If you wanted to know a little more about
NHL 09's online and team play you may want to check out this video where EA producer David Littman explains the new online mode. The new online mode does sound pretty cool but I'm interested to see how having that many human controller players on the ice works out. My previous experience with human controlled players on the same team resembled a large blob that followed the puck around (which is a lot like my Sunday night team).
