Yeah i totally agree w/ what you are saying. But to me it would make sense to have "rookie" difficulty be the arcade game. But why such a big jump in the arcade style play on pro difficulty this year? I mean i'm not an expert gamer by any stretch (which is why i play on pro diff.) But last year the game was at least a challenge on pro. I play w/ the thrashers and i think my record was 35-36-11 last year in my season. And this year i'm 9-1 w/ the thrashers and i'm scoring 7-8 goals regularly and the shots on goal for the CPU is always low...that's a pretty big jump. I mean i just don't understand how they made the CPU AI so incredibly dumb this year. I've tried all-star on default sliders and it's ridiculous how hard it is to score. Sure i could mess w/ sliders, but once that starts, i start tweaking the game more than I'm actually playing it. I mean look, i'm not saying i should never have to touch the sliders. I have made a few necessary slider adjustments even on pro diff. both this year and last year.