World of Chel: PASS THE PUCK

This happens because the developers have enabled in all sports games hyper individualistic gameplay styles. All builds can do everything or controls allow for it as well. this will be the downfall of most sports games unless they catch onto periphery items that the players like, for example customization like NBA2K. No longer is the game about actually teaching you the sport or how to work as a team but more of a "ME" main character syndrome.   

And that ridiculous, pathetic, weak, and insane trend is now in a hockey video game that was never this way, as much as it has been since EA Sports allowed "Ones" to encourage individual gameplay. Yeah, the choice is there to play that mode, or not, but ultimately, there's some individuals that now can't/won't decipher the difference between being a teammate or to purposefully ruin someone else's online experience because it's all about ME. 

This should shed some light on the generational gap: hockey players > poser trash

Despite this desperate attempt at making this game a singular or individual sport, it will never be an individual sport as it'll always be a TEAM SPORT. 

The type of people that allow this weak-o-rama, into a hockey video game, much less any organized hockey, haven't laced up a pair of skates. The shootouts, as an example. Those same people haven't actually experienced competition. And if they have, they've either folded or turtled, because working as a team, in a team sport, completely evades simpletons.

For the most part I agree that more puck movement is better. However I do see a lot of players choosing d then spending the whole game playing forward. I will not pass to those players. Part of a team sport is playing your role. I’m not trying to defend with my forward build and feed you the puck.

I’ve been saying for years that having an incentive for getting X amount of assists during your online “career” would go a long way to resolve this. Some sort of unlockable or something. But they continue to cater mostly to just scoring goals and individualized gameplay with the flashy celebrations, dekes, michigans, etc. Passing and assists are not rewarded in this game.