My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

[Grentthealien]

Hi guys I found offline play in 18 to be very slow and sluggish so along with maxing the attribute effect slider I decided to revamp most players speed to match their real life counterparts to the best of my abilities. These ratings are based on a combination of what I’ve seen on tv, heard through media and heard from other fans so they are imperfect, but it definitely improved the pace of my offline games.

There are about 246 players with enhanced speed so check out your favourite team on the list below and let me know who is rated too high or too low for your liking or who should be included that I already haven’t. I’m open to all the feedback I can get! So with that the players are listed under their teams and their ratings are next to them.

90 overall speed players for NHL 19
Ducks
Cogliano 95
Fowler 93
Kesler 90
Montour 90
Gibbons 92
Silfverberg 90
Rakell 91
Kase 91

Coyotes
Grabner 97
Keller 94
Ekman Larsson 91
Chychrun 91
Dvorak 91
Goligoski 91
Perlini 91
Fischer 91

Bruins
Bjork 90
Mcavoy 92
Krug 92
Marchand 90
Debrusk 92
Pastrnark 91
Grzelcyk 90

Sabres
Skinner 95
Eichel 92
Dahlin 91
Sheary 90

Flames
Gaudreau 92
Brodie 90
Backlund 90
Hanifin 90

Hurricanes
Aho 92
A.Svechnikov 91
Rask 91
Teravinen 91
Faulk 90

Blackhawks
Kane 93
Keith 90
Schmaltz 92
Forsling 90

Avalanche
Mackinnon 96
Nieto 92
Girard 92
Landeskog 90
Kerfoot 91
Barrie 90
Jost 90
Rantanen 90
Andrighetto 90

Blue jackets
Atkinson 92
Panarin 90
Werenski 92
Jones 93
Bjorkstrand 92
Wenberg 90
Nutivaara 90
Milano 90
Duclair 90

Stars
Seguin 91
Klingberg 92
Janmark 91
Lindell 91
Honka 91

Red wings
Larkin 97
Athanasiou 94
Helm 94
Mantha 90
Nyquist 91

Oilers
Mcdavid 99
Nurse 91
Puljujarvi 90
Nugent Hopkins 90
Kassian 90

Panthers
Hoffman 94
Throcheck 91
Malgin 90
Huberdeau 90
Yandel 90
Dadanov 92
McCann 90
Pysk 90
Matheson 92

Kings
Doughty 90
Pearson 91
Carter 90
Kempe 91
Iafallo 90
T Lewis 90

Wild
Grandlund 90
Niedereitter 90
Spurgeon 92
Zucker 90
Suter 90
Brodin 90
Jt Brown 90

Habs
Byron 94
Mete 92
Domi 91
Drouin 92
Lehkonen 90
Armia 90

Predators
Arvidsson 93
Josi 91
Fiala 92
Turris 90
Ellis 90
Jarnkrok 90
F Gadreau 90

Devils
Hall 97
Wood 96
Hischier 91
Zacha 90
Butcher 91
Bratt 90
Vatanen 91
Coleman 90
Johansson 91

Islanders
Leddy 95
Barzal 95
Bailey 90
Ho Sang 91
Kulemin 90

Rangers
Krieder 96
Skje 93
Spooner 92
Namestnikov 90
Fast 90

Sens
Karlsson 93
Dzingle 92
Chabot 92
Bodker 92
Duchene 93
Paajarvi 90
Pageau 90

Flyers
Gostisbehere 92
Konecny 91
Provorov 90
Simmonds 90
Leier 90
Sanheim 90
Weal 90

Penguins
Hagelin 96
Kessel 93
Letang 90
Guentzel 91
Malkin 90
Crosby 90
Rust 90
Schultz 90
Simon 90

Sharks
Kane 92
Couture 90
Donskoi 90
Heed 90

Blues
Tarasenko 91
Schwartz 91
Fabbri 90
Perron 91
Bouwmeester 90
Barbashev 90
Dunn 91

Lightning
Point 96
Johnson 92
Stamkos 91
Headman 90
Kucherov 90
Gourde 91
Palat 90
Sergachev 91

Leafs
Kapanen 94
Marleau 91
Marner 91
Nylander 90
Rielly 91
Gardiner 91
Dermott 92

Canucks
Virtanen 94
Horvat 91
Stecher 91
Baertschi 91
Lepsic 91
Hutton 90
Goldobin 91

