I sincerely, sincerely hope that one of the focuses in the next few years is to improve what player it changes you to when you press the Change Player button (R2/RT) in defensive situations.
Example 1: I try and control a player closer to the puck, for the purposes of performing a shot block, so I press R2. Instead the game changes me to a player on the other side of the zone, nowhere near the puck, and in the heat of the moment... I make HIM go down for the shot block. Make me look like a damn fool!
Example 2: A one on one rush situation, I try and switch to the defenseman and for some reason the damn thing kept switching me between the two forwards behind the play trying to catch up. Had to press R2 like five times before it ****ing made me the defensemen.
Seriously, that's no good. And this kind of crap happens all the time. I get it'll never be perfect, it's not a mind-reader afterall, some of it just seems obvious though.