I think I said it earlier before, but with EASHL it's pretty much an MMO now, and viewing from the games played not including the offline component, I've got over 300(Some should have their virtual silver sticks already) games played. I'll probably wind up swapping or getting credit at an EBgames for 09 when I get 10, even if it is a dollar.
I'm also hoping that they'll rectify the stats some how. Pulling stats manually was a chore, and if you look at say... DICE's Battlefield series, they had
web-accessible stats for a while now.
Still the greater emphasis on physical play benefits my play style, although it seems I'll have to work on positioning my player again. (LW is now strange to play, as well as RD) No more chip puck ahead, check(poke or otherwise) and recover puck on gaining the offensive zone.
Also with regards to video etc, it'd be incredibly difficult to improve the rendering engine, and most of the work should be on underlying game mechanics and generating new animations.