Human goalie are total garbage this year

[SuperGoalies]

keep the cpu difficulty adjustment: 0

[stevostl]

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I was playing last night with experienced and very good players. I think my save % was not even in the 80s. Modern goalie in the NHL have a save % in the 90s. It's been impossible to maintain anywhere close to that as a human goalie in any EA NHL games. It just worst than usual this year. Maybe I'm rusty or I am getting too old but I can't seem to make the same amount of save that I used too.

I wouldn't compare your goalie stats in the EASHL to real stats man..

or your always going to be frustrated... I would say anywhere in the 80% save is good.. and your GAA under 4... lol

[VeNOM2099]

Quote: Originally Posted by Drakar

I understand your point but the reality is human goalie in NHL 17 cannot match the speed of the forward. No one plays their defensive position correctly and we have to deal with more one time and breakaway that most goalie would ever face in their life. We just don't have the tool to be effective in these situation. Lateral movement is my biggest pet peeves but also being 100% square to the shot and the puck still trickles in. I was playing last night with experienced and very good players. I think my save % was not even in the 80s. Modern goalie in the NHL have a save % in the 90s. It's been impossible to maintain anywhere close to that as a human goalie in any EA NHL games. It just worst than usual this year. Maybe I'm rusty or I am getting too old but I can't seem to make the same amount of save that I used too.

I can agree with this.

It's clear that the player with the puck is given the advantage. That's been the way EA's NHL has been programmed since forever and it's still true today. However, it's not the fault of the goalie mechanics per se. Goalies need to be able to make split second decisions all game long, and the game barely allows us to keep up.

But again, it's possible to play the position and still be effective. Yes, your teammates need to be responsible and they need to make sure the other team can't just walk in on you or set up for easy cross-crease one-timers. Can NHL goalies stop every scoring chance that comes their way? No... Does this game sometimes have situations where goals are scored that are "contrived"? Hell yes! How many goals have I given up where I'm perfectly in position and the puck still gets through? It's annoying as hell, especially since we can't really control what saves we can do, all we can do as goalies is get in front of a shot and hope the game picks the correct animation for us.

Once again, it doesn't mean the position can't be played effectively. It just needs a different approach than what we're used to from past games. Believe me, I realized that and things are much better now.

[stevostl]

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How many goals have I given up where I'm perfectly in position and the puck still gets through? It's annoying as hell, especially since we can't really control what saves we can do, all we can do as goalies is get in front of a shot and hope the game picks the correct animation for us.

Yes.. I can't stand this.. and I will tell you when I switched my camera to High from fixed and switched from hybrid to butterfly this has yet to happen to me. i'm sure it will happen to me every once awhile but it was happening non stop to me before when I used hybrid + the fixed camera
it hasn't happened to me once yet where I felt I was in perfect in position and the goal goes in when using butterfly +high camera in 4 games. I believe you may think your in perfect pos using the fixed camera but your really not.. at least that is what has happening to me I believe.

[VeNOM2099]

I had one go in yesterday using the FIXED cam: shooter was near the corner and at about a 20° angle to the net, I was covering the post. He shot, goalie does a high blocker save animation, puck flies up and lands softly behind me, perfectly into the net....

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