Goalie fatigue needs to go in NHL 25
The fatigue system was a good idea, but very poorly implemented. Puck retrievals during fatigue as well as clearing the zone continue to be absolutely atrocious. An NHL player can lob a puck from the...
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I feel like it would be enough if the team under pressure get's a bit punished, but that the attacking team doesn't need a boost on top of that. It's enough of a boost that the other team get's slowed down.
Because not only is the team under pressure slowed down, it feels like the team with pressure can be waaay to physical to the defending team without getting a penalty. Unless it's a trip or very intentional interference, you can really run over people, which is the last thing the tired defenders need.
And I agree about the goalies, which performance I have long felt are a gamble anyway. In my last franchise with the Rangers, I had Shesterkin (89 + all his x-factors, during season 3) and Sogaard (83) as my tandem and ending up splitting the games. Who had the better stats? Neither was great, but Sogaard had 88,4% and a 1,85GAA, against Shesterkin's 85,7% and 2,19GAA.
I see no reason to have an expensive top rated goalie if he's not even the game-winner Shesterkin and some of the other top guys are. I promise you I didn't intentionally play worse defence with Shesterkin in net, he simply let in cheap goals, while Sogaard often performed better under pressure, even when his stamina was out.
And NHL 24 was not the first game to make me feel this way. But that full season of play seemed to put some actual numbers on what was previously just a feeling. A 3% differece in save percentage is a pretty signifact difference over 41 games, especially considering the lower rated goalie performed the better numbers.
