desertddrive, the only downside that I see when you said about playing perfectly but the rest of the team gives up goals when you're off ice is that 99.9% of the time the other team NEVER scores when I'm off ice. they 99.9% of the time score WHEN I'm on the ice. that's why I believe that they should get rid of all the penalties given when your teammates screw up. for instance, I play an enforcer defenseman and every time (and I mean every time) I'm in the right place where I'm supposed to be but they score, I get a "bad line defense" and get at first, -1% in defense. if they score multiple, then that % raises. I think one game I got -5% for bad line defense when it wasn't my fault. then I could be literally 1 step behind a forward going to the net and I get an "odd man rush" doesn't matter that my stick was in front of the guy, nope, just that he was ahead of me. that's not counting that when my stupid teammates, and I'm talking about the other Dman, decides to play like a forward and I got 4 teammates near the net and I get a 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 and go to the guy the 'arrow' tells me but I attempt a poke check and of course miss and they score by either the one, I get a "missed assignment". or if you go help around the offensive circles and your other Dman decides to come up to and they get a breakaway, guess what I get? yep "missed assignment" and probably "odd man rush" and "not covering you man". plus when you check a guy near their blue line and go off sides and my stupid teammate gets the puck and brings it across, I GET THE "CAUGHT OFF SIDES" penalty, not the teammate who had PLENTY OF TIME to stop and NOT come across. in other words, you are the one who gets gigged for nearly everything the AI teammate does. you see your forward going to the boards so you pass towards the boards but after you pass he 'diverts' towards the center and YOU get the 'icing' gig. and if you shoot while being hit and the puck actually goes to the net but not powerful enough or doesn't go where you wanted you get the old "badly aimed shot" or " weak wrist shot" or something like that. you don't loose power, you just don't gain any. in one game I had an A- in offense and did not score any points, B+ in defense, and A+ in teamplay, and was + in +/- so my overall coaches score was A+ (100%) but my form score for that game was only 88 all because I did not score any points.