WOC Penalties?

Same in Be A Pro. Cross checking happens occasionally but i've never seen a stick infraction. ONLY when I was a skater and i actually tripped them on purpose did I get called for tripping. 

Exactly, its been going on for too long, this is how they want the game to play. Nothing will change until we see this leadership leave.

Same in franchise and season mode

Kids like the brainless hitting. Maybe the devs want it, too. Has nothing to do with Hockey...

Yeah, it's brutal.  I got boarded in a game last night, no call.  I got "reverse hit" when I wasn't even going for a hit, no call.  

It's been a problem for several years now.  It's just that with NHL 26 it's even more noticeable due to the changes to endurance and the ability to slap  Truculence on any build.   I'd love it if the devs would fix it, especially the late hits after a player has shot or passed the puck, but it's been part of the game for so long that I don't believe it's viewed as a bug.  I think it's a design decision.

Yeah I dunno what they were thinking; this is brutal

100% agree.  Long time EASHL player (since NHL 09).  This has got to be the worst I have ever seen the penalties.  I will pass the puck to a teammate, they receive the pass and start skating with the puck, count a beat of 1 second...and then I get flattened by a truculence hit effectively behind the play.  No interference call.  Its happening constantly. 

Also I understand bumping and physicsl jousting in the slot is allowed but with the way hitting is tuned I am getting blasted completely out of the slot with slow getup, no puck in sight.  No call.

With how comically overpowered truculence is, games are starting to feel more like NHL Arcade or 3s Eliminator.  Its becoming increasingly frustrating to play the game.