@SummerOfDekesPlayoffError explained what I was trying to get at.
Also that goal you showed in your 1st video used to happen in the PS360 era too. And yes I agree a good deal of times they make the "WOW" moment saves that sometimes are just too unbelievable.
Good discussion thus far, goalies need a lot of work. To offer some opinions on what is being said...
-there does need to be some element of randomness. Hockey is a fluid and chaotic game, and even in an online competitive environment it should reflect this so that it feels like hockey. But the occurence of long distance bad goals is misproportioned. Should be something we see very infrequently instead of every couple games.
-regarding goalies flopping, one thing we have noticed in EASHL is that if our defenseman makes a block, even if its just a simple knock down and gain of puck possession, our goalie will freak out like he's Dominic Hasek defending a 3 on 0. Goalies seem to treat anything slightly "off script" by over reacting terribly. Goalies should NOT be flopping if our defense knocks down a shot. For some reason its triggering desperation mode ahen not warranted.
To be fair, even on FIFA the goalkeepers are bad. It's tough for sports games to nail. Make them too OP and everyone skillzones, make them like NHL 23 which was non existent and the goal count goes up to 15 lol.
My biggest issue is height being too much of a factor. 67 Boyko will outperform a 95 Hasek. Makes literally no sense.
I don't have the experience playing as a goaltender, but they are too much at the mercy of X-Factors, screening is too wide (and they don't look around them properly), the covering animations are horrendous (and poorly timed), the poke checks (computer goaltender) are predictable and can be taken advantage of, they give up terrible rebounds too often (professional goaltenders at least attempt to deflect pucks to the corner), scrambles are too frequent and the goaltender tires too easily, own goals or the goaltender knocking the puck into his own net are way too frequent as well.
That's one big messy paragraph of some of the things that need to be looked at off the top of my head.
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/NKHqMmFWpE
This is what needs to be eliminated from the game. Relatively simple wrist shot that nails the goalie in the logo. Instead of being able to calmly gather the puck, the goalie plays hacky sack with the puck like he's Freddie Prinze Jr in 'She's All That' before knocking the puck into his own net.
