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My only big gripe about hitting is always the fact that, for me personally I am a dangler. I love deking in the game and think it is very intricate when you get down to it. However, when I dangle a body checker, I don't want them to be able to block the movement of the puck while they are in this hitting animation. I have had too many times to count where I beat the guy but the puck bounces off the players stick as they are trying to hip check me or when I deke someone only for the game to track which direction I am planning to go to and the body checker is just holding down on the stick and letting the game correct his movements to hit me. When the change was implemented, I found it much more possible in that brief time, to deke players that were actually trying to body check you, which is how dangling should be to some extent. Things like the chip deke are near impossible to use because you separate yourself from the puck but the player is holding down the check button and either blocks the puck being chipped with his body while animating to hit you or is tracking your guy with ease thanks to the assist. I just felt with the change, dangling became more usable and punishing to those caught out of position trying to check me.