Yea its not just back passing to the D, which that in itself is annoying and i try my best to avoid backpassing because almost always it never works. But forward passing as well has the same issue. As I said I've had it happen on one time opportunities where the puck is sent to the boards behind the net instead of across the crease, I've also had the puck go too far behind the other skater by 10+ feet as well. Had multiple times on a breakaway where im low in my zone as D and one of my forwards are racing up the neutral zone and I do an icon pass and I either do a bank pass when there is a clear lane or the pass is sent going to the complete opposite side. I also experienced these passing issues in NHL 24 but it was not anywhere near as bad as it is here. What you said about the amount of time spent retrieving the puck is 100% agreeable, finally get the goalies stamina down with full pressure and the puck decides it wants to go all the way down to your zone, really annoying.