Yeah I've noticed similar problems. Good defenders make so much stupid passing mistakes from behind of the goal to front center of the goal. They leave short side post unguarded and move to a lane where there is already a defender. It is just a mess. My star forwards like Rantanen, Hintz, Duchne, Robertson can't deke or pass at all. Instead they just shoot to opposite goalies Jersey logo or those freaking posts...
I still think there is a best Bap Goalie game hidden inside this mess. Mostly it feels pretty good. I usually play at Allstar level but since my team didn't make goals (and also lost shots like 20 against 40) . I tried Pro level and it worked pretty well when I dropped the CPU skill adjustment from 6 to 3. Still not much more goals but other teams shots dropped too low to my liking (always under 30). So next season I went back to Allstar but I made my teams shot accuracy 90 and made their better in every way and I also dropped other teams goalies sliders almost to zero. Still my guys are mainly having problems in scoring but every now and then they get 3 or even moro goals. I didn't make other teams skater worse (except pass interception which was way OP for them). Now it sort of works (oh btw I dropped game speed to 2/6 speed since 3/6 is a bit too arcade for my liking).
P.S. I kind a like the elbow saves since that seems to be what (some) goalies nowadays do.
BAP Goalies Unite! 😄