So there's been updates, but haven't fixed the most glaring issues. When?
Two updates and you haven't fixed any of the HUGE issues everyone is complaining about:
1 - Poke Checking is broken (opposing players skate with impunity, and even if they are successfully poked, 90% of the time they get immediate possession back.)
2 - Wheels (absolutely ludicrous, turns the game into an arcade fest. Coupled with a passer with "Send It", game resembles nothing like the sport)
3 - Truculence (if the hitting couldn't be over-the-top enough, let's add in a boost that makes it even more ludicrous AND let's not call any interference, charging, or roughing penalties)
4 - Stick Lifts (in real life, when you pop a player's stick up, that means your stick is now closest to the puck. In EA NHL 26, you just take yourself out of the play so the offense can get the puck immediately back)
5 - Goalies (in some respects, there are improvements. This is a difficult thing to get balanced right so I almost didn't put it on this list. But, overall, they seem more sieve-like this year than last year.)
At least in NHL 25, if you were the more skilled, disciplined, and organized team, you were winning 90% of your games.
NHL 26 rewards incompetence, carelessness, and mediocrity.
FIX. THE. GAME.
