Players skating path is odd again

I reported this a few NHL versions ago and the issue still exists.  When playing position lock, your players seem to have this set skating path they follow.  When in your own zone, your CPU controlled player with the puck will skate straight left towards the wall, even though there is open ice.  I've noticed this quite a bit.   It looks as if they are stuck in a scripted skating path and won't deviate from it.

The quick clip shows this issue.  The player skates right into the wall before heading up ice.  There aren't any defenders near him either.

https://youtu.be/Gb5zkWhlxkU?si=eju8YzTTXKlT-gyJ