I havent bought the game yet, and to be honest I havent even finished the 10 hour trial. Just no drive to after playing a few games and simming about 5 years into Franchise mode. Lower ranked teams not really getting better after 5 years. AI GM's are just terrible. Even in Madden the lower ranked teams start improving, not in the NHL series. Random AI generated faces for all other EA games....Not for NHL....Silhouettes all around. Madden's Superstar mode is a garbage text based story mode, but it least it changes every year, unlike BAP that has been the same since NHL 21....