Vegas Golden knights
Haula 92
Theadore 91
Marshseualt 92
Schmidt 91
R Smith 91
W Karlsson 91
Lindberg 90

Capitals
Kunestov 91
Ovechkin 90
Burakovsky 91
Vrana 92
Stephenson 92
Djoos 90
Bowey 90
Orlov 91
Carlson 91

Jets
Ehlers 94
Connor 92
Wheeler 92
B Tanev 91
Pearault 90
Morrissey 91
Little 90
Dano 90

[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

This is pretty much a copy and paste from my thread about this on hf boards so if you’d like to check it out there as well by all means do so. I figured I could get some more feedback here so I decided to move it over here


There are a few guys on my list that I’d like opinions on specifically and they are Matthews,Pastrnark , Scheifele, Giroux, Jeff Carter, Huberdeau, Josh Bailey, Nugent-Hopkins ,Ryan Strome, Zuccarello, Buchnevich, Vlasic and Chris Tanev.

All of those guy I recall as not being slow, but I also I can’t remember them being extremely fast either or at the very least speed isn’t a skill that they’re well known for so they could be overrated or underrated. Anyway if you guys know anything about the skating of these players then please reply to me. It would be much appreciated

[clou14]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

I notice Jake Virtanen isn't on the list, he is actually quite speedy, he posted a 13.471 time at the Canucks skills comp. McDavid's record is 13.31

[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

I notice Jake Virtanen isn't on the list, he is actually quite speedy, he posted a 13.471 time at the Canucks skills comp. McDavid's record is 13.31

He’s not? Let me check he should be. Nope he’s not I must have forgot him. I’m actually a Canucks fan so I am well aware of his speed. I’ll add him now I feel he is around a 93-94 so fastest on the Canucks and one of 29 players in the game with speed above 92.

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

These are fantastic! I was looking for something like this a little while ago. Speed is hard to rate for every player because it’s not a statistic. Rating players in things like passing and shooting is easy because I base them on goals and assists.

If roster sharing ever comes back, or if they put the game on PC, then I would love your help with the Revamped Rosters.


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[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

These are fantastic! I was looking for something like this a little while ago. Speed is hard to rate for every player because it’s not a statistic. Rating players in things like passing and shooting is easy because I base them on goals and assists.

If roster sharing ever comes back, or if they put the game on PC, then I would love your help with the Revamped Rosters.


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Thanks, I’d definitely be up to helping out. I’ve spend a lot of time editing players and creating historical rosters so I have enough patience to rate the players the way You want them. I just need parameters set in place to do so.
For example my parameters for skating for NHL players are this.
93-99 elite
90-92 way above average
88-89 above average
84-87 average
77-83 blow average

I calculated the other day that about 34% of my league have 90+ speed which I think is reasonable with how the game is played today.
I’m always adjusting the skating attributes of players in this game because as you stated it is a difficult thing to judge at times.

I’m often relying heavily on scouting reports and word of mouth from fans. I use my own eye test as well, but that comes last as my eyes can tend to deceive me.

Since you’re a Philly fan how would you rate Giroux? Is 90 speed too high or about right? He is a guy I’m often going back and forth on as I’ve heard various different accounts on his skating. P.S if you don’t mind I might ta a look at your revamped roster and see how you rate each players speed. It might be good me for comparison sake.

[Simple Mathematics]

My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Thanks, I’d definitely be up to helping out. I’ve spend a lot of time editing players and creating historical rosters so I have enough patience to rate the players the way You want them. I just need parameters set in place to do so.
For example my parameters for skating for NHL players are this.
93-99 elite
90-92 way above average
88-89 above average
84-87 average
77-83 blow average

I calculated the other day that about 34% of my league have 90+ speed which I think is reasonable with how the game is played today.
I’m always adjusting the skating attributes of players in this game because as you stated it is a difficult thing to judge at times.

I’m often relying heavily on scouting reports and word of mouth from fans. I use my own eye test as well, but that comes last as my eyes can tend to deceive me.

Since you’re a Philly fan how would you rate Giroux? Is 90 speed too high or about right? He is a guy I’m often going back and forth on as I’ve heard various different accounts on his skating. P.S if you don’t mind I might ta a look at your revamped roster and see how you rate each players speed. It might be good me for comparison sake.

