I don't know enough about hockey to participate in this point task in a fair fashion, and so instead am going to tackle it in an unfair fashion.

What I would like to see is making more use of the simulated nature of the game. Double the size of the rink, add an extra goal, double active team sizes, and throw another puck on the ice. I think that would lead to a significant increase in strategy as do you focus your defenders to support your weaker goalie, do you try to get both pucks targeting the weaker goalie, or do you spread your team around to try to force the opponent to do the same? Lots of options.

Thank you for your time.