Please bring back NHL 23 controls

@337fd0ef3db761a8 LT wasn’t ever used correctly in last years game. It was an exploit. Basically bad offense was getting rewarded and there was no point In passing. You don’t need to protect puck or use LT. Just play actual hockey

@337fd0ef3db761a8 This should be fixed ASAP, the X/A protect puck moved to the analog stick is HORRIBLE and triggers unwanted animations constantly. It's impossible for me to deke manually without constantly going into this animation. In 23 I would score on breakaways 80-90% of the time and now I'm not even at 20%.

@337fd0ef3db761a8 The easiest fix to the LT issue was simply decreasing your players attributes while using it so that he couldn't spin around unrealistically, but still allowing you to make proper hockey plays by opening your hips to protect the puck. It really shows they are not familiar with hockey outside of a casual, beginner standpoint.

The protect puck mechanic is fine only in a vacuum - in reality, what happens is that you are skating down ice with the puck, using turbo (which many of us have bound to paddles for easy/near-constant access), and then your stick handling becomes deactivated. Now, not only do you have to hold the L stick to move your player down ice, and the turbo button, AND the LT (which many advanced players do on breakaways for quicker control of the stick), but you have to remember to release the turbo button if you are going to move your stick in any direction. It's just clunky, makes little sense, and seems to be an overlap of mechanics caused by inexperience with the finer control aspects of the game that have been in place for years.

The skill stick was the ONE thing NHL games had going for it and that made it fun, yet realistic, to play. And they've gone and tried to recreate the wheel, obliterating the logic that was in place for no good reason.

@TasteofChicago91 Again, I’m an offline player l don’t exploit LT. it’s unplayable without having total control of it. I use it in many diff ways that I promise you make the game feel more real

@75fd980e1b183900 Yup a big part of using LT is on a breakaway to set up a move like real hockey and now there’s less creativity and unique real moves you can create.