Thanks for making this thread, Null. I have been reading information about ESPN Hockey 2K5 for the past month or so, and I have allready decided that is that game that I am going to purchase.
I'll answer some questions and post some info/pics about the game in this post.
Announcers: Bob Cole and Harry Neal do the announcing for Toronto Maple Leafs, and Canadian teams in the playoffs only after Toronto gets knocked out. I believe all teams have their own announcing duo. But this is only for CBC games, I believe. Not sure about the radio/TSN/Sportsnet.
Price: ESPN is definitely a steal. $30 Canadian? Thanks, I'll go out and get a 24 of Canadian and this game for the price of EA's game, haha.
Old Jerseys: I believe this says it all. I am not sure if classic teams are in the game.. But if they are, they obviously wouldn't have player names (but you can do that manually! haha).
Dream Teams: There are 20 dream teams in this game! These teams were hand chosen by the likes of "Martin St. Louis, Jeremy Roenick, Chris Drury, Brendan Shanahan, Steve Levy, Marty Turco, Gary Thorne, Bill Clement and many more."
Franchise: Just check this out for random questions:
http://www.espnvideogames.com/commun...ic.php?t=34281
And to top it all off... Heritage Classic, anyone?
Anyways.. ESPN is going to be sweet. And the fact that you can have prospect games that you can control before you draft players, that is even better! You can see how they play and everything before you pick them. And, for contracts, you can backload or frontload them, and have signing bonuses, and bonuses for points, assists, goals and titles (like norris, son smythe, etc).
This game is gonna be sick. I will be devoting many hours in my dorm room to my Maple Leaf dynasty, haha.