If you're good at EASHL you will hate this game, I've played over 600 games this year and the game is totally out of your control and up to EA who wins. My club its robbed on every cross crease by computer goalies or missed shots while our goalie lets in every single cross crease, along with other weak goals such as people shooting from the blue line on the rush. This game rewards people for being bad. The worse you are and the worse your record is the more the game will assist you in various manners. Poke checks are broken. I once poked the puck 4 times off of a guys stick just for him to get it back all 4 times. Pokes work when they want too. The stick lift animation is completely broken and never looks correct or barely ever works as it should. Last year defense was very solid, pokes and stick lifts worked great. This year its just all offense, with extra assist to those who cant match up with skilled players. Good player will find out quickly that this game has major flaws and is designed to help people who suck and don't play as much and then punish those who play regularly because they know the regulars will come back. All this game is a money machine. I have seen phone games with more consistent gameplay. Bottom line: If you've been good at other recent NHL's be ready to tear your hair out as some bum throws wristers from the blue line to beat you.