NHL 26 Feedback and Rating

It's not bad, but it's more of a 6/10 for me.  
Presentation?  Non-existent again.  Something we've been asking for and again, EA ignores the community.  Started a game with the Hawks.  I saw the logo flashing on the ice with the announcer giving a quick "Hawks won the cup in....".  That's it.  Jump right into faceoff.  What happened to the player focus that used to be in this game?  Comparing the starting goalies.  These things get you excited to play the game.

The commentators are still annoying and basically yell at everything that occurs.  "He made a pass!!!"  Whoa...chill out Hyperman.
ICE Q:  Haven't really seen it.
You can finally turn off those annoying face off lights.
Still no team specific goal songs..  Honestly, I don't need the menu music.  Take that money and put it towards the rights to purchase the true goal songs for each team.

Skating feels slightly better and contact with other players also improved.

Plenty of adjustments will have to be made to the roster.  I've seen players with goal celebrations they normally don't do in real life (same as last year version).  Is this improved from last year?  Somewhat, but honestly, not worth the price.   I'll have to play more, but so far, I'm not rushing to turn on the PS5 to play this.  One day, I would like to play a game based purely on player ratings and not based on all the unnecessary sliders EA has implemented.  Then, I think we would have a closer simulation game. Right now, it really is just an arcade game.