Great read, I have this same view. EA twitter handle used to reply to me, but I think they blocked me for asking to detailed of questions. I've played upwards of 1000 HUT games within same version, having never paid cash for a Gold Pack or some of their special packs, but only using earned pucks. Think I pulled a McDonough last year and turned that into a Ribitaille or something, but to see opponents with Crosby, Ovechkin, Karlsson, and the entire All-Star roster is ridiculous. If I have pulled some 100 Gold packs in a year and received the equivalent of their 4 line winger is a scam. They must have pulled 400-500 gold packs minimum. To ask EA the question if it is possible to pull a Crosby without spending real cash, their answer is, "well, you see them for sale so they are out there."
Pretty dodgey.
Okay fine, let these scammers have their players, but then, to play these teams and to have the AI system make your team "dumb-downed" is incredibly frustrating.
