Instead, it’s been a lack of replays, aging commentary, and just a lack of “juice” that’s been more felt since the split from NBC. I don’t think this year feels like a wholesale change, but the new goal presentation is much more cinematic, and we are finally getting some more replays of things like big hits and so on during stoppages in the action. The commentary and TV-style elements of flare still have a ways to go, but much like the gameplay, this feels like the NHL team waking from its slumber and thinking long and hard again about how to best improve what’s here year over year.
What i saw here in this early access review.
Here’s the link! I’m somehow reassured.
https://www.operationsports.com/nhl-24-hands-on-preview-nhl-07s-link-to-the-present/