# Puck Drop 2: Hockey Manager — user reviews > 177 indexed App Store user reviews of Puck Drop 2 by Marcel Piestansky, rated 4.80/5 from 669 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puck-drop-2-hockey-manager/id1622149700/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puck-drop-2-hockey-manager/id1622149700.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 586 · 4★ 61 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Puck Drop 2? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging gameplay - ⏱️ Addictive time-sink - 🔍 Detailed stats and analytics - 🏆 Satisfying team-building experience - 💰 Reasonable monetization model **Cons** - 🤯 Frustrating trades and roster management - 🤖 Inconsistent AI behavior - 🕰️ Slow simulation speeds in free version - 🐛 Bugs and glitches in roster updates - 🤷‍♂️ Lack of customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to edit rosters in premium version - Salary cap issues and invalid roster errors - Permanent scratching of created players - Inconsistent standings and statistics display **Most requested features** - International mode - Expansion draft functionality - More staff management options - Improved prospect scouting and development - Salary cap growth and dynamic budgets ## Newest reviews (19 of 177) ### 4/5 — Great game. *2026-07-25, version 1.3.4* I’ve enjoyed this game so much. Great stress reliever. Could use a few little upgrades now and then to liven it up but I enjoy it greatly. ### 4/5 — Update the game please !!!! *2026-06-24* We need an update of the games It’s been 6 months !!! Can you update more frequently the rosters and stats ### 4/5 — Phenomenal *2026-06-12, version 1.3.4* I love this game, it’s great to play when I’m away from my NHL26 franchise modes and need something to take the edge off. My only gripe is that there’s no cap inflation, I have so many good players just sit in free agency because no team can afford them. Or I have saves that only go 2 years in the future because I don’t have enough cap to have all my good young players making 9-10 million play in the major league and they’re forced to be in the minors. Other than that, I highly recommend this game and I play it every time i can ### 5/5 — International mode *2026-04-28, version 1.3.4* Can you add international mode with top 8 countries That would be 100 times better ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Who needs NHL 26 when you have this? *2026-04-28, version 1.3.4* Simply put, it’s nhl franchise mode but better and on your phone, and as someone who puts way to much time in franchise, this is all I need ### 4/5 — I like the game *2026-04-21, version 1.3.4* You need to put a rookie stats ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-04-15, version 1.3.4* I love this game! Amazing game best hockey simulation ever! Awesome job guys keep it up ### 5/5 — Update the game stats *2026-03-31, version 1.3.4* Can you add international mode with top 8 countries That would be 100 times better ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 4/5 — Almost a perfect game *2026-03-13, version 1.3.4* Games great but playing both games for years there still a few tweaks the game needs. Trade value needs to be readjusted. There should be a setting to make the game harder and AI smarter. Draft picks should have more value and not every player should instantly start regressing once they turn 30. Other then that though everything else is great ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-03-12, version 1.3.4* Great game . Hope he expands into other sports ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-03-06, version 1.3.4* Would be better if you added the trade block thing like on ea nhl games would make it way better ### 4/5 — Hmmm 🤔 *2026-03-02, version 1.3.4* It’s cool but kinda confusing at first erm and I like it would recommend ### 5/5 — Update the game plz *2026-02-24, version 1.3.4* Can you add international mode with top 8 countries That would be 100 times better ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Make another one *2026-02-03, version 1.3.4* Make puck drop 3, we need it ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-01-16, version 1.3.4* This game is great I love it ### 4/5 — Trades *2026-01-13, version 1.3.4* Very fun game hours of playtime from me however trades are very hard to do you could put in a full trade value player and not be able to get a player either 70% trade value ### 2/5 — Love the game! Some overalls don’t make sense after update. *2025-12-29, version 1.3.4* This is the best Hockey GM game I’ve ever played! I love it so much! But could you look at the rosters and fix some of the player overalls? Some just don’t make much sense, probably just a mistake. Thanks! Love the game! ### 3/5 — Fun but not consistent *2025-12-18, version 1.3.4* This game is fun but the amount of reverse sweeps and ridiculous stuff that happens makes it feel like a waste of time. I think the first edition is better in all honesty ### 3/5 — I can’t edit the 2025/2026 Rosters *2025-12-15, version 1.3.3* I bought premium, and whatever changes I make to players are immediately reset whenever I exit the page. Could you fix this? