Backhand, forehand, backhand, goal. I feel trying to make good plays and set up 1T shots, or anything else just seems far less effective than just backhanding for every goal.. it's sad that it can even be done shortside because these goalies can't bother to hug the post. This is why we either need some type of dynamic goalie behavior patterns or some type of club created thresholds so that your goalie will behave differently than other goalies and scoring can become diversified a bit more. Ideally I'd play with/ against human goalies but not many want to play goalie, esp for any long stretch of time. This is the one part of the game that needs the MOST attention paid to it. It's brutal. We will be 2 v 0 and instead of using a 1T we pull off and let the other get the backhand goal because it's almost 100% where as even a seemingly perfect 1T chance you risk a crazy acrobatic save or your guy messing up the shot. This is prob the worst I've seen this game as far as 1v1 on the goalie. I actually think the goalie plays better in threes eliminator. I mean I'm using the constant backhand spam too because I feel I have no choice if I want to win but man does it limit any creativity.. goaltending in this game needs a lot of work. It also needs to REALLY reward goalies for playing that position. I'm not sure how but it's a thankless job haha!

All you do is strawman EVERY argument in these forums and pretend you're not then say people are attacking you lmao! It's insane! When did I say I wasn't skillful? Strawman. When did I ask for dumbing down? Strawman.If your read, I think I made it fairly clear that I'd like the game to prioritize a player reacting to the goalie than button patterns.. I never said they need to stop every goal scored in previous games. Strawman."All of this leads to mundane, linear scoring that's based on rock-paper-scissors"Yes, it would be FAR better to have a better system in place but the devs have never shown to be able to do many things correctly. Currently we have only "paper" so yes, having a goalie have multiple looks it would diversify gameplay. Saying you want dynamic gameplay but being against diversifying goalie play just makes 0 sense. You're arguing for BFB goals. Braindead gameplay. I can score these. It takes 0 skill. At least if goalies were made to be different I would likely not score on nearly every breakaway.Let's recap this discussion so we're clear because you said I don't like to discuss (when the previous reply to someone else was "literally" (see how I used that word) me explaining how a system could work to diversify gameplay and lead to more "creative" plays.>I suggest fixes to goalies>you tell me the human defenders are bad and human forwards shouldnt use the same ways to score. You tell me that scoring "can" only be diversified if players score differently. You also suggested that I said if someone scores twice the same way the goalie will make a save and it will cause linear play and be the death of the game (bit of a slippery slope for an already sinking game, also I never even said this. Again, you've created a strawman at best or just falsely put words in my mouth at worse. Again, arguing in bad faith, I'm not attacking you on this I'm trying to clearly convey how you're arguing in bad faith)>I agree that sometimes defenders make mistakes and tell you that competitive players are always going to use the highest percentage scoring chances if goalies are predictable/ not balanced (ie scoring "WILL" only be diversified if goalies are diversified.) I remind you that this discussion is only about goalies. Not forwards, not defenders, not even humans. I give stats to back up my claims and refute those that you made.>you tell me I'm attacking you and i must be bad at the game. there are so many logical fallacies that I'm not going to begin to list them. I attack you because you do not EVER agrue in good faith. I'm not sure if its purposeful or not. Lets talk JUST goalies. Look I'm happy to discuss this with anyone but you are extremely toxic. You don't know how to discuss anything with anyone on here. What is your solution for making cpu goalies better, or do you truly believe they are in a good place? If you think 50% shooting is okay, then fine. That can be your reply to my suggestion. Blaming humans when the post is about cpu goalies is just not arguing in good faith.I want games to feel different nearly every post I make suggests this. Unlike you ALWAYS defending the game, I don't ALWAYS attack the game like you seem to beleive. Look at my latest posts. I just praised the game for the silly bobblehead mode. It was a silly mode but it was fun because it was different and fresh. I suggested ways to improve on it. I've praised nearly everything the game has done to create change... except one's mode. I've not played that since it came out. With each and every one of these modes I've created a topic detailing ways to improve on them. I'm able to see shortcomings in things and praise the things that are good. If you think this game is 100% perfect that's cool. If not, you're allowed to discuss where the game could improve. You can blame poor development where warranted. You can praise development when warranted. Loading into WoC is faster (praising) the store, switching between modes, customization, clubs uniforms still resetting (blame on poor development) you don't have to find a reason to cover for this (unless you're actively working for EA and this IS your job)Lemme attempt your type of reply:Please stop attacking me and my experience and skill. Constantly calling me and other players bad at the game is hurting our feelings and I'll look to report! You just want to bash any player who has any issue with this game.You're telling me you want them to throw rock every time because you're not good enough at the game to adapt on the fly? You want the game dumbed down so you can continue to abuse the game? Why not just get more creative and try different ways to score throughout the game. Sounds like a skill issue. If you think goalies should just stay in one place or move out of the way of the puck it will be the death of this game!-----If you want to discuss goalie then let's do that. Anything else is off topic. Try to stay on topic. If you think goalies are fine the way they are then you can simply say that and that's it. If you don't think so but have a better idea, then suggest that. If you don't like my idea but think something could still be done then say what's wrong with my idea. That's how healthy discussion happens. I just can't think of any reason that goalies playing different is something someone would be so upset about, do you like people scoring the same goals or not? How can it be a good thing for them to be this way (genuinely asking to create discourse) I can think of 1 reason to defend this, however I tend to feel it makes the game worse overall.

