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bad_philanthropy · 09-03-2015, 02:44 PM

Like I said in an earlier thread. It's absurd to have a 100 point rating scale and only use half of it.

Zero on the scale needs to represent the break point from amateur/rec hockey players and 100 needs to represent the best hockey player in the world. Not only would we have greater disparity between levels represented in the game, but we could represent the rate of growth between age groups differently. A 16 year old in the CHL might go from, say, 25, to 55 in a year. The AHL and Euro leagues could be full of 50-70ish rated players (with the occasional higher rated guy), and the NHL 65-100. In each case you have a similar 20-30 point range of differentiation.

In each league you'd have the proper differentiation between abilities of players slotted top six, bottom six etc...

Right now, in the NHL and CHL the range is barely more than ten points between a fourth liner and a first line C.

09-03-2015, 02:44 PM	#8
bad_philanthropy MVP OVR: 24 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 12,156	Re: NHL 16 Player Ratings - Top 50 Players, Includes Many Rating Attributes Like I said in an earlier thread. It's absurd to have a 100 point rating scale and only use half of it. Zero on the scale needs to represent the break point from amateur/rec hockey players and 100 needs to represent the best hockey player in the world. Not only would we have greater disparity between levels represented in the game, but we could represent the rate of growth between age groups differently. A 16 year old in the CHL might go from, say, 25, to 55 in a year. The AHL and Euro leagues could be full of 50-70ish rated players (with the occasional higher rated guy), and the NHL 65-100. In each case you have a similar 20-30 point range of differentiation. In each league you'd have the proper differentiation between abilities of players slotted top six, bottom six etc... Right now, in the NHL and CHL the range is barely more than ten points between a fourth liner and a first line C.