@D19Box You are so right. I would also add that the «overall» defensive angles of the game are broken.
As a defenseman, if I want to have a build with good poke check and/or good body check, that means my player will have to be slow (because he's gonna be big) and that he can't have a shot good enough to go through traffic to reach the net.
The only way to build a player inspired by someone like Victor Hedman for example, is to "cheat" by chosing a build from a forward with defensive skills.
And that is without talking about the defensive tools available for the players. Everything is focused on offensive, dekes (WTF they spent time on the michigan and we can't have a good control over our stick to play defense ?) and stupid intro/goal animations.