TTZ_Dipsy Not so much "learning" just adjustable thresholds. Imagine every club had their own custom thresholds. Some goalies will hold their post a bit longer shutting down a short side wrist/ snap/ back but may give up one when someone is cutting across and going far side. Maybe some plays the puck carrier more rather than his partner coming in for a 1T. Maybe adjustable aggressiveness. Some will look to poke or step up against an attacker but this would allow more goals when 1T from a low angle (near the goal crease when passing from a higher attack point) or someone cutting in. Every CPU goalie could then behave a bit differently and every game you would have to quickly figure out how to attack him. I'm not suggesting it would be extremely hard to score, but we wouldn't see near 100% breakaways. They could be high for players who had fast twitch reaction speeds but lower for players just memorizing button patterns and timeliness.Dynamic learning would be much harder to add I'm sure. Random dynamic changes could be easy though. Maybe each period or game the goalies behavior values change. This is all I meant. Every year we have diff shots that have higher percentages the only thing allowing this is the goalie behaviors/ thresholds. Currently they give up the forehand backhand because it pulls them off their post and the player can pull it back too fast to save. If he held the post longer he may give up an easier forehand. The other thing that COULD be good is players simply losing control of the puck or less likely having a perfect backhand. The devs want hockey to be more clean (and to a degree I agree) than it is in real life, but if they had a system that allowed for losing control when going backhand/ forehand too quickly and not having high puck control it could help mitigate this issue some. Maybe high puck control comes at the cost of a player's speed. So a wheels player with 99 speed can't just race down trying to beat a defenseman and have perfect handles to BFB. Idk, just spit balling ideas.

