Took away protect puck to map all these moves only 1% of players in the NHL will ever do.
Hitting was perfect and you cheapened it to an all or nothing animation using "O" If you time it percectly the hit is devastating if you were off by an inch you used to clip the body and slow the player, now no animation happens at all.
Overall, a hockey simulation game has been ruined to play like a fast version of rock, paper, scissors