CPU Coaching Bug in Franchise Mode

Hi EA!  I have found two immersion breaking bugs with the coaching AI in Franchise Mode that have been in the games for a few years now and need to be fixed ASAP.




Bug #1: Specifically on the powerplay the CPU coach does not always use a centerman on the faceoff. Attached are two screenshots of examples where you can see the CPU coach puts a bad faceoff person taking the draw. In Picture 1 you can see Jesper Bratt is taking faceoffs instead of Coutourier (even though Coutourier has better faceoff stats and is a center, meanwhile Bratt is a LW/RW). In Picture 2 you can see the CPU has Jack Hughes (notourisously bad at faceoffs) taking the draws instead of Bo Horvat who is one of the best in the league, and among the highest faceoff attributes in the game.




Bug #2 : CPU coaches do not utilize their best players/top lines at the end of the games. Instead, the CPU coaches favour anyone who is full rested, so they often have their 4th line out to end a game. I was just playing game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals in my franchise mode... I was winning 3-2 with 30 seconds to go in the 3rd Period... faceoff in my d-zone and the other team put out their 4th line with Ryan Reaves to try to get that game tying goal.