[quote name='ChunkyB']That just makes it that much more fun when we do win. Hopefully this year there won't be an easy exploit like the 99 hack. Of course, it was nice to have an excuse for losing every game.[/QUOTE]
If we DO want to win more, there is a few easy things we can do to help it out.
First, we need to pass a lot more to wide open guys, especially on 2-on-1's... a lot of times last year people would skate in 2-on-1 and the player with the puck would shoot. Sometimes you should, but it's much easier to score making that one pass and trying the one-timer... you make the goalie move.
Also, this game acts like real life... traffic in front of the goal helps... and keeping down the penalty minutes is also huge.
And I don't really think we did this a lot, but defensive guys jumping into the play too much is killer, it's too easy to exploit that when the people you are playing against are human. I think everyone did a good job staying back on D though.
And lastly, I do feel the game will be a bit more "balanced" this year online. I'm just pumped for a week from today... got my preorder ready and my week off to waste on the couch... booyah.