They really had something going for the online settings and they have completely caved to the arcade gamers who tend to shout the loudest and put the online settings back to a fast, racing up and down the ice game. If you care about this at all go to my topic on the new EA forums "It's a travesty" and put in your 2 cents.
https://forums.ea.com/en/nhl/discuss...vesty/p1?new=1