I'd really like to see some stricter hitting rules. There are times when I am getting hit over 1.5 seconds later of me getting rid of the puck and no interference call is made. Sometimes, these hits will even injure my player and yet still nothing. Why am I getting punished for making the good hockey play of getting rid of the puck? Either give us the ability to protect ourselves from hits (a brace for impact/reverse hit mechanic but when without the puck), or lower the hitting window to like maybe .5 to .8 seconds. Any more past this and it's too strong for the defense not to "finish their check" every time.
Here is an example I had to describe this. Its only 1.3 seconds later but still this seems like way too much time for the defense to get a free hit and drain your players stamina.
https://youtu.be/JRjkRs1WUM4
I completely agree with you. Late hits need to be called more strictly. That clip you posted is egregious.
Im punished by losing half of my stamina (didn’t realize it wasn’t shown in the clip) for making the correct play of passing the puck off to a teammate instead of holding on to it and having more options to avoid the hit with a deke or attempting to reverse hit them.
As a side note, extended charge times on hip checks should give penalties in the form of clipping (real NHL penalty) the same way elbowing calls do with extended charge timed body checks.
This is why the "charge up" system is dumb. First off, it often results in an elbow being stuck out way before the hit takes place, secondly they often go down into a hip check form long before a hit takes place. Neither one makes sense, because they pretty much stop everything else to focus only on the hit. This forces you to either, never hit, or be so focused on the hit you no longer maintain positioning. Players do not go into any kind of hitting position until right before a hit IRL, otherwise they wind up with penalties, or an earful from a coach. In the game, if you do not prime your hit, the hit is so weak it wasn't worth doing. This is far from realistic and seems like a ridiculous thing to add to the game, I understand and support all the requests to remove the "priming hits" and go back to the old style of hitting from 23 or earlier.
Community ManagerPersonally, it feels more realistic when using the skill stick controls with the mechanic of flicking the stick down and then up. Like you do with slapshots.
