Match making and puck intercept

How do you say it’s a players fault when it’s happening to more then one player? How last year when top players got mad cause they couldn’t score 8 goals a game you guys made changes right away and made goalies like it’s BS. And on top of that I used to be a good defensive player I give up maybe 10 shots a game and then this year still only give up 10 shots or less but get scored on 4 or 5 times. Like it’s way to easy to score in this game make goalies actually hard to score on again 

Edited for profanity - EA Aljo

@nickprevost 

I can say it's not happening because I know for a fact ice tilt doesn't exist. If you want to test out whether or not it exists, start a game, put down your controller and see how the game plays out.

Then what is it cause I’m tired of passes going through my guys when I’m standing in good position, I’m tired my weak side defenceman stopping in the slot instead of going all the way to the net. The fact that you lose games more from bounces then actual good players blows my mind and when I say bounces I mean stick lifts that you don’t get the puck pokes the don’t push the puck the direction your poking it players literally being able to shake off hits like they’re invincible and much more. I’ve sent multiple videos to your guys twitter page that still happen today. It would also be nice if there was a way to actually contact you guys to talk to someone who can explain problems in the game instead of having to do this and getting a reply like a couple days later 

@nickprevost 

You can post here and on the official forums here: https://forums.ea.com/en/nhl. There's s dev that frequently responds with more technical details.

I'll need to see videos of your specific issues to explain them.

Haven’t posted in awhile but can there be a penalty or something for guys who puck rag the puck it seems more players are doing it. I think there needs to be a delay of game penalty or something cause every time you play one of these guy you attack them they just pass the puck by your players with such ease which shouldn’t happen if you play that way. Can we expect any changes so players aren’t abusing this or no? 

Also can we fix the damn goalies falling for the forehand back hand deke in close it’s so unrealistic because goalies don’t bite that hard unless it’s a full break away. Especially on 2 on 1’s where your playing the middle of the ice I’ve never seen a goalie in real life bite super hard when a player moves his stick left to a little 

@nickprevost 

It would be great to see a way to combat players ragging the puck. I'm not sure that a delay of game penalty is it though. Some guys like to take the puck back when they call a manual line change or they're just trying to reset everyone and breakout. I get there's a big difference between that and how raggers play, but it's just something to think about as we don't want the people playing fair to be affected by rules put in place to stop the raggers. Hopefully, something will be done about it though as this is and has been a big complaint for years. It's just not an easy one to resolve. I can assure you the dev team is aware of it though.

As far as goalies not biting so hard on that move, I get that it's frustrating, but you're also letting the carrier get in close. That's kind of on the defense. I understand the point you're trying to make and that they fall for this too easily. There are also times goalies make that save. However, if someone has high enough skill, chances are good they're going to score. We wouldn't want to just force it to not work even if you had them beat. So, the best I can suggest here is to have your defense not give them that option.

@EA_Aljo 

A shot clock and delay of games would be perfect for the 3v3 mode; in my opinion it's not necessary in 6's since you and a buddy can always pincer them without it being as much of a detriment to defense.

Ehhh you can make goalies bite from pretty far away - Whether a defenseman lets someone get close or not, it's pretty crazy to see how crazy goalies react most of the time

I don’t think it has anything to do with letting a player get in close because you can do from like the hash marks and the goalie bites super hard it’s a goal that doesn’t make sense because goalies do not come off the post and move to the other side of the net when he has a D man there. There’s just way to many cheap ways to score in this game. Not to mention that’s there’s an actually meta in the game this

year that anybody under 6 feet is pretty much useless which is disappointing because small players are known for there speed and big players aren’t but for whatever reason we make it so players like chara can skate with players like Patrick Kane or Connor McDavid which really doesn’t make sense. Like players that are good at something in real life should be good at it in the game and things there not good at in real life they shouldn’t be good at in the game. Just a thought to throw out there I know there’s going to be some BS explanation to why it is every player can skate the same every player can shoot the ovechkin or pass like Crosby but I can’t wait to hear it! 

@nickprevost 

I've never seen the forehand/backhand move work from the hash marks. Are they taking the shot from there?

Small players can still be successful. It depends on your skill and the skill of your opponent. It's harder to get around the big players of course, but there are guys that can do it. It helps to create space in the neutral zone so those smaller players can get some separation. I'd recommend dropping passes back to your defenders and then passing across to a streaking forward. Normally, when dropping a pass back, the carrier gets the attention of your opponent and the move to cover him. This leaves the other side of the ice open or creates a hole at the blue line to skate through. You're going to need to depend more on passing and puck movement than shrugging off hits. The larger players are also still susceptible to being poked and lifted so they aren't exactly invulnerable. They're harder to separate from the puck with hits though.