Tips for Defending in '23
Seems like many people have some gripes about defense - myself included. Over the last couple of weeks, I've refined and adjusted defensively, and I feel that I've gotten more comfortable in defendin...
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stick trough stick again
@bruanor09Like @KlariskraysNHL said the shaft of the stick isn't going to do much for you defensively. In recent years stick-on-stick contact basically anywhere on the stick would trigger incidental contact logic and cause the puck to come loose. In NHL 23 this logic seems to have been removed. As a result defenders need to actively poke or use DSS to dislodge the puck. And even then odds are good you won't be rewarded with actually separating the puck carrier from the puck. Such is life with the current EA NHL game.
