NHL 17 Player Ratings - Top 10 Defensemen

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Al_Tito13

Do you think that analytics tell all the story about a player? It helps, yes, no doubt about it, but it's only a tool, there is a lot more about a player and it's exactly what I tried to explain in my post. That being said, I agree that Letang should definitively be in the top 10.

I guess we can agree to disagree.
I find that Weber is a one-dimensional dman who is average in his zone and does most of his offensive damage on the PP.
He does possess a good first pass, but he's not able to skate the puck out of trouble.
He also has to rely on whacks, punches and chops to slow anyone down.
This leads to penalties.

He's still a great dman, but I don't think he's a top 10 guy.
He's not better than anyone on that top 10 list and I'd take Letang over him as well.
Heck, he wasn't even the best dman on his team last year. Josi was.

[BruinsHockey08]

Big Buff over Letang is laughable

[jyoung]

Roman Josi has been a better overall defenseman than Shea Weber for the past two seasons.

I guess skating, passing, stick skills, and discipline aren't weighted highly enough in EA's overall ratings for defenders, because Weber is average to below average in all of those categories.

Josi's game has no real weaknesses aside from the fact that he's not a huge hitter.

Byfuglien being on that list is another example of how EA's overall rating for defenders is weighted too heavily towards hitting and shot power.

[ericromain]

I'm confused. I thought the overall rating of a player was based on a composite of all ratings categories. Why do so many people get so worked up about the overalls. I wouldn't expect the best defenseman in the game to be a 100 in offensive related categories.

[unisol_us]

Quote: Originally Posted by ericromain

I'm confused. I thought the overall rating of a player was based on a composite of all ratings categories. Why do so many people get so worked up about the overalls. I wouldn't expect the best defenseman in the game to be a 100 in offensive related categories.

I'm more frustrated that Letang doesn't get more respect league wide. Maybe he loses respect when he is busy battling things like strokes and recovering from concussions from cheap shots, (Shane Doan) but when he is playing he is easily top 5 D man in the league. He does all of this despite being the target of every team, playing over 30 mins per playoff game, and on the PP and PK! Who scored the game winner in game 6 against the sharks?

[uni91]

I would have Vlasic out and Letang in. Vlasic is very good and possible one of the best defensive defenseman in the NHL but his point totals (besides last year) don't dictate a 90+ rating.....probably have him at 89.

[BSDShoes]

Only ones I disagree with are Buffy and lack of Letang.

As with the top 10 goalies list, it's showing how inaccurate EA is about players in the NHL. I guess they just go by stats rather than actual playing skills.

[giantsharks]

Quote: Originally Posted by Al_Tito13

Do you think that analytics tell all the story about a player? It helps, yes, no doubt about it, but it's only a tool, there is a lot more about a player and it's exactly what I tried to explain in my post. That being said, I agree that Letang should definitively be in the top 10.

As a Sharks fan i was sad to see Weber go, he was a big reason the Sharks beat Nashville. Hopefully he plays better for Montreal