[Diemenz]

I think a large amount of the issues with the online GM comes from how it was setup on EA's end. I played several different GM leagues and the ones where you were actually the GM (as in you manage the team and don't play......because GMs don't play hockey, seems pretty simple) and all games where simmed were perfectly fine but the ones where people had to play were terrible.

Be a GM should be just that, you manage the team. Soccer games figured this out long ago and made another mode (franchise) in which you can GM and play.

EA will focus on the online aspect the most as it is what brings them money after the game is sold. Most games released now focus more then 80% of their game online and that trend will continue with NHL 15.