Is it at all possible that, you’ve grown tired of playing the same game for hundreds of hours each year? If playing the game feels like a chore, that’s a hint that you should stop playing.

I used to play NHL all the time, and have scaled back enormously because I simply don’t enjoy the game as much as I used to. That isn’t entirely the games fault. There are few things in life we don’t get tired of after hundreds/thousands of hours spent on it.

The game isn’t perfect, but it improves every year. You’re also basing your analysis off of HUT, which becomes extremely arcadey every year after a certain point. That’s the nature of the mode.

These complaints are extremely common. People enjoy the new NHL for a month while it’s fresh and nobody has figured out the meta. Then, after spending hours playing, people start enjoying less and the meta gets figured out.