Pokechecks must be buffed for the sake of defense

If it's not in the December patch then they've decided they don't care and have moved onto 27.

Can you get me video of the pokes that are failing? I agree it could use a boost, but I'm also able having many poke checks separate the player from the puck.

I just noticed your comment so I only had these two clips on standby, but you can see in the first one that there's lots of stick-on-stick contact (plus a missed pokecheck by me) but also other incidental contact that I feel should have prevented Doughty from making the shot.

The second clip is me on a breakaway and you can see that my opponent makes what I consider good contact on the stick/puck, yet I keep on skating on the breakaway and I think I ended up scoring on the play. But I believe he should have been able to knock the puck loose there. Let me know if this is something I should start recording more and I'll try and keep it on my mind as I play and watch these plays unfold. 

I'll see if I can post some videos where I'm pinned in my zone, hitting is not viable and I just can't poke it off the guy. This is something that I should have an easier time finding clips for in the future seeing as Ranked hasn't leveled off yet and some people are still climbing who are much better at cycling and therefore harder to defend.

Link to pokecheck video

Unfortunately, those clips are not really conclusive that there's a problem. The first one doesn't look like contact is made and the second one only shows the stick from an awkward angle. It also doesn't look like you really make much contact. Even still, you're pushing the puck in the direction it's already traveling. With the carrier in front of you, they're going to have a far greater chance at picking it up. I'm going to need better videos showing the poke checks aren't working.

Those are the only ones I had on stand-by, but I'll be getting more and more clips of pokechecks, but also incidental contact that should result in loose pucks. As mentioned earlier, I'll specifically try and see if I can capture clips where its very hard to get out of pressure situations in the defensive zone because pokes aren't really doing anything. And I'll also try and see if I can get some clips of defending rush chances where stick-on-stick contact seemingly does nothing. 

Sounds good. Just post those when you get them. Thanks!

Hey there! I managed to get two more clips and I'd like to show them as well.

The first clip is something that doesn't happen very often but it does happen from time to time and I think that it can result in goals against. Now I want to emphasize that I'm not 100% sure Faber would have gotten to the puck anyway, but definitely missed a poke when his stick somehow got stuck inside his own body.

The second clip with MacKinnon's stick just bouncing off and not causing the puck to get loose, this really is the exact scenario that I have the biggest issues with. If you want me to, I'll try and get some more clips but that pokecheck with MacKinnon not working caused me to give up a goal with just 5 seconds left in the game as he was able to make a pass to the circle and then pass it cross ice for a one timer. This wouldn't have happened if MacKinnon had gotten this poke and had gotten the breakaway. This second clip is truly one of the biggest sources of frustration for me and I honestly would love to know what else I'm supposed to do here. I felt like I timed my poke perfectly and yet get no reward for it. No loss of possession, no loose puck, nothing. Even if it had just forced the puck over the blue line and forced a new zone entry, that would have been enough to push the game into overtime at the very least.

Link to 2nd pokecheck video

I'm not sure what your concern with the first clip is. The D should have dropped back instead of pushing up to the faceoff dot. That would have given them a better chance at defending that play.

MacKinnon's poke looks like it was off target. I'm not really seeing any issues here.

That happens more than it should look at the clips again when Mac should've made thst poke the stick hits the blade it does nothing ,because he doesn't have some stupid  xfactor for poke checks, the op isn't the only person that has sent this type of clip before 

C'mon man, NHL players dont have handeye like your grandma.