This shouldn't take 2 years to fix!

If they kept poke held down it would have lead to a trip but they were skillful/lucky enough to have let go in time - I don't really see anything wrong with the incidental stopping your toe drag

https://www.xbox.com/play/media/SMFJB6TES4

Another example of sticks morphing through my player when my opponent's aim assist poke check misses.

I often lose track of how many times a player doesn't get a tripping animation when a player clearly misses a poke check 

@NihilistWolfe 

We really need to see video of this. The first pic looks like it's possible the stick is in front of their thigh and between their legs. In the second pic, we'd need to see the full poke animation.

It would have been a trip if the stick went through the lead skate there so I'm assuming the poke was done inbetween his legs? The trailing foot is meant to be phased through IIRC - It's unfortunately necessary to keep things running smooth

@EA_AljoI did. It's in the first line of my posts. The xbox link sends you to a recorded clip.

This is getting ridiculous.

You guys make it so poorly timed and aimed stick lifts end in a penalty but it doesn't matter what a player does. They can spam poke check all day long and maybe get a tripping once out of every 20 times a player spams poke. 

It's unnerving and quite disappointing to see because if you don't get any consequences for doing it. Why use any other defensive method? Why hit? Why stick lift? When poke check is effective, even when it should be a penalty. 

This was broken in NHL 22 and now it's carried over to NHL 23. I have sent TONS of video examples and all I get is. 

"Thanks, we will send this to the team". 

With zero follow up at all. 

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@NihilistWolfe wrote:
@EA_Aljo I did. It's in the first line of my posts. The xbox link sends you to a recorded clip.

This is getting ridiculous.

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Sorry about that. I obviously missed the link. This still looks like the stick went between their legs. A video zoomed in and from a better angle would let us know for sure.

https://www.xbox.com/play/media/U99VZJD4E5

Here's another blatant example of the game not triggering a tripping animation. 

You can clearly see in the video I skate backwards. My opponent misses their poke check. Not only does my player awkwardly have their leg get hyper extended and should lose balance. The puck also goes through my player's skate and they manage to also poke the puck away from my player's stick and get a breakaway goal. 

The reason I skated backwards was due to my opponent constantly spamming poke check. 

I did win this game but the poke check is still broken as it was in NHL 22. 

You guys adjusted poorly timed stick lifts to give penalties. However, the poke check rarely draws any penalties at all. There is zero consistency. 

All I ask and what many other players have been asking is that players not get away with using this as an exploit to defend against puck carriers. It clearly is easy and poke checks have aim assist as it goes directly for the puck on the stick. When a player misses and it hits my player or my teammate skates. It should draw a penalty.

Players shouldn't be rewarded with lazy defense. The skill gap has been in the NHL games the past. NHL 22 and NHL 23 have no real skill gap because players abuse poke check as it gives them less of a chance to get penalized.

Hey there, @NihilistWolfe 

Trips don't occur when the carrier isn't moving their feet. Poke checks are still causing tripping calls, but we'll keep an eye out for instances they might not be. Thanks!