NHL 16 Player Ratings - Top 10 Centers

[Gangrel]

And when you play a junior game, they move at half speed?

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[Moose24x]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gangrel

And when you play a junior game, they move at half speed? Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

In theory, that's what a stat like poise should be for. This is where EA really messed up. Look at this simplified example:

Player A - 25 Years Old
Speed: 88
Acceleration: 86
Checking: 82
Slap Power: 87
Slap Accuracy: 83
Wrist Power: 88
Wrist Accuracy: 85
Strength: 83
Balance: 85
Deking: 85
Off Awareness: 86
Def Awareness: 82
Poise: 87
OVERALL: 86

Player A - 17 Years Old
Speed: 86
Acceleration: 84
Checking: 78
Slap Power: 86
Slap Accuracy: 80
Wrist Power: 86
Wrist Accuracy: 81
Strength: 80
Balance: 83
Deking: 83
Off Awareness: 84
Def Awareness: 79
Poise: 70
OVERALL: 74

Same player, 8 years apart in his development. Physical stats haven't changed TOO much, though they have improved. His poise has evolved the most and that is weighted much more heavily, thus improving his overall significantly. Poise acts as a multiplier on the value of the other attributes. There are 17 year olds in the OHL that are faster than NHLers. Some have better hands. Some shoot harder than many NHLers. It's their level of experience and competition they've performed against that separates them. So 17 points of poise result in a 12 point overall increase even though individual attributes have only gone up by 2-3 each. This way all leagues play realistically but the NHL has the highest average poise. This also makes room for highly skilled players who aren't strong/consistent performers as we often see in the NHL. They have the attributes in the right places but lack the poise. Poise could be seen as a maturity/consistency rating.

[AdamJones113]

Excellent post there Moose! Referring back to what I've brainstormed about ratings, intangible ratings (such as Poise and Awareness) need to start low for most players and go up. Only the top CHL prospects should have NHL-level IQ.

Poise is an unexplained, messed up rating. Henrik Lundqvist (excellent in Game 7s) has less poise than Sergei Bobrovsky (terrible career playoff stats). That's just an example of what Poise could be, but isn't.

Great post!