I’m just gonna drop this here

Hello,

First of all, sorry for the bad quality of my two videos ; they are both screen recordings. 

Second, I just find it hard to understand this game sometimes... I am up at the diamond level, where, you know, the guys know how to play the game, obviously. With that being said, what pisses me off is when I'm trying to poke check, cause let's be real, hitting is very hard to time well, especially with speedy players, but somehow, some of my pokes are ineffective. However, most of my opponents usually poke the [REMOVED] out of me, even from behind in a breakaways (and they time it perfectly most of the time). It's not like my team sucks, I have good d-men with good stick checks like Hughes (94 OA), Jones (96 OA). In one of the video, you can see that my player's stick CLEARLY is on the opponent's blade, but, for some reason that I can't figure out, he still scores on a cheeky backhand that my grandmother would have stopped (with Giguere at 91 OA).

Finally, the other ,video is the classic cross crease that I CLEARLY anticipated, but somehow, the puck goes through, not one, but two d-men (Kronwall and Larsson), which one I was myself controlling (Kronwall), because you know, some opponents can't score any other ways... so you have to adjust. I just find it very frustrating that I knew he was gonna go across the net because it was the 93rd time he tried to score that way in the same period, but, again, for some reasons out of my control, the puck goes through. I could have press the LB button, but it's not quick enough. And don't get me started when you try to change your player, but the game won't let you......... that's why I stick to the same player when playing defense. 

It's those kind of plays that, to this day, I still don't understand why there aren't any improvements. If my d-men are in position in front of the net (collapsing), why the heck the puck goes through? I know it happens in real life, but when I try to do the same thing, my opponent ALWAYS intercept the puck. Is there something I don't do properly? Same thing goes with goals in the slot (when the opponent goes along the board to cut on the H mark, wait until your d-man goes out of position and shoot top cheese either sides) where d-men could easily deflect the puck (just like in real life) by putting his stick in the shooting lane. It seems like the game is missing a button, where you wouldn't necessarily poke check, but just try to deflect the puck when you know the opponent is gonna shoot. I always thought it could be the same type of approach when you're holding "A" when you're playing FIFA (to stay "square" on your player). 

Offensively, the game is starting to get somewhere ; the puck movement is fun to be honest. Still too much space in my opinion, but this game is better than the past nhls. On the other hand, defensively, I don't get why those terrible goals are still part of the game, especially the ones you anticipated and did the "right" thing defensively. 

Edit: Removed profanity. Please make sure the rules of the EA Forums are followed. -CM