Isn't it kind of insulting to the NHL and the sport of hockey

This game just continues to make me sick.

I'm sick of poke checks doing nothing when players are skating right at me.

I'm sick of the rampart hip-checks that are now the hitting meta in the game.

I'm SO SICK OF ICON PASSING that I can't turn off and that I hear that annoying chime from not only my icon passing, but everyone else as well.

I'm sick that the smoothness of something as simple as sending a slapshot down down the ice in 23 has turned into a slow slog of an animation.

I'm sick of the pressure meter (that I once liked) that eats my stamina and goalie's stamina so much that it's impossible to to fight for the puck.

I'm sick that when I actually get the puck that I can't clear it because it goes two feet and right into the glove of players waiting to grab the flimsy clear.

I'm sick of the menus that seem even more lagged this year and that some menus are even worse with QoL this year than last year. Who thought the edit away/home player menu system was a good idea?

I'm absolutely sick of this battle pass crap.

I'm sick of some of the in-game sounds sounding like NHL 94.

I'm sick of having to use XP boosts to move the XP meter even though I'm winning in 3's drops AND 6's club.

I'm sick of the entire experience of this game being a buggy mess. I wonder how many nullpointers I'm getting from start to edit player to edit loadout to crashing in the DR in the background.

I'm sick that for years, EA hasn't been able to build off the game before it instead of seemingly starting from scratch and having to uber-patch into December/January because it feels like no one that knows how to play games tests the nitty-gritty before release.

I'm sick that we have get charged $60 - $100 each year for a alpha build release.

I'm sick and tired of this being the only NHL game on the market.

I'm not sick that EA is trying to get out relevant patches this year (unlike last year), but gameplay changes after betas should be minor. The big focus should be on QoL, but getting this game into a fair, working state for the modes that most people play might be near impossible with the one-press super buttons.