Yeah it'll be interesting to see if other game modes didn't make the cut year one on next gen due to time constraints. My biggest hope is really two things, CPU AI pressure in general, and does EA keep the sloppy play that is usually in the demo and initial retail release or do they cave to the online cheese community and patch/tune the game into being a tape to tape more sterile feel that seems to happen every year.
14 out of the box felt really good, then as time went on and tuners and patches came out it seemed to get tuned towards making the online dude bros who likely have never watched an actual NHL game happy since those are the guys buying boost and HUT sillyness.