stop trying to put a band aid on a bullet wound.

I would go crazy playing with auto-back skate on lol so I do not have that on. I have no issue with defensive players using it, it is almost exclusively on offense where it is abused. I don't even know what L2 abuse on defense could be other than hip checkers possibly. L2 provides less benefits than it provides considering the intense amount of abuse it sees. At the end of the day if a feature is abused more often than it is used for its main purpose, it means it is implemented poorly and needs to be removed until it is fixed. 

Fix L2 like that if u use L2 too long player Energy train Faster to end or skate speed drops

to me, it won't be fixed to our liking, well those that want a good game of hockey, anyways.  What really needs to happen is a user rating system.  Nothing fancy or complex, just a like or don't like button at the end of the game.  I realize people's emotions take over their feelings and losing hurts a lot of people.  BUT, eventually the unliked players could live in their own underworld of terrible play.  Again, we have a user base of 10 year old to 65 year olds, hard to relate.  Anyways, it's a dream of mine.  Online has been a cess pool for over 20 years.  EA continues to try and legislate good hockey practices, while a certain % of the community does their best to go against that.  One day :D

Just to chip in, its impossible to play without vision control, which is used with L2. If you are not able to turn on the blue line or make the decision as to when to turn to backskating on defense (vs having it on so you turn automatically), then it would become impossible to play offense or defense. I fully understand why the devs are having issues with not touching vision control while somehow trying to figure out how to stop it from being abused. 

The simple fix is that pokechecks are buffed to where I can actually poke it off their stick. Doesn't matter if they L2 if they don't have the freaking puck. 

to me it's a simple fix

If this were the case, it would have been fixed by now.

I agree with you that it shouldn't be turned off, we need it. I don't understand why there is an issues addressing it's abuse though, to me it's a simple fix. When LTing with the puck, the skaters balance and strength should be penalized enough to allow a shove to knock them off the puck . Make it a high risk maneuver.

Do not adjust how a player pivots with LT without the puck. I'm going to repeat that because EA has done it in the past. Do not adjust how a player pivots with LT without the puck.

For the most part I think the offensive side of the game, except LT, is fantastic. I think it replicates the real game very well. You have options and I'm happy with that.

Do you play with auto-backskate on? If so, maybe there wouldn't be much of a difference for you. For many of us though, it's crucial that we be able to backskate or just position our player better. Vision Control is an integral mechanic that, if it weren't working, would most likely upset everyone a lot more than the current LT/L2 exploit.

Can you please show me a video of where being able to pivot is the only way to play the game or else all hope is lost and you just have to shut it off? You always ask videos from everybody else to prove their point, go ahead and do the same on your end. Myself and plenty of other people are able to play the game without any issues whatsoever without using LT/L2 so please show us how having it in the game, only to get abused 90%+ of the time is absolutely required. Thanks. 

Can you please, at the very least, fix poke checks? They don’t work and it’s impossible to play defense.