@Jammalammalam wrote:LoL. That was a rant and a half, wasn't it? I'm sorry guys, but can you imagine if they took the effort that went into creating a whole chel store, chel coins, and HUT money into actual gameplay features and additions before the release of the game?
Instead, as a defenseman, I get to enjoy this happening over and over and over and over. Gold Stick 'Em Up with a 90+ Stick Checking gets you absolute nothing. I'm trying to abuse the Hip-Check, but with this happening, what other options do I have? Can't really hit regular because that barely works since I have to have my speed/accel at 92 just to catch the speedy wingers. I'm not saying poke should always work, but my goodness, the forwards don't have to do anything but keep skating like the D isn't even there.
I’ll give my 2 cents here on that play. We have to keep in mind that we don’t have the whole situation of the context of the game and this is only a 3-4 seconds clip.
But from what we can see quickly, is that it was a bad play on both sides. That the end result went on the attacking player's favour. Cause of forward momentum like @KidShowtime1867 said. The puck got barely touched and it was unfortunate result for the D.
ATTACKING PLAYER: Played that very poorly. How can you speed down the wing like this near the board, going in a traffic area, without:
- Protecting the puck.
- Passing before getting hammered or stripped out.
- Dumping the puck in.
He looked clueless TBH !
DEFENDING PLAYER: Like I said, we don’t have the full context. Was there 20 seconds left in the game and it was all or nothing play ? Because, no offense @Jammalammalam but that play looked desperate 😉😂
In that situation, I would play like this:
- I would be way more patient a back up a bit, because you seemed outnumbered and I don’t think you have backup if he passes you by 🤔
- I would not hug the board. I would put myself between the guy that comes in and his teammate. Or even more on his teammate side and wait for his move.
- As a DMEN here, there’s no play to be done here along the board. More often than not, it’s gonna end bad.
Like I said that’s just my 2 cents, take it for what is worth 😀
Are we back to offense-defending here again?
It's funny that skill gap keeps coming up. Is there really skill In the example I gave, because it's so common for players to skate as fast as they can in a single straight line and the chances they regain the puck and/or the physics simply working in favor of giving the rushing team the puck back?
I mean, I know how we got here. Years and years of nerfing the defensive aspects of the game. They nerfed poke to take more tripping penalties. Then they thought that defense was too fast in keeping up with speedy forwards, so they nerfed the speed of the player when you poke. Then they went farther and said that you need to turn as if you were in sand when you pivot to keep up with those 93 Speed players. Oh wait, there's more. Then last year the stick-lift became almost an auto-penalty. This year EA has given us the gift of a stamina leeching meter that will take your stamina even if you're standing still, and all the opposing team has to do is put shots on net until your goalie is having a cardiac arrest. It's almost impossible to recover the puck because you can't move, pass the speed of a snail, and skate right over pucks in front of you when you're right "full pressure". How about we throw in the nerfing of zone clears as well. Trust me, I know where the skill gap is in this game when it comes to 6v6 play.
Anyway, do I really need to post 20 examples of forwards skating right into my body and maintaining puck possession? Do I really need to post 20 examples of forwards skating right at me that I challenge with 91 Stick Checking / Gold Stick 'Em Up only to have the puck and player magically go by me like I'm not even there? Do I really need to post 20 examples of forcing the offense to the boards to await a boarding, slashing, or my personal favorite, the player with the puck spinning away perfectly while hugging the boards and maintaining full position while I skate right by?
Because I will clog this thread up with gifs if you really want me to for sure.
@Jammalammalam wrote:Are we back to offense-defending here again?
It's funny that skill gap keeps coming up. Is there really skill In the example I gave, because it's so common for players to skate as fast as they can in a single straight line and the chances they regain the puck and/or the physics simply working in favor of giving the rushing team the puck back?
I don’t know if that part of the post was directed at me ? Because I was the last one to comment on the clip ? Anyway, I’ve clearly said that the attacking player was clueless…
ATTACKING PLAYER: Played that very poorly. How can you speed down the wing like this near the board, going in a traffic area, without:
- Protecting the puck.
- Passing before getting hammered or stripped out.
- Dumping the puck in.
He looked clueless TBH !
Again, maybe I’m not the best guy to comment on ONLINE 6's or whatever mode, cause I never play online, but that was a bad hockey play nonetheless.
