Players who take a position early during a faceoff will have an advantage over someone who attempts to make a move right as the puck drops,



And EA Canada is tweaking poke checks to ensure that they're only as effective as they should be — if you're out of position on defense, it'll be much more difficult to pull off a successful poke check.



Puck chops are easier to perform on offense, and new controls mean that you won't do a poke check when you wanted to chop the puck ahead instead. And your teammates on offense will be smarter around the blue line when it comes to receiving passes.





small changes, they should be making this stuff years ago