[Matt_350z]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Someone said this earlier and I have to agree, there just isn't a big enough gap between the elite players and the average ones. That's always been the problem with the NHL game's ratings. Especially for teams in general. I hat the star system they use for ranking the teams. That's why the standings are usually out of whack. There's not a big enough difference between the worst team in the league and the best.

I guess that is somewhat the point I am trying to make, and should have been more clear about it.
Say Malkin is ranked as the number 6 center in this game at 91 or as close to 92 as you can get. That means, with Crosby excluded, Malkin is 1 or 2 overall points between being ranked as the second ranked center, to the 6th ranked center overall. There is no way that the game can tangibly account for that. Even if the ranking system was superb, it's not going to show much of a difference in game between those 6 centers overall(albeit for individual attributes). So with EAs sub par way of evaluating players, where a 75 guy isn't vastly different from a 90, this is really a non issue in terms of anything gameplay related. At least if/ or until EA decides to reevaluate it's player ranking process.