Man, what happened to this franchise? It was so good on the ps2 and ps3, but now it keeps getting worse. NOTHING about this game is logical, reasonable, or realistic. Everything is broken. Poke checks are too effective, stick lift is an auto penalty. I play mostly offline, and the ai on my team is dumb as bricks, especially the goalie who lets in everything, and won't even save the puck if it's lightly tapped from the blue line and should be a save that even people who don't know how to skate can stop from going in. Team ai is clueless, countless times have I tried to pass to develop an opportunity, and they decide that it's a good time for a line change and skate away from the puck. However, the opponent ai is godlike. The goalie makes saves on everything shot at the bet, the ai will not let you have the puck for longer than 5 seconds, and most of all, they can somehow score by just skating into the net without even shooting it. The commentary makes me want to cut off my ears. I didn't mind doc and Eddie, but thus new james guy has the most annoying voice ever. Add that with repeating the same 5 lines over and over again, and that's all you get for it. At this point, I don't care about the graphics, I just want something that's like 07-14 nhl games, because this is just broken beyond recognition.