Just bumping this thread with an additional clip as I'm assuming the devs are either already at work on NHL 25 or will be in the coming months and I feel this is an issue that should be addressed in NHL 25.
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/U5dYZNcCS7
I truly believe that many of the frustrating goals given up in this game where the player goalie or cpu goalie is in good position can be attributed to the fact that the goalie model is programmed to face the puck at all times.
If you watch the clip, you can see that I have my goalie in pretty good position for the shot. The skater shoots, and my player turns his body to face the puck which ends up exposing part of the net. I think this issue might be solely on shots that are closer to the net, as I don't think I've noticed this issue with point shots.
I'm not a game developer, so I don't pretend to understand the intricacies of the job, but it seems to me that having the goalie track the player model as opposed to the puck would solve the issue of goalies exposing the net by facing the puck and also have the goalies still be facing the direction the shot is coming from.
You’re not alone my goalie friend. I have the blocker on my left side and my goalie will pivot left if there is any shot from the right to his left that goes blocker side. So rather than being a stop, it deflects either into the net or just outside the left post. Im yelling why do you rotate?
