WOC - Why did you destroy the matchmaking?

Hey Aljo, I appreciate this reply.  It's the first one I have seen that even notes the change to matchmaking was intended and was intended as an enhancement.  Considering your level of responsiveness in other topics I really found it strange how there was a complete silence the first couple months when every other post on this forum was about matchmaking.  Blink twice if you were/are under a topic moratorium.

As for feedback, I can share my own experiences.  EASHL, usually 4-5 skaters, always AI goalie.  Matchmaking has been very uneven.  Controlling for time of day (usually 8-10pm ET), we usually get matches in a bout 90 seconds.  However there does seem to be 2 or 3 times a night where something breaks and we sit for 6-10 minutes with nothing being found.  We back out of the locker room to try searching again. And maybe it's superstitious coincidence but it seems to help.

We have a hard time matching against opponents our level.   We are solidly in upper gold (21,22k RPs) but we seem usually get games of all 16-18ks or 24k+.