As an EASHL player the only thing I am furious about is the changes to the matchmaking system that were in no way messed up before. But they are just awful now.
And as far as HUT goes it's gotten better since the 1st season. I actually feel like I'm playing more and getting cards worthwhile from actually playing. Right now I have an 88 overall team and haven't spent a dime. I'm able to get cards each event that are upgrades. So it's turned out quite nice from what I used to experience where after a month I felt I couldn't earn upgrades consistently enough to keep playing.