As an over 10 year EASHL goalie veteran this year has been especially crap for us human goalies.Certain automatic animations have screwed us into letting up rebounds and goals we shouldn’t have if our goalies weren’t flopping around so much and also letting in those tricklers. I’m a better than average goalie in this game. I study and pay very close to every aspect in this game and adjust from year to year. I’ve watched other top goalies to see what traits and attributes work best and sometimes adjust my goalie builds accordingly. I’m primarily a lone wolf drop in player because I like the challenge. Each season I usually make it to Platinum or better and I know its because of my play rather than being carried by teammates. Last year I had over 500 wins, over 100 shutouts and a SV% of .815.So far this year I have almost 300 wins and over 50 shutouts but a SV% of .777 in A LOT less games played and I still have 3-4 seasons more to play. How can anyone logically explain that? I didn’t get worse at the game and especially to be almost .40 worse in a lot less games played. The only logical explanation are those ridiculous unnecessary animations, the “EA” goals and the fact that like every year EA favours offence over defence and goalies. For more proof. There are what 14 character builds this year? ONLY 1 is a goalie and such a lousy standup build that I’ve yet to see anyone use. Again no goalie love. EA killed the goalies especially this year. I’ve noticed a lot less people playing goalie this year. Chat with people during games and the majority will say nothing positive about playing it, only negatives. Same things said on any social media. Furthermore last year EA took away the ability to “paddle down” when in butterfly. A very useful tool that all goalies use in all levels of real life hockey. Yet, EA mapped “desperation” saves to two different buttons! I’ve asked why on this forum a few times the past year or so and I’ve still yet to receive a response. Why? Because obviously EA doesn’t have an answer and/or can’t admit to such an obvious mistake. How was this ability not put back in this year? Will it finally be put back in next year for 26?

Right. I'm done too. I told you how to hold a proper discussion you refuse. I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt. I've replied to you numerous times that I'm able to get the cheese goals too.. your mind is just too closed.Not looking for people to agree with me, just looking for discussion. You are completely unable to discuss anything if it involves a lacking in game development. You go straight to defending it. I'm logical. I like hockey, I want a good hockey game. EA makes a hockey game. These are EA's forums. I post on EA Forums with the hope of gaining feedback and perhaps ideas for the development team. Other people can comment on said ideas and say why or why it won't work. This is how logic works, try it! Less people in the forums praise this game than point out issues, maybe take your own advice and find a discord?If you suggested a fix to an issue in the game I would comment on why or why it may not work. I would not try to change the topic in an effort to mask the fact the game has its issues. This is where we're different. You're not here to discuss. You're here to defend the game. If you wanna talk goalies let's do that! I've asked you to in EVERY post and you haven't yet. Sorry for being less than a food from the line. Notice I didn't use "literally" because I didn't use that word, it gives room for adjustment. If a shot WAS taken from the line it would have to bounce off the goalie. Did you need me to do that? Have you never seen that before? You're really grasping at straws after this conversation. Hope you can take something from it. Good luck in life!

Yes, this is the problem, good video! I will say the defense could have better positioned, could have made a better play. However, the other problem is that the goalies here in most cases should be able to hug that post and hold it. In the real NHL these goals happen if hes too aggressive or drops too quickly, but it's just too often here and if it is a two on one there is just no good option to defend this. Take away the 1T they backhand, take away the backhand they 1T. The goalie should be expected to hold the post if the offensive player is pulled that far. At that point the defensive player did his job in shutting down the biggest threat.Edit: i was at work before so quickly answered while on lunch. Both of these actually look like forehanded goals (not that its a huge deal.) The first video is a good example of the defender playing the situation "mostly" correctly. The goalie was helped by the defender ushering thebforward to take a bad angle shot. The goalie had a narrow window of threat and should have a routine save, albeit these goals are sometimes scored at any level. The second video I can understand a goalie getting beaten even in the NHL. The defense was actually beat here. The goalie had to respect the forwards ability to take it far side. He broke down a hair early but had to when he expected a possible backhand to thenfar side. The biggest issue I have is when there is almost no threat of a far side attack but the goalie still twitches off his post or breaks down too quickly/ far from the crease when a forward takes it back forehand or backhand (depending on the situation) the game almost plays off of our button presses too quickly and too literally (if that makes sense)Typically the goalies play the forehand far better than the backhand in this game. They over exaggerate the far side threat when in close, over exaggerate the far side threat when you're further out. I play center a lot of times and will try to play near side when in close and far side when the puck heads out to the point, if I'm not already covering someone in the slot. Each game had changed my tendency and where I cover depending on what the cheese goals are that year. Cheese goals are always gonna happen in a game vs cpu goalies but I think they can be mitigated some if there were more options for goalie behavior. In hockey you often hear the goalie communicating with the defense as to what threats to eliminate. This allows him to play his game and focus on the threat he wants. I believe if we had options/ stratgies/ or thresholds for goalie behavior (maybe even similar to A.i. skater options for cpu strategies we could better strategize how we want to play defense. In that first video if there was an option to over protect the weak side or hold their post he would have done a good job at defending the pass and the goalie could jlhave shut down the near side threat. Of course if there was an unguarded trailing forward that he could have passed back to and he elected to go far side it would be an easy goal. I'm not looking for a goalie to bail anyone out, he should have holes, just expected holes. Holes that make sense.

