More Issues With NHL

Just like an injury, you can lose a huge amount of speed but the one that bothers me is the apparent loss of motor function and controller input reaction. It literally feels like the north/east/south/west on your controller is spinning like a top in some cases. This has been a thing for a few years now but is more noticeable with Xfactors like truculence making it even easier to dish out devastating blows.

I'll keep an eye out for other examples.

#11 - This clip is extra frustrating because defense is already at a natural disadvantage; NHL most certainly caters to the offensive side of things which is fine - Hey, whatever, people like offense, so sue them right? Just like normal shot/pass blocks and other plays in the defensive zone, I would like to at least see the animation of my guy reaching for the puck or putting in the extra effort to stop it from getting any closer.
Players are currently extra stiff and you can almost see the step by step "initiation" of moves; I would just like to see it become more fluid/realistic instead of just standing there watching.

What is your shot blacking attribute at? It would be nice if there was an animation even when missing, but with how fast shots can be, it's not exactly unrealistic a puck would go through a player's legs without much of a reaction.

I truly believe somewhere in the code, activates a "this team is hot and this one is cold (in a general sense)" type of logic to the current game being played.

You can still win while cold but the amount of extra hoops to jump through is crazy. Stick randomly flying out into me on what is essentially a set play at the very end of a frustrating game and the Ai not being in a defensive spot despite strategies telling him to do so, and a goalie more than willing to react late on a simple play is frustrating. I've played enough now to tell very early on when the "game is out to get you", and it doesn't have to be deliberate.

This does not exist in any way whatsoever. The game is not out to get you. It makes no sense at all to have a mechanic like that in a game where individual and team skill decides the outcome.

I am a two-way build with 85 shot, 96ish speed, and high offensive and defensive awareness so I know their potential, it would just be nice for them to live up to it some times. Humans have had multiple boost/upgrades over the years and Ai has just stayed the same though (which in turn makes them worse and worse every year). They do not have any capabilities to compete at any sort of high level and that's bad in a game with so many heavily AI focused modes.

Thanks for the feedback.

Playing 6's will just bog down the game further and is more boring and more frustrating because we would only be playing against other 2's or 3's. We can handle a team of 4 humans but 9 times out of 10 a full squad just don't care to play us - this increases wait time tremendously and will only be a band-aid for fundamental issues

3s and 6s obviously play very differently. If the slower pace of 6s isn't your thing, all good. We want everyone to find a mode that suits their playstyle. The AI are going to be more exploitable without the extra players on the ice backing them up.