NHL 13 Ratings - Eastern Conference Player and Team Ratings

[06woz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wingnatic

It SHOULD be based on one season, the previous season. They come out with a game every year. Player production and skill can change from year to year. I mean, if you took Jagr's whole career into account, his overall would be in the 90's. Same with Selanne. Are you saying Jagr and Selanne should have 90+ OVR in NHL 13? That's what it sounds like you're saying.

Ratings should be based on one season? So you want Radim Vrbata and Michael Ryder to be better goal scorers than Eberle, Sharp, Iginla, Tavares, Marleau and Daniel Sedin.

Something wrong with that interpretation? What he meant was one season doesn't make a player. If you were to make the overalls solely based on last season than the idea of an extended mode like Be A GM would be ruined.

Ratings are supposed to be a projection of the coming season as to closely replicate the year ahead. You don't base that on one year, you base it on a larger sample as well as development patterns and the current trajectory of the player(in other words, potential). These ratings are far from perfect, but worse than the ratings are half the justifications being used to bash them.

[kerosene31]

Quote: Originally Posted by 06woz

Ratings should be based on one season?

Exactly. Making ratings and lineups in August isn't exactly easy. They have to build an NHL lineup when teams might not even be done making moves (obviously a bigger problem this year with the lockout). Heck, some teams aren't even over the cap floor.

The Sabres lineup and ratings are a perfect example. They have Leino as our #1 center at 81. He'll probably never play there. 2nd year player Hodgsen is probably going to get a shot at that spot, but EA can't rate him high enough because he's not done enough to prove anything yet. Ennis was our #2 center last year and finished the season on fire, but again should 25 games or so make him into a top tier player when his production hasn't been there historically?

Our young centers could be really good this season, or they could be a trainwreck. How do you rate for that? Instead you throw some vets in there with somewhat reasonable ratings rather than bet on some young player.

[mikko1995]

I don't know if you guys have seen this, but here is the player card of John Tavares.

[canucksss]

lets just admit it...EA really not good in rating players and teams. since 2 years ago their ratings are highly suspicious and to the point ridiculous. there's no way you can defend this effort of EA. are they trying to be "politically correct" by making the differences so close with each other????

now my biggest concern is, since its been a complaint about player/team differentiation...what is our guarantee that this is not the issue for nhl 13?

[JamieLeeWV]

Anyone got the player card for Kovalchuk?

[gopher_guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by crankybaker

Holtby is 73. I know he only played a few games for the caps but he was outstanding should at least be in the high 70's as he has proven himself at the nhl level.

21 career games and he has proven himself at the NHL level?

That is very far from "proving" himself, that's just a nice stretch of games.

[Simple Mathematics]

Quote: Originally Posted by uni91

LOL....He wouldn't even make it through warmups! But, as for Broduer....It's a good debate but would you rather have Broduer or Pavelec at a 82? I guess thats where I'm coming from....I'll probably bump Pavelec down to a 79 or 80.....I'm so sick of him getting great ratings the past several years and he continues to do nothing!

I think Pavelec is better than Winnipeg/Atlanta has made him look. He shows flashes of greatness. Unfortunately, Winnipeg's defense is great on offense but is lacking in their own end.

[06woz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simple Mathematics

I think Pavelec is better than Winnipeg/Atlanta has made him look. He shows flashes of greatness. Unfortunately, Winnipeg's defense is great on offense but is lacking in their own end.

Exactly, Winnipeg has made him a 24-25 year old workhorse. He stole games for Winnipeg on multiple occasions and behind a semi-solid defense would probably put up awesome numbers.