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thebrazenhead75
Rising Hotshot
9 months ago
The other day I tried to recreate Ilya Sorokin as my WOC goalie so I checked out his build in the offline modes. His build uses 1 gold and 5 silver abilities compared to us human WOC goalies use which use 1 gold and 2 silvers. I thought that was interesting.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
9 months ago
I am trying to get more details on this. I'll respond here when I have them.
KidShowtime1867
Hero
9 months ago
thebrazenhead75 wrote:
If it causes a problem with a new “logic” or whatever you want to call it then maybe they shouldn’t implement the new logic. I can’t think of anything new in the game and playing goalie in particular that would negatively be affected by the “paddle down” tool enough to take priority over it to remove it.
Of course you don't can't think of anything that would affect goalie if you're not a developer or software engineer steeped in this particular game engine.
thebrazenhead75 wrote:
There are tons of controls in the game that use a combination of two buttons/stick moves that haven’t affected anything that I can think of. YET, a simple R2 (hold to butterfly) plus X (to paddle down) causes some big enough problem to remove it completely?!?!
First of all - I'm not saying definitively that underlying logic changes are the reason paddle down was removed. It's just speculation based on previous experience of how changes under-the-hood (to the actual CODE) can cause unforeseen issues. If you don't have experience of any kind in software development, that can be a foreign concept, but I assure you it happens all the time.

