It’s been a hit with the Madden crowd, and seeing it implemented here adds some depth to the core experience. This mode is good if you want to just play a few consecutive matches without having to play through a whole season or career, but it’s not a mode you’ll spend much time in unless you really care about the international teams included.ĭraft Champions is a fantasy draft mode where you draft a team and either play against the AI or real players in an attempt to win four consecutive games.

You’ll select a team from one of many leagues from around the world to compete in a tournament where you can take control of as many teams as you wish. This year the series has included the World Cup of Hockey, which returns in real life as well. The staggering amount of single-player content in NHL 17 has something for even the most inexperienced players. Its simple controls for beginners and unobtrusive tutorial system make it a very accessible game that still has a lot of depth. At the end of the day the hockey matches are what really matters, and NHL 17 is surprisingly easy to jump in and out of even in the mode dedicated full season and career modes. Making sure the bathrooms were in good repair to making sure the hot dogs were affordable was actually the most fun I’ve ever had in a sports game, even though all the time spent managing prices was mostly inconsequential.

That’s exactly where I spent the vast majority of my time with NHL 17, however. Managing an entire hockey team while keeping up repairs and expanding on an entire stadium seems like the last thing I would want to do in a game.

Nhl 17 team rosters