The game isn’t even fun anymore!

You are not alone. While in my case, I am just brutally bad at this. 😂 I mean I cannot even win often in Rookie level at the Cup Chase in HUT. And this is embarrassing as hell. But as soon as you go online, the exploiters and glitch abusers are on to destroy any form of real hockey play. I wish EA would find some love and respect for the greatest game in sports and give us a more realistic gameplay without stuff like folks constantly abusing L2. Not to speak about the magic ability of ALL others than myself to being able to bodycheck you in a blink of an eye as soon as you get to the puck. They are hitting like the Hansons from Slapshot on steroids, while all I can achieve ist trying to hit some guy resulting in them having a 4 on 1 against my poor goalie. Nonetheless (and this might be an aspect of me seemingly being a bit masochistic) I still enjoy the game. Offline play at Rookie level does not give you a feeling of achievement, but it is at least playable and resembles at least a bit something that comes close to hockey. I feel you and I hope we all get a game like NHL 14 from EA, when EA NHL hockey was at its peak. But my hope is quite small.