thebrazenhead75 wrote:
We don’t even have proof that it caused a problem as EA_Aljo has ONLY stated it was “intentional”. EA’s “intention” is unknown and that’s why I’m asking. I just want a straight answer and explanation of their “intention” from EA and/or passed along to EA_Aljo. This is not an unreasonable request. EA devs knows why they removed it. It should be a quick and simple explanation unless they’re hiding their “intentions” for whatever reasons. No need to ask why would EA hide their “intentions” either because the answer to that is easy. If their “intentions” were because it caused a problem then a simple response stating that and that they’re trying to fix it and put “paddle down” back in the game that would suffice.
Again, it could be any number of things. The most common issue is unforeseen issues after implementing new logic and I'm only positing that as one possible reason. Someone who actually works on the game could probably shed some light on that, but chances are - focus has shifted to NHL 26 by now.
For example, when a goalie would go into paddle down position, their hitbox (the invisible shape that detects collisions) might have interacted oddly with changes to the physics model. This could have created situations where pucks would unrealistically pass through parts of the goalie's body, or conversely, where the goalie could make impossible saves by covering too much of the net in ways that didn't match their visual animation.
Another possibility is that the animation system was updated to be more fluid and realistic, but the paddle down position created technical challenges. The transition animations into and out of the paddle down stance might have caused clipping issues (where parts of the model intersect unnaturally) or created jerky, unrealistic movements that broke immersion.
Rather than spend significant development resources fixing these edge cases with the paddle down control, the developers may have decided to remove it entirely to maintain the overall integrity of the new game engine.
FourZeroVI
New Veteran
9 months ago
There are goalies that will always be better than what we can create in WOC in the main game, until this year with the additional SP given I have only every been able to reach a 87 OVR goalie, (this year/season 4 its 88). There are goalies with 6 abilities (1 Gold/5 Silver). Its just how the game is in its current state. Maybe this will change in the future.
thebrazenhead75
Rising Hotshot
9 months ago
Thank you EA_Aljo.
A response to this particular issue would be much appreciated.
thebrazenhead75
Rising Hotshot
9 months ago
How did I know your response would be as such. You always find an excuse or reason to defend something in this game.
I can tell you I have a problem with my water heater and I can’t get any hot water. Your response would be to “adapt” and just use cold water. Or something like your water heater is causing issues with something else so we just removed your water heater. That doesn’t solve anything nor does it provide a correct answer.
I remember a year or two back when some people were questioning why EA nerfed the puck dump/flip out of the D zone. You just came up with excuse after excuse defending it and kept saying we should “adapt” and find other ways to clear the zone. Of course we can clear the zone in other ways but that’s not a reason to remove an ability that is commonly used. EA finally answered and said their “intention” was they nerfed that ability to make/assist the new pressure zone system more. Whether that was the correct decision or not for us players is debatable but at least we got an answer. That’s all I want in regards to “paddle down” and if they’re going to put it back in for 26.
It hasn’t been in NHL 24 and 25 now. Can it be really that much of a problem and unfixable in two years of development cycles being in the 3rd now? I highly doubt it. Until I receive a response from EA via EA_Aljo I’ll keep thinking it was removed to cater to making the goalies less effective (like how the game caters to offence over defence) OR EA is just to embarrassed to admit they make such a stupid mistake. Or maybe it did cause a problem but at least they’re working on it.
EA is just like a a lot of other companies though. They’ll do whatever they want without explanations to cater to their agenda rather than their consumers. They’ve done that countless times in the past and they’re not going to stop now.
I just want this ability back in the game as it should be. It was a very useful ability that helped me prevent enough goals to justify wanting and needing it. Every few games or so there is a goal that I could've prevented it with this ability that no other ability could and/or be as effective in doing so. Even just one goal against every few games is enough to want and need this ability. You’ll probably respond with something like “well, its only one goal” without thinking that it could be that one goal that affects the outcome of the game especially if its a winning goal.
thebrazenhead75
Rising Hotshot
9 months ago
Thanks but I didn’t need an explanation to something I already knew. I was just stating an observation I made in regards to someone that suggested that maybe WOC goalies could be given an extra ability since offline goalies do.
couture2fat2fly
Seasoned Veteran
9 months ago
I just don't even get that EA is paying people like also and kidshowtime year after year to come here and gaslight people and pretend like the game is actually really great if people would just be willing to adapt when there's such a consensus and ample evidence that this game is messed up beyond repair. That instead of paying programmers to learn and to debug this mess. EA paid for a game engine a few years ago and can't change/fix anything to it so they just add a few more broken gimmicks every year for publicity campaigns and call it a day.
Examples (I will post more of each type) of terrible mechanics that have long been brought up, were never fixed and never will be because EA doesn't own their product:
Rampant glitching, for example L2ing and shortside cheese (cut the 2nd clip a bit short but goal, obviously):
https://youtu.be/VxMHrDAFYCk?si=bPKgwlYrksvSst5a
https://youtu.be/5Mv2ykt1ezY?si=9_MXzBH97t64AZG8
Incredibly idiotic, unrequested AI line change timing whereas when players are gassed out they'll skate up and down the ice a few times before going to the bench:
https://youtu.be/GgdSbmZqmDA?si=k1Z19afCKTyjqfIJ
https://youtu.be/y7_MDeiuniA?si=vFxfHV5NAoUINbUa
https://youtu.be/1fHQ5HdiMgw?si=7aOc2uNlMMTmigaY
https://youtu.be/5kTblnOTmWU?si=sqFGGU5ZjP0MaG3C
Poor passing assistance:
https://youtu.be/Jpz4w4qkiUI?si=XLIZ3serdcF7YitF
https://youtu.be/w9EgXDTCOc8?si=JPnTEZfCWCqW-0gx
Broken reverse hits gimmick. I'm not even trying to hit anyone and just get crosschecked at the back of the head by the puck carrier:
https://youtu.be/MgMqiyODrEc?si=b-Min04ZopEv5z_9
Terrible interceptions despite DFD build with 90+ defensive awareness:
https://youtu.be/0BLgpyEDgUI?si=BCv2Xtmh3Whcv1vP
https://youtu.be/hYmlrIBRKK8?si=hBFb1uLolLyed1gQ
AI just being completely lost (poor positioning):
https://youtu.be/ZYVu87G5tVU?si=0NOGHNl7sfhvumx1
https://youtu.be/qrMKfbWXlVA?si=TsgeNjBMtNGK6aLO
Hits not registering:
https://youtu.be/tL6f87pQ9vc?si=AIySaiH-kHr-bI0j
Ai just brutalized players who don't have the puck leaving you constantly 4on5 in the offensive zone. Or just ai auto-hitting everyone the second they receive the puck, turning lazy and weak players who don't even bother to anticipate the play and/or switch players actually decent defenders (bonus reverse hits gimmick at the end):
https://youtu.be/NwqLCS7qMYs?si=LupSjEoyeCCkZdHP
I'm kind of pissed because I didn't realize my ps5 had a 15 saved videos limit and I had so many more examples. Among those missing clips, a few showing how the AI Dmen never hugs the sideboard when you get in the zone depriving you of the most basic, easiest pass option. Something they teach toddlers who as soon as they can stand on the ice. Absolutely infuriating.
KidShowtime1867
Hero
9 months ago
thebrazenhead75 wrote:
How did I know your response would be as such.
How did you know my response would be comprehensive and provide some possible reasoning for the change? Because that's how I roll.
thebrazenhead75 wrote:
I remember a year or two back when some people were questioning why EA nerfed the puck dump/flip out of the D zone. You just came up with excuse after excuse defending it and kept saying we should “adapt” and find other ways to clear the zone.
Completely inaccurate. In that thread, people were literally telling me and other developers that dumping the puck high and out of the zone was "broken". I came into that thread and simply said, 'It works if you hold it longer' and the EA devs chimed in and said that's true because they didn't want an easy flip dump to negate the new pressure system.
I proved it worked by providing actual video of me executing the mechanic flawlessly in a number of different scenarios.
thebrazenhead75 wrote:
That’s all I want in regards to “paddle down” and if they’re going to put it back in for 26.
Not that EA is required to give you an answer to that, but I believe Aljo has already stated they're looking into it.
thebrazenhead75 wrote:
I just want this ability back in the game as it should be.
I provided an insanely comprehensive answer to the possibilities surrounding its removal. Maybe if it came from a different username it would land better.
couture2fat2fly wrote:
I just don't even get that EA is paying people like also and kidshowtime year after year to come here and gaslight people and pretend like the game is actually really great
I don't get paid anything.
couture2fat2fly wrote:
Rampant glitching, for example L2ing and shortside cheese (cut the 2nd clip a bit short but goal, obviously):

