Not recommended to manually defend cross crease?

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@KidShowtime1867 wrote:

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@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:

https://youtu.be/gb41Js2sbks?si=scVYY0h8pH0fD0Oa

This is with 97 defensive awareness and gold quick pick. Slow pass, I'm backskating looking up ice, anticipating pass knowing it's gonna go through me but wanted to capture the video to show why you never aggressively risk cutting the lane. 

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The instant you're about to intercept the puck, you decided to trigger a body check. You can tell because your player is holding their arm in the body check animation as you turn around.

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I made a video showing what holding a hit looks like. You cropped the original video so here's the extended version of my original play: 

https://youtu.be/gb41Js2sbks?si=scVYY0h8pH0fD0Oa

Vs what it looks like holding a hit. If you notice the stick hand is always down and the skating is ultra clunky (I suggest you try it yourself in free skate). Also if you try to pivot before holding down the analogue it turns into a wind up for a slap shot: 

https://youtu.be/JBkTqlUNGUg?si=gWOpku0xzdhJq_I6

And 

https://youtu.be/_ZQwiPJSNaE?si=uKB5Ao10seJEnAXx

(To show what it looks like trying to pivot naturally with the hit, trying to hold hit during a pivot (slapshot windup) and then as best as I could replicate the video (which takes impressive timing and multiple stick movements).

There couldn't possibly be a hitting animation because I was clearly L2'ing waiting for the pass so it'd automatically be a wind up for a slap shot. In order to even activate that animation that somewhat replicates it you need pinpoint timing of pivoting, releasing L2 and then hitting and turning at the same time and even then the stick remains on the ice the whole time and not up in the air. On top of that, the location of the stick crosses the body to the opposite side and doesn't stay in front of you as displayed above. The animation for hitting also holds the loose hand over the center of your body right up against your chest, not extended out in front of the body about a foot. It's within inches of the jersey. 

So your "proof" isn't proof at all. It's an animation of a failed puck pickup. If you can replicate this animation in free skate I'll be extremely impressed. If you can somehow cause the holding of a hit animation to lift the stick in the air I'll somehow believe you that my brain had a seizure and just started throwing hits for no reason while backing up to get in the lane of a pass with nobody around me. 

For further proof here's the best comparison: 

Vs 

The big difference is the left hand being super low and stick position.