First off I want to state that this is CHEL only do the need to frantically change is irrelevant. Would be nice to stay at the topic at hand please.
Secondly, I understand myself on how to defend it, I was teaching my nephew and his friends (new players to NHL) about the game and how it works. The fault of the game is that Green Tee mixed with One tee (as one example - LT spam is another) puts a premise on the game for High skill players to only exploit for wins, where they wanted to enjoy playing hockey (there was fun game they were matched up with lower tier players who played actual hockey).
"And if theses 'new' players are attempting to play a mode that's inhabited by users who've literally been playing this game for 30 years, then they have a very disillusioned perspective of their skill-level and it's no wonder they would be frustrated trying to learn how to play a game in its most competitive game modes. "
Lastly, If you the mentality of the NHL community is based on then there is no wonder why the player counts are so slow. This negative mentality is harmful to any game let alone NHL. Whereas, I was trying to voice an option based on my experience of trying to help and grow the NHL 25/26 community and was directing their thoughts and options of a new player trying to play any game mode in CHEL.