5 years ago
NHL 21 complete mess!
What happened to EA??? They used to be so... average.... at making hockey hockey games. This one is a complete mess. The goalies are non existent. Even with the sliders all the way to 100, the goalie...
You might see better AI placement on the higher difficulties, but I understand that might be too high a challenge for you. If you can get some video of the issues you're seeing, I'll try to advise on how you can keep your teammates in position better. What mode are you playing exactly? Since you're changing the sliders, I assume this is Be a Pro, Franchise or Play Now? You should be able to get an appropriate challenge by adjusting the sliders and difficulty though.
I'm playing Franchise.
You have a lot of control over how the game plays since the sliders can be edited. It would be good to spend some time experimenting with them. There also is a great community of offline players at Operation Sports. Our own forums have some slider suggestions as well.