NHL 25 Gameplay Deep Dive Trailer and Blog

Interested to see how improvements to shove and hit conflicting with shooting controls looks like. There are too many actions mapped to the right stick, with shove, shoot and hit all together, and the system often failed to register the right response for the situation. I wish EA would just allow complete control button customization. I tried to do it with my Elite controller, but it was impossible to get the configuration I wanted because of so many actions mapped together.

So many times in a game, my guy is shoving when I'm trying to shoot-- even when no defenders are near me. And when trying to shoot a loose puck in front of the net, we all know how often that leads to an interference penalty.  I also get a lot of cross-checks because of the shove button-- I guess it doesn't register that I hit back and forward on the right stick for a hit. I've never been a penalty player until this year. If I had my way, I'd eliminate the shove mechanic. Never once in a game have I said, "this is a great time to bring out the shove." It's of no use to ME.

My fingers are crossed that this has been fixed or that control customization has been added.