The NHL 17 Beta includes Online Versus mode, where you play as actual NHL teams online against an opponent, Hockey Ultimate Team, where you build your own team of NHL players and play other teams online, and EA Sports Hockey League, in which you create your own player and play your own career.
So far, I’ve played two of the three; Hockey Ultimate Team (which I will refer to as HUT for the remainder of the article) and Online Versus. Overall, I’m mostly impressed with what I’ve played so far.
Some issues that have plagued the franchise for a while such as poor passing and checking mechanics have finally been, for the most part, fixed.