There's a new 1 on 1 article up on the EA Sports NHL 08 site with Lead Producer David Littman. In it he discusses a couple changes he would like to see in NHL 09

"We've made great strides in the last year to ensure that we take care of our most loyal gamers - the NHL 08 community. To that end, one thing we're doing is sending out a patch to fix the majority of online issues that you have called out and that we know are there. Personally, I've gone online over the past two weeks and haven't had any issues. I've had great experiences and played great games against the community. Most of you are playing a realistic style of hockey and it's great! I still think one-timers are used too much. We will be watching a lot of NHL hockey over the next few months and I promise that NHL 09 will be an even more realistic representation of the sport. Again, there will be a patch that will address the online issues, including the online team play problems.

I have also seen some complaints that people are losing to CPU teams late in the game, or that CPU teams score just after you have. I can tell you with 100% certainty that there is absolutely no catch-up logic in our game. What will happen is the CPU teams will turn up pressure and become way more aggressive offensively. Just like in real life hockey, when you have a lead during the last two minutes, dump the puck out of your zone, dump the puck at the offensive blue line, block shots, and do the things you see a real life team do at the end of a game."

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