Slow Gameplay and Unread controller inputs - EASHL

I play almost exclusively EASHL and am looking to the community to see if others are experiencing some of the same symptoms I am in NHL 24.

Disclaimer - My internet connection is top notch, I am hard wired,  wired controller, gaming TV etc.

- Does anyone else find the gameplay overall is much slower then last year? 

- Skating is much more imprecise and slow and much larger turning radius.

- Deking seems to have been slowed down and the animations draw out much longer making it feel clunky and imprecise.

- Multiple multiple controller inputs are simply not read by the game. This was not a problem in the past.

NHL 23 while it had its flaws the fundamentals of skating and stickhandling etc. were quick precise and allowed you as the player to play with speed. It feels like they've slowed it down to narrow the skill gap. After all the years of improving the skating and stick handling etc. this year really feels like a monumental step backwards. Is it intentional? Is it new servers that are not working optimally? 

I know most of the forum is focused on other glaring issues like the pressure system, AI, hip checks, regular hits, and whatever else comes up. All of which is valid but I have to say I don't even notice those as much because the fundamental hockey abilities are so poor and slow in this game. I don't understand how it got to be like this.

I'm really at a loss. I've been playing this game for decades and I've never seen a version this bad and there have been some questionable releases over the years.