@99b. Some how there seems to be a sort of disconnect, regarding AI performance. Players not engaging in plays, passes off kilter, and a lag issue, where your players are almost in a snails pace performance wise. Several posts have been put up extolling these anomolies. So your concerns are not an isolated problem, as they seem to be shared by others as well. Unfortunately, like other problems. EA doesnt seem to respond as quickly as they should. So a fix may not be in the cards regarding the 26 model. There is also a game freeze problem, where players dont return to the ice after a new period. Or they become frozen in place while everything else around the rink is functional. I have posted a couple of videos, but have not got a response as to a fix or reason why.