NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

[Steve_OS]

EA Sports will reveal the Top 50 rated players in NHL 14 this week. Every day this week, ten new players will have their ratings unveiled as we count down to the best overall player in NHL 14. Today EA reveals the top 41 through 50.

Although each player will receive an initial rating when the game launches in two weeks’ time, NHL 14 features Dynamic Ratings Updates, so the player’s performance in the real world results in changes to their in-game ratings.

• 50. D. Girardi (NYR) – OVR 88
• 49. J. Voracek (PHI) – OVR 88
• 48, M. Pacioretty (MTL) – OVR 88
• 47. D. Byfuglien (WPG) – OVR 88
• 46. D. Doughty (LAK) – OVR 88
• 45. P. Sharp (CHI) – OVR 88
• 44. J. Benn (DAL) – OVR 88
• 43. R. Getzlaf (ANA) – OVR 88
• 42. J. Carter (LAK) – OVR 88
• 41. E. Staal (CAR) – OVR 88

[The Amaizen Blue]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Dynamic ratings aside, on what planet is Drew Doughty ranked the same as Byfuglien and Girardi... Doughty is a top 5-8 dman in the league.

[gator3guy]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Voracek is still a sniper

[Al_Tito13]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

From that list, only Staal, Getzlaf and Doughty deserve to be an 88. Other players are all overrated by at least 1 or 2. No doubt that this year's ratings will be way higher than last year. In fact, it was already quite obvious after looking at ratings in the demo and now it's confirmed after looking at those. Personally, I don't really like having that many players with a 88+ rating.

[johnnyrocks]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

From that list, only Staal, Getzlaf and Doughty deserve to be an 88. Other players are all overrated by at least 1 or 2. No doubt that this year's ratings will be way higher than last year. In fact, it was already quite obvious after looking at ratings in the demo and now it's confirmed after looking at those. Personally, I don't really like having that many players with a 88+ rating.

Yeah it sets apart the difference between a superstar and a star. I also think that the ratings still should be decreased to show the difference. EA needs to decrease some of the ratings, so we can differentiate between a great player and an okay player.

Maybe for a grinder 4th line (66-70's). 3rd Liners should be mid 70s and then 2nd liners should change, I really don't like the ratings that EA puts.

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Hey guys. I just posted the Revamped Rosters' #41-50 in its own thread. Go check it out.

As for EA's ratings, I agree with the posters above me. They are going to be too high I think.

[Semipro91]

I dont mind these ratings if they are based on individual skills. Is Doughty a better Defenseman than Giradi? Offensively without a doubt. Few Defenseman in the NHL play defense and block shots better than Giradi. So if that means that these guys are both 88's but Drew is way better than Giradi at Offense (and Giradi better at D) than Im fine with them both being an 88 overall.

[savoie2006]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

This has always bothered me. People put too much stock into overalls. It's the individual ratings, if they work properly, that matter most.

[TommyWizard]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Kind of shocked to see that #50 is 88 overall.
Is it safe to assume then that Crosby is likely a 98 then because all those players seem very over valued. Unless they've tweaked the GM Mode thats going to be very difficult in the likes of Pittsburgh to sustain the likes of Crosby / Malkin / Fluery / Letang etc.

[voodoo_magic]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

You know the ratings are spot on when guys have nearly every number the same for a category.
Just browsing through the EA site and Carter and Sharp both have 88's for all 4 puck skills ratings and guys have nearly the same ratings for wrist and slap shots.
It looks like it literally took them 30 seconds to come up with these.

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

You know the ratings are spot on when guys have nearly every number the same for a category.
Just browsing through the EA site and Carter and Sharp both have 88's for all 4 puck skills ratings and guys have nearly the same ratings for wrist and slap shots.
It looks like it literally took them 30 seconds to come up with these.

I've always disliked this as well. This will not be the case in the Revamped Rosters. EA had one scout contribute to their ratings. The Revamped team uses scouting reports from 3 different websites as well as career stats to determine player ratings. Since players progress too much and too quickly, we scaled down player potential. We use potential ratings from Hockey's Future to determine players' potentials.

And we don't get paid for this. We do it out of love for the game.

[gator3guy]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

You know the ratings are spot on when guys have nearly every number the same for a category.
Just browsing through the EA site and Carter and Sharp both have 88's for all 4 puck skills ratings and guys have nearly the same ratings for wrist and slap shots.
It looks like it literally took them 30 seconds to come up with these.

You have no idea how much this annoys me. It's just lazy.

[savoie2006]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Why don't we wait and see how the dynamic ratings feature plays out. Not like the ratings play that big of a role in the game.

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Why don't we wait and see how the dynamic ratings feature plays out. Not like the ratings play that big of a role in the game.

Since I play BaGM exclusively, this feature has no meaning for me. For online players it will though.

[savoie2006]

Re: NHL 14 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players (#41-50 Revealed)

Since I play BaGM exclusively, this feature has no meaning for me. For online players it will though.

As I said though, ratings don't have enough of an effect to get so worked up about anyways. Neither do sliders sadly or this games faults could possibly be atoned for.