Understand Development and Regression
Hockey Legacy Manager development changes a player’s ratings as their career advances. Young players can improve at different speeds and may not reach their potential. Regression can begin at the age set for their position. The Player Development screen separates overall change from current performance and injury effects.
Read the Player Development screen
Section titled “Read the Player Development screen”The player table provides these development details:
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Trend | The player’s projected development pace |
| Starting potential | The potential the player began with |
| Potential | The player’s current potential |
| Potential difference | Any change from starting potential |
| Previous overall | The earlier overall used for comparison |
| Current overall | The player’s current overall |
| Overall difference | The change between those two overall ratings |
| Performance | A current rating effect from performance |
| Injuries | A current rating effect from injuries |
The Progression recap highlights the most improved and most regressed players. Its best- and worst-performance cards are separate because performance is not the same as long-term rating development.
Understand the development trend
Section titled “Understand the development trend”A player profile can show one of these projected trends during the season:
- Outstanding
- Excelling
- Normal
- Slow
- Very slow
- Stagnant
The trend describes the player’s expected development pace. It can change during the season and does not promise a specific overall increase. The profile’s overall history shows how the player’s overall has changed by age.
What affects development
Section titled “What affects development”Potential defines the successful overall range for the player, while motivation represents their chance of reaching that range. A strong potential label does not guarantee that the player reaches its minimum; see potential and motivation for the ranges and colors.
The environment shown by the game also matters. Players develop through their season, and their team, league, and staff contribute to the projected trend. A player’s statistics alone therefore do not guarantee that their overall will rise.
Use training focus to direct more development toward selected ratings. Staff-run training programs are separate and show their own progress and completion date.
How regression works
Section titled “How regression works”Regression can begin when a player reaches the Regression age set for their position. Reaching that age does not mean every player loses the same amount immediately. Older players can regress at different rates, so use the current overall, overall history, and recent overall difference when evaluating them.
Performance and injury effects can also lower the rating shown for a player. Check their separate columns before treating every visible decrease as age-based regression.
Development settings
Section titled “Development settings”Career settings include:
- Prospect development, which adjusts prospect-development outcomes
- Monthly progression rate, which adjusts the rate of rating changes during the season
- Regression age, which can be set separately by position
These settings affect the entire career. For undrafted players, use scouting to improve the information available before comparing their development outlook.