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New Hotshot

2 months ago

EA NHL 26 CHEL WOC IS A JOKE

I'm a franchise player who now tried CHEL because franchise mode is completely forgotten... nothing worth it cuz no one BUYS anything there. Well tried CHEL and got run over by overpowered "enforcer...

Community Manager

2 months ago

Well sticklift is really bad this year and it dosen’t matter if you have 99 defens and 99 in poke check and the x factor you will poke check the same without x factor and 80 in poke check, sometime i even think i play better defense with my OD than my DD.

Yes. Stick lift is not good this year. I'm really having very few issues with poke check. I use the Stick 'em up XF and have 93 stick checking.

I do play drop-ins, but only with clubs. I back out of the outdoor rink games because clubs normally are a lot better.

W00PEX

New Hotshot

2 months ago

Couldn't upload the video clip, but these pictures show how well the poke check works.

Lifts the stick over his stick !?!?!? WHAT?

KidShowtime1867
Hero
1 month ago
W00PEX wrote:
but these pictures show how well the poke check works.
I'm not sure how effective a poke check should be when you're not even facing the puck carrier:
- W00PEX
  New Hotshot
  1 month ago
  At least not jump over the opponent, You keep making it sound like we don't understand anything about hockey. I don't want it to be like it used to be when people went around spamming poke checks….. you guys talking avout us like we suck at this game when all of you playing with friends……... ”defend it” yeah sure i do even when i’m forward i have been a better defenseman than the clowns playing defens many times… you can’t enjoy drop in when sticklift and poke checks are weaker than the offensive skills, so many times i have played defense alone cuz the other guy is a level one enforcer or more offensive than EK65…. last year i could handle it okey and i could trust the goalie more, but this year i can be there and brake passe but if they shot at goal the goalie gonna let it in, left-right and a backhand between the goalie and the post 🤷‍♂️ if i go for him the other dude have open goal…. well you super stars maybe you can teach us NOOBS how to do it?!?!?
  - KidShowtime1867
    Hero
    1 month ago
    W00PEX wrote:
    left-right and a backhand between the goalie and the post 🤷‍♂️
    This is an OP move. I agree. However, the time and space required to pull it off means there was a defensive lapse.