I wouldn't say it's turned WAY down. 25/100. Whatever that means. To compare, fights are at 15 and penalties and hits are at 40.
I don't know how Morale works in general though, or how much a difference it makes. I'd wager not much.
Just kidding, I'm actually kind of sad this wasn't a closer series. There was a part of me that wanted to see Cologne go to the finals and defeat Quebec or something poetic like that. One day.