I have actually been using a lot of your suggestions, just making slight tweaks. Basically I’ve been bumping some of the players down a point or two.

As for G, with your ratings spread I would probably put him in the “above average” category at an 88 or 89. He’s not slow, but speed isn’t really his game. He has unreal hands and agility.

I would probably bump Couturier down a bit too. Skating really isn’t his strong suit.

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[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

I have actually been using a lot of your suggestions, just making slight tweaks. Basically I’ve been bumping some of the players down a point or two.

As for G, with your ratings spread I would probably put him in the “above average” category at an 88 or 89. He’s not slow, but speed isn’t really his game. He has unreal hands and agility.

I would probably bump Couturier down a bit too. Skating really isn’t his strong suit.

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Good to see my list was of use to you.I also have a prospects skating list that includes prospects from 2014 to 2021 if you’d like to see it. I agree about him being an 89 instead of 90 so I will bump him down by a point. I was also unsure about Couturier as well so thanks for letting me know I’ll bump him down to I’m thinking an 86.

One guy I’ve been struggling with is Laine I believe you have his speed at 83 while I have him at 90 which admittedly I think is too high however he is a hard player to rate for me because while he is an awkward skater who is not the most agile he does have good enough speed to beat Horvat in a race at the skills competition.As a Canucks fan I’d say Bo is one of are 3 fastest players and has improved his skating massively since he was in the Juniors so for Laine to beat him he has to have at least good speed. What is your take on his skating?.

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Good to see my list was of use to you.I also have a prospects skating list that includes prospects from 2014 to 2021 if you’d like to see it. I agree about him being an 89 instead of 90 so I will bump him down by a point. I was also unsure about Couturier as well so thanks for letting me know I’ll bump him down to I’m thinking an 86.



One guy I’ve been struggling with is Laine I believe you have his speed at 83 while I have him at 90 which admittedly I think is too high however he is a hard player to rate for me because while he is an awkward skater who is not the most agile he does have good enough speed to beat Horvat in a race at the skills competition.As a Canucks fan I’d say Bo is one of are 3 fastest players and has improved his skating massively since he was in the Juniors so for Laine to beat him he has to have at least good speed. What is your take on his skating?.

That 83 was a bit old. He has improved his skating since joining the NHL. According to TheHockeyNews, his acceleration could use some work. I would make his speed higher than his acceleration.


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[voodoo_magic]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Could be interesting this year with the new skating system. Maybe the ratings differences for speed and accel will be more noticeable.

[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Could be interesting this year with the new skating system. Maybe the ratings differences for speed and accel will be more noticeable.

I’m hoping the attributes will be felt more in 19 as well, but just in case I will usually play with attribute effects on 10/10. If they are felt more I might have to make some adjustments to my ratings and sliders for 19. An interesting player to test 19 with would be PK Subban who I gave an 86 speed with an 94 agility. He should have average speed, but also exceptional edgework.

[les3couleurs]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Good work, not knowing other teams as much as I used to these seem accurate if I base it on what you suggested for the Habs.

Only one missing for me for Montreal is Petry. He is a great skater. I bumped him up to 91. Matthew Peca should be up there also judging from the intra-squad game.

[franch1se]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Are you making any changes to agility and acceleration as well ?

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[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

Are you making any changes to agility and acceleration as well ?

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As far as Agility and Acceleration go I’m usually just ballparking it with them. Agility and acceleration are usually at about an 87-91 depending on the player as I assume if a player has elite speed they are more likely to be adequate or more than adequate in other aspects of skating.

There are exceptions though like most notably Subban and Laine. Laine has great straight line speed at a 90 , but has an 86 acceleration and an 87 agility while Subban has elite edgework with a 94 agility, but has average speed and acceleration at 86 each. These are based off of the many descriptions I’ve heard of them as skaters so yes there are differences between the 3 skating attributes depending on the player if I know there is, but for the most part there is some guesswork that is involved.

[Grentthealien]

Re: My custom speed ratings for NHL 19

As far as an update I have successfully moved these ratings over to NHL 19 and while doing so trimmed some fat by about 12-15 borderline players off the list just to see. I play on full sim with attribute effects on 10/10 and game speed at 4/6 which takes EA’s weights off the players while also preventing it from getting too arcade like . I have to say this is NHL game runs the smoothest out of all of them and the difference between players like Chara( 78 speed) and Mcdavid (99 speed) is night and day on these settings.