as far as i know, the right stick still does hits, it hasn't been removed ..
In fact when I was playing yesterday the only times I had hits seemed to be when i used the right stick, didn't even realize/try to just skate into the player.
I agree the hitting seems to be way too much right now, and I hope they make the fights from big hits a lot less, and really only in cases where you hit the guy who wasn't near the puck.
Quote:
|
Right-stick hitting controls remain unchanged, but now players can deliver a big hit with only the left stick simply by skating into their opponents with speed.
|
http://www.ea.com/uk/news/nhl-14-collision-physics
I like the skating improvements and the vision control improvements, much better than in 13.