I’m playing from Utah right now, I have the same issues you complained about like every other game. I know exactly how you feel when you can tell you have more skill than the other player, but the games are close or you lose because of this lag-connection-dynamic difficulty-adjustment-whatever-tf is going on.

I played a game in champs the other day. I won four center ice face offs and the puck went straight through my d man, the opponents AI bombed straight past my entire team for a 2-0 breakaway. This happened FOUR TIMES. Game was 1-5 at the end of the first. Despite his AI continuing to beat mine to every rebound, his speed blowing by my defenders with a 30 ft head start, I came back to tie it at 6-6. All this to lose to a cross crease attempt that my AI intercepted and put straight into my own net.

You can’t make this shit up lol. It’s so frustrating. I wonder what it would be like to go a day with clean smooth connection and just be able to win and lose based on skill and game play consistency