I'm not worried about sticking it to EA, but right now, I have a hard time justifying $60 for a game with so much...missing. No minor league portion of Be a Pro? No shift simming? No player editor? No draft in GM? No fantasy draft? That's a lot of basic suite options that are just...gone. And nothing amazingly difficult to have added in.
No EASHL / Online team play was not the best news but I would live with it if the other modes were at least untouched and the gameplay was vastly improved. Gameplay is no doubt imo better. But they've stripped everything else, too. I have a hard time justifying the price for that.