i dont remember horrible change of directgion in EA Sports, but in 2K11, it's awful.  Much worse than what I remember in EA 09/10/11.

yeah, people that say the action starts at x:xx are always wrong.. no idea why, i know for a fact that sometimes it's because it's the video 'cause when I'd tell you in some videos to go to a certain time, I'd go back to make sure and it'd be different for whatever reason.

the anticipation AI seems to be the b iggest factor.  The size emphasis would be big ONLY, and I repeat ONLY, if there is a button to manually push people out of the crease. and that's still only important in online team EASHL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bybou7EWTg&feature=related  let me see some of this.  nothing exciting.  still looks no different from nhl 11

the puck moves with much less friction in 2K11.  when it glides, it goes forever.. EA still hasn't got that concept down.

2k11 and EA 11 both have the same gameplay with slightly separate mechanics..  in 2K11 you can knock people into the benches wiht a big hit which is kinda cool but nothing necessary.