[voodoo_magic]

The first year of eashl was fun.
Since then it's teams finding the weakness in the programming and trying to do the same thing all game. Even passing up on a good hockey play because it won't be as successfull as the money goal.
You will still play the odd team that are quite good at the game and team play but most of the time it's the same boring strategy.

To me there's something about eashl that has made it feel stale. Maybe because to be elite you need to play a ton of games, 3 out of 4 games feel the same, up and down with no play set up looking for the cheap goal. Top elite teams playing random amatuer teams and crushing them, waste of time for everyone. Then you have some weak ai that can be frustrating ie the goalie throwing the puck in your net, cpu d skating right beside the other teams forward from the center line in and not even trying to take the puck away.
Oh and don't forget about the losers that have been caught win trading to get to the top of the leaderboards.

The thing is, when it's good eashl is the most fun I've had in sports games. There's nothing like playing your guy and being part of the team.