I like the feel of it much better. The controls are smooth. I feel like I am actually affecting what is happening on the screen.
NHL07 gets me sea sick just looking at it. The animations are so jittery looking and it feels very disconnected and way too fast. Its not nearly as realistic feeling.
I don’t see what’s wrong with the franchise mode. You have a season, you play the games, you get injuries, you make moves, you check stats.
As for the difficulty, rookie was really easy, pro is challenging but I can always win but I think All-Star? (can’t remember) is about right. Its hard and you can definately lose if you make mistakes. As for making offers to players for trades and such, I haven’t found that you can offer them anything and they will take it.
I don’t really care about the arenas. The only time I see them is while the opening cut scene is going…other than that I am looking at the ice. The only games that I actually care about venue reality are baseball games.
Anyway, I just feel like NHL07 is way to skittish feeling and NHL2K7 is more solid and meaty feeling. To each his own.