I skipped NHL10 so the game feels quite different for me. The pace is siginificantly slower, but I like it. Seems like you can play more strategically that way, its a better pace for creating plays.
Once criticism I have of the game is that goalies haven't really changed much. They still all seem to play the same and do the same saves. The game could me made infinitely better if goalies all played to their individual styles and they varied the animations the goalies used. That would create even more goal scoring variety.
All in all though, I look forward to it. Picked up xbox live again just so I could play online this year.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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