I'm going to have to give it a big thumbs down. Not much here to justify playing this over Eastside Hockey Manager 2007. I would love to give it a thumbs up, but now I'm just disappointed I paid for this in Early Access. Shame on me for thinking I was supporting development when the only thing we supported was making SI easy money. Thanks, SI. You will be the last publisher who fools me with Early Access.

One simple mechanic that bugs the crap out of me in both versions: just because a kid is Canadian, that doesn't mean he only aims to play major junior. Just because a kid is American, that doesn't mean he only aims to play college hockey. This big logic hole ruins both games for me. Junior A/NCAA aspects of this series continues to be an after thought. Would have loved to take control of a team in the USHL or any of the other Junior A team. The only junior alternative this game (and Electonic Art's games) gives is Canadian major junior. Meh.

I'm going to have to give it a big thumbs down. Not much here to justify playing this over Eastside Hockey Manager 2007. I would love to give it a thumbs up, but now I'm just disappointed I paid for this in Early Access. Shame on me for thinking I was supporting development when the only thing we supported was making SI easy money. Thanks, SI. You will be the last publisher who fools me with Early Access. One simple mechanic that bugs the crap out of me in both versions: just because a kid is Canadian, that doesn't mean he only aims to play major junior. Just because a kid is American, that doesn't mean he only aims to play college hockey. This big logic hole ruins both games for me. Junior A/NCAA aspects of this series continues to be an after thought. Would have loved to take control of a team in the USHL or any of the other Junior A team. The only junior alternative this game (and Electonic Art's games) gives is Canadian major junior. Meh.