https://youtu.be/VxMHrDAFYCk?si=bPKgwlYrksvSst5a
https://youtu.be/5Mv2ykt1ezY?si=9_MXzBH97t64AZG8
#1. You engage DSS which is great, but the puck carrier baits you into skating away from disrupting his shot:
These goals happen in real life:
#2. When this clip starts, you're already a step behind which indicates the opponent had an easy time going through the neutral zone
couture2fat2fly wrote:
https://youtu.be/GgdSbmZqmDA?si=k1Z19afCKTyjqfIJ
https://youtu.be/y7_MDeiuniA?si=vFxfHV5NAoUINbUa
https://youtu.be/1fHQ5HdiMgw?si=7aOc2uNlMMTmigaY
https://youtu.be/5kTblnOTmWU?si=sqFGGU5ZjP0MaG3C
I'm with you on these. The line change issue is incredibly frustrating.
couture2fat2fly wrote:
https://youtu.be/Jpz4w4qkiUI?si=XLIZ3serdcF7YitF
https://youtu.be/w9EgXDTCOc8?si=JPnTEZfCWCqW-0gx
Clip #1 - an inaccurate pass. What's your online pass-asisst at? If it's high, it can contribute to instances like this where it thinks you want to pass to the far player rather than the closer one.
Clip # 2 - you threw a blind pass behind you in between your legs and right to the slot. Again, because of the innacuracy of such a play, it appears the pass-assist selected the far player as the recipient.
Adjusting your pass-assist setting to be lower will help with this. It might take a few games to find the sweet spot that works for you.
couture2fat2fly wrote:
Broken reverse hits gimmick. I'm not even trying to hit anyone and just get crosschecked at the back of the head by the puck carrier:

