[Yamer]

Hey, all these things sound great...and the trailer looks pretty cool. However, I have to be a pessimist. We've heard a lot of these promises before, especially concerning the AI. And as for the pretty trailer, I remember the one last year and all the cool new things in it. What immediately comes to mind is the moment when a player went to hit another player and ended taking both him and one of his own teammates out. In 8 months of playing NHL 12, that kind of play...hell, even hitting my own player...has yet to happen. They said that the animations were pretty much eliminated, yet almost all of the hits in the game are heavily pre-set animations...and ridiculous ones at that.

EDIT: Same thing goes with the forcefield around the crease. Unless your already in an animation, you will never hit the goalie or enter anywhere close to in the crease.

I know the AI won't be improved significantly, but everything else has the possibility to be innovative and revolutionary. Wait and see, I guess.