My expectations for this game could not be lower, and yet somehow I feel like they'll do even less than expected.
Change the menu colours, add a 2-3 dekes, pretend that something was changed in franchise mode (i.e. concessions) and call it a day.
Madden 22 is already looking like a disaster, and I don't see why NHL has any shot at this point. Until the kids stop spending hundreds of millions on HUT cards every year, we're unlikely to get any improvement.
Ramjagsingh was in charge of NHL, and actually got a PROMOTION to oversee a few of the EA sports titles. A promotion for releasing the same game every year