I play on Allstar difficulty as a LW right-handed sniper forward and the poke check and hip checks are the two I always use, they save my **bleep** more often than not. The poke checks seem very good this year in NHL 25 I'd get a tripping penalty 7 out of 10 times but this year I rarely get a tripping penalty, you use it if they are in front of you or on the side if you try it while you're behind them it's pretty much an automatic tripping penalty. I rarely use the stick lift, normally use it when they are along the boards because I'm afraid I'd get a slashing penalty. I never hold either the one time I tried to hold along the boards like the AI does I got an automatic penalty so stopped holding.
There are two types of player base in this game. Online and Offline players. The defensive issues that are being described are more than likely online users. CPU doesnt deke or stick handle to the extent that a user player does. So your experience and their complaint wont match up.
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