As EA isn't allowing sliders this year in Connected there's going to be this discussion until 2014. There's no one solution and there's give and take on both sides. Obviously to me the fact that people are passing weighs more heavily than the fact that some of the passes are less realistic. Like Zukes said though, passes aren't going through people and if you're in good position the stretch passes aren't terribly difficult to knock down. Another point is that stretch passes do in fact occur in the NHL. The way we had it before there was rarely a solid tape to tape pass let alone a successful stretch.
The hitting is increased and the speed is too high for my liking as well, but it's a balance thing. I feel hits and increased speed don't impact the actual gameplay as much as the near removal of passing. While the physics of the game may be less realistic, the style of play in my opinion has been much more realistic.
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