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game crashing *2026-02-16, version 1.3.4* My game has started crashing need to get this resolved. ### 1/5 — Slowly reducing free features…. *2025-07-24, version 1.3.2* Shame. Used to be fun ### 1/5 — Game *2025-06-16, version 1.3.2* Why did you make all the interesting career opportunities paid? It's too much ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-03-25, version 1.3.2* Ok so I was playing Florida and then I traded both the goalies in a big trade to free up some cap and help the depth then I brought up some and traded for quick but I can’t sim because I can’t put them in my lineup ### 1/5 — Fix the sim speed *2024-06-27, version 1.2.2* Game is unplayable unless you pay a fee. Just stick to the OG ### 1/5 — Price *2024-04-02, version 1.2.2* It should be free ### 1/5 — Changed the premium options *2024-01-20, version 1.2.2* They’ve recently changed the settings on this so you have to upgrade to premium to use features that were previously included in the normal version. Further, the app doesn’t tell you how much the premium version costs. Absolutely, add bonus features that you have to pay for, but don’t force people to start paying for features that were already free. This seems greedy and unnecessary. ### 1/5 — L game *2023-07-20, version 1.1.4* game is horrible dont download, offensive means giving them goals while devensive does nothing. I put it on no cap and got every good player and sabatoged every other team, finished last in the league, brett kulak leads the league in goals, trash game. ### 1/5 — Don’t Waste Your Time *2023-04-30, version 1.1.4* It is an addictive game for a few seasons than you get all the good players and think this is our year and finish last. With a goalie of 88ovr and team average of 85ovr last? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN. And I mean it, IMPOSSIBLE ### 1/5 — Made everything good cost money *2022-12-08, version 1.0.8* Games trash made everything cost money used to be good not worth #sellout ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Need 3 with some minor updates *2026-08-18, version 1.3.4* Been playing Puck Drop for as long as it’s been around. Still my favorite hockey sim because it’s the perfect balance between detail, options, and playability. Nothing else comes close. The only things I’d change would be better goalie eval for awards (the Vezina keeps going to goalies that play 30 games but have .910+ s%), stronger trade recs (if something comes up as a likely trade, there should be minimal work involved trying to figure out the exact draft picks it takes to seal the deal…put anything involving exploration under the “Needs More Work” section), and this may be an unpopular opinion, but the FA class is always over-stacked (I can easily build a cup winning team with 20 year old FAs; there shouldn’t be such a glut of strong/you g FAs). Otherwise no notes! Except make a third entry! ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-14, version 1.3.4* Solid game so far ### 5/5 — Really addictive *2026-08-14, version 1.3.4* If you update the game more frequently, it could really become something bigger that it is currently Hopefully you take notes ### 5/5 — Great sum! *2026-07-22, version 1.3.4* Very detailed sim. Impressed! ### 5/5 — great but game crashes *2026-07-20, version 1.3.4* the game keeps crashing and i have to restart my career please fix it ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2026-06-29, version 1.3.4* This game is exactly what I wanted out of a hockey manager, it’s very well done, I highly recommend this ### 5/5 — So good. *2026-06-29, version 1.3.4* Brilliant and so easy to use. Hope the developer has some updates on the way. Currently the with the caps too many good players can’t get on a roster. ### 5/5 — Dem he ff *2026-06-23, version 1.3.4* Ccbnb ### 5/5 — Very fun *2026-06-22, version 1.3.4* Such a good way to pass the time. Gives me a nostalgic feeling of playing GM mode years ago. Would be nice to be able to remove the face pack after you download it because don’t want it anymore ### 5/5 — Best game ever🤯 *2026-04-30, version 1.3.4* I’m broke as hell and this is the next best thing to nhl 25👍 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*