th goal of the season, all the important milestones are covered here.

Page 4 is reserved to Blue Hunter, a newswriter who comment the hottest PHL issues. 119 different points of view for the 119 turns in a season !

Page 5 of the newspaper covers trade rumors, injuries and random events that are affecting other general managers and players around the league.

Page 6 of the newspaper is a statistic page that display results in many categories. Players and team cards can easily be accessed with a single click.

Page 7 of the newspaper contains marginal elements such as horoscope and even a death column ! 

You can view the conference standings by selecting this menu item.

Or you can choose to view the standings by division...

You can view here the leaders in different categories, with the possibility to sort and choose different conditions

Similar to the players league leaders. This section concerns all the goalkeepers in the PHL

You want to have a deeper analyzis of your powerplay, see where your attack stands ? This form is for you.

You want even more statistics ? Advanced stats offer you many detailed informations and power indications.

Offensive and defensive players of the month and of the week (along with rookie of the month) are named quite often during the course of a season. To view all the winners, visit this section.

Fighting fans have their own section. Big Deal has a very personal ranking of the best enforcers in the league.

You can try to locate the missing player to your roster with this elaborate search engine.

Similar to the find player function, you can search for the goaltender of your dreams in this section.

View here the hottest players, along with all-star votes.

This useful function allows you to see the contracts of your players, even those who are running out at the end of the season !

Do you have enough room to sign the superstar who will be free agent in two years ? This section will help you to find out.

Here is a good way to be ready for the upcoming draft. Analyzing your pick and targeted players, you will be rady to build your future.

Still concerning the draft, you can see here a complete overview of the upcoming draft, and reports from the prospects you have scouted.

You can view, statistics or attributes, the evolution of every single PHL player, year after year.

To have a full analysis of your future matchups, this is the place you want to be. All-time results, since your arrival and for the current season are recorded.

Your secret garden. You have access to different actions, along with your attributes.

You want to know if you are about to lose your job ? Pay a visit to your boss and you will quickly have an answer to your question !

To have a clear overview of your performances since you joined the PHL, visit this section.

Many records are compiled regarding your player performances since your arrival. For the current game and all games combined !

Access the complete draft history since 1963 ! Have you made the right choices ?

Visit this section to view the awards winner of the past years in the PHL.

Pay a visit to the immortal sanctum of the greatest players of all time.

In this same form, you can access the latest results, along with the potential candidates for the years to come.

View all PHL trades since 1960. Did you have the advantage in your moves ?

All the PHL free agents signings of the PHL since the beginning of the league are right here.

See here all the waivers claims since the beginning of the PHL !

Very complete record book. Will you be able to break the most prestigious marks ?

Each referee has his own personality, affecting the course of a game. Analyze their profile in this section.

You can view the calendar on various forms.

Complete calendar

Team calendars

You can also choose to view all the stats and rankings in HTML format.

Click here to view an example of HTML generation.

Visit this section for a complete financial report. You will also be allowed to set prices, to try to reach a positive balance.

This is the place where you conclude deals with television broadcasters, potential sponsors providing you with interesting advantages and where you will be allowed to improve your arena.

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If you are the visual type of person. visit this section to view your finances with the help of graphics.

You can choose your lineup in this section. Also, your farm coach will provide you with useful informations. Consider his opinion when you are about to call up a player.

Similar to the PHL, you can establish a specific schedule for your goalies, or simply leave this responsibility to your coach.

Here is where you need to go to call up a player. You have access to detailed statistics. You will then be able to make the right choice and call up the needed player for the right circumstance.

When you will proceed with a substitution, this form will appear. Don't lose a useful element on the waivers !

You can choose to view the standings by conference by choosing the specific menu item.

You can also view the standings by division.

Similar to the pros, you can view the calendar on different forms

Complete calendar

Teams calendar

All the awards since the beginning of the league are available in this section.

Click here to view the HTML page that appears at the end of the regular season

To view the playoffs tree, simply select this menu item.

Click here to view a playoffs tree example

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At the beginning of each round, a matchup history will appear. Will you be able to cause an upset against a team that is providing you with a lot of difficulties ?

Unfortunately for most, this supreme goal is almost unreachable.You will even receive a gift if you succeed !

You don't have a lot of pressure, simply the expectations of a complete nation ! Make the right choices and choose your players within international and excluded from playoffs players.

Will you be able to quickly establish a team chemistry ? Because the time frame for adjustments is inexistent. Let's hope your matches will be the right ones !

Will you choose the best goalie or the one who stop everything recently ? Your decisions will have a direct impact on your road to the gold !

At the beginning of the championship, teams are seperated into four pools. It is the exhibition round. Some good results will allow you to move to the next round.

Following the exhibition round, 4 teams are eliminated and the remaining teams are split into two dinstinct pools. It is the last important step before the medals rounds !

Click here for an example of World Championship calendar

Click here to view a box score example of a world championship game

Which players will literally burn the current championship ? You'll get your answer here.

Which goaltender is about to bring his team to the finals ? He is probably leading in many categories in this form.

This form appears at the end of the championship. It is also accessible during the regular season. Will you be able to please the nation who chose you ?

You chose an aggressive approach for your television broadcasts and haven't met the expectations ? You will then have to pay back the bonus received at the beginning of the season !

You also had to meet your boss expectations. Winning is a great thing, but winning while making money is even better ! A catastrophic year regarding finances can dramatically decrease the faith the president has in you.

Depending on the television ratings, mainly in playoffs, the limits will vary. Let's hope you will be able to adjust yourself to the new conditions.

The best of the best is reunited to attend the PHL awards ceremony. While the honors will increase your score, it can leads to higher salary expectations from the winners.

Here you are, ready to draft the future of your team. Pick some underdogs and develop them. Let's hope the lottery will turn out in your favor !

A lot of moves are to be expected during the entry draft. Draft picks trade, surprising selections. Will you attempt to improve your selection rank with a trade ?

Click here to view an example of HTML draft summary

Following the entry draft, you will see a detailed report on your players evolution

The same will occur concerning your goaltenders.

Some players will let the league know that they need a certain period of time, before deciding if they pursue their PHL career.

Some veterans will announce during the summer that they leave the competition. Even some young players, who will decide to choose a different career.

Will you be one of these general manager who make offers to restricted free agents ? That could improve your team in a short time span, but your relations with fellow general managers will be affected.

After the Hall of Fame nominations (as seen earlier), it is now time to negociate contracts. Qualifying offers are applied to players with low experience. It is possible that your free agents agree to discuss before testing the market, but don't bet your house on it !

The arbitration process is painful for everyone involded. A judge will take a decision, based on both parties arguments. Even if you win your case, your player will obviously be affected by the process.

Here you see a game creation message, but in fact, you will see this form appears a few time during the off season process. It will allow the game to proceed with many updates.

Here are the basics options, choose your picture and set the percentage of occurences of different elements.

Modify almost any game variables, your opponents behaviors and limit dates.

You want the scouting to play a big role in your league ? Choose random potential. You can also set the immediate strenght of drafted prospects.

Set all the engine parameters, based on your taste !

You want to create a player based on you ? Here is where you can do it. You can modify almost every single attributes of any given players.

Similar to the player edition, edit the goalies according to your ideas.

You wish to create a coach that can handle the pressure ? Modify the attributes of another who seems unfairly rated ? This is the place to be.

Change philosophies, nationalities and finances of all the teams in this section.

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