https://youtu.be/MgMqiyODrEc?si=b-Min04ZopEv5z_9
You went for a stick lift and the player successfully reverse hit you in an attempt to win that battle. This isn't a cross check to the back of the head either. It's a shove-check and due to the proximity of the puck, not interference.
akin to this play
couture2fat2fly wrote:
Terrible interceptions despite DFD build with 90+ defensive awareness:

https://youtu.be/0BLgpyEDgUI?si=BCv2Xtmh3Whcv1vP
https://youtu.be/hYmlrIBRKK8?si=hBFb1uLolLyed1gQ
#1 - you could make an argument here for sure. I see your issue. However, we don't know the attributes of the player making the pass and it appears they loaded it up for speed. Fast passes when the defender is that close have a risk-reward where the pass can be bobbled, but the reward is a decrease in reaction time for the defender who will miss the pass.
What you should be doing in this position is an LB. One knee down with stick blocking the lane, forcing a sauce pass.
Have a look at one of your other clips and take note of how the defender had more reaction time, and makes the intercept:
#2 - you let the opponent walk right in without engaging them in any kind of defensive action:
Here is what actively defending this play looks like:
The common theme in those clips is defenders standing idle, expecting to intercept the pass just because they're in the way. The game has adjusted the past few years with a more active defensive approach and standing idle is no longer an acceptable defensive posture, nor should it be.
couture2fat2fly wrote:
AI just being completely lost (poor positioning):

https://youtu.be/ZYVu87G5tVU?si=0NOGHNl7sfhvumx1
https://youtu.be/qrMKfbWXlVA?si=TsgeNjBMtNGK6aLO
I'd like to see your strategies as I think that's contributing to clip #1.
Clip #2 is a good one. LD steps up for no apparent reason, although it may have something to do with the powerplay setup. But that's a good clip!
couture2fat2fly wrote:
Hits not registering:

https://youtu.be/tL6f87pQ9vc?si=AIySaiH-kHr-bI0j
If you notice, the puck carrier skillfully initiates puck protect the moment you go for the hit.
And right here is where you should've initiated board-play:
couture2fat2fly wrote:
Ai just brutalized players who don't have the puck leaving you constantly 4on5 in the offensive zone. Or just ai auto-hitting everyone the second they receive the puck, turning lazy and weak players who don't even bother to anticipate the play and/or switch players actually decent defenders (bonus reverse hits gimmick at the end):

https://youtu.be/NwqLCS7qMYs?si=LupSjEoyeCCkZdHP
This is a rough hit for sure and could be interference. My argument is that it's the net-front and we're allowed to clear that area as humans as well.
Overall, these are awesome clips! Well done. Kudos to you for stepping up and providing some really good examples of the issues you're having with the game.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
9 months ago

That’s all I want in regards to “paddle down” and if they’re going to put it back in for 26.

The reason this was removed is because it didn't work with the new saves and desperation poses. We're interested in bringing it back in the future.

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