AUTHENTIC PUCK SIZE! The option is now in the game to have the authentic puck size. I used it at my time at EA and It looked excellent. The puck didn't look so bulky especially when the goalie was making a save and it looked great in the scrums. It is also effect by physics with a smaller puck.
Here's another great addition, the dev team worked long hours on the goalie scrum algorithms and created much more scrums in front of the net. More puck smacking and bashing in front of the net is what you'll see; I personally thought it was a little annoying at times cause' I wanted the game to flow, but you can tell it looked more realistic as in the NHL nowadays there's scrums all the time during game play and after the whistle.