NHL 25 - COMPLETE ROSTER OVERVIEW

[@Phantom.MX.13]

Why do they downgrade alumni’s like Saku koivu was an 85 last game it’s not like he played worse

[@Data782]

Oh yeah? If so, that's a great catch and also makes no sense 😂 Must've lacked some effort at an alumni fundraiser! 🤣 The only real explanation I can think of is that some overalls have changed due to how player types are now factored into the equation but, if that's not the case, then we riot 😤

[@chromiumearth]

McTavish is still high top six? I thought they'd finally change it to med elite.

[@Data782]

Great catch on another player who for some reason continues to have a lower potential from previous games and refuses to budge!

[@heathclark318]

Killing my Dallas Stars. The Elites are mostly on older players, 28 or older. Harley should be Elite. Miro is only Elite but should be franchise along with Robo and Hintz. Just catching up on all your release videos. Sorry, I missed the live stream. Busy Friday with work. Think I may wait for this at a half off. It has a few things but so so so much needed... How do you have a hockey game without proper faceoffs... not throwing out habitual line crossers off the dot. Is like football not having false starts. Baseball not having check swings. Futbol not having offsides. Basketball not having I'm not sure it's basically glorified horse in the US. Think you get my point. The grey silhouettes are hideous. No real coaches. Still no editing control after franchise start. No change to custom league settings. Imagine changing location after franchise starts, which means you lose all your old teams jerseys. Etcetera Slow menus can't wait... Until my guy StlGamer drops his rosters as he creates like 1400 players for drafts... Insane how the NHL allows EA anywhere near exclusive rights

[@Data782]

I forgot that you were a Stars fan! I hope my Hintz thoughts were well received 😂 No need to apologize, I had to take the day off to stream at time of release so I didn't expect many of the regulars to be able to. It was still an educational experience! As always, you hit the nail on the head. Couldn't have put it any better. Thanks for still being here through it all and looking forward to making the best of what we've been given ❤️

[@heathclark318]

@Data782 it's all good. Nothing tops the Montreal sports reporter bemoaning the 2023 Conference finals as the battle of South Biblestan. I'm not a Bible beater, but I resemble that remark, lol As always, thoroughly enjoy your videos and look forward to the crumbs I mean new features of NHL25. Being I play all my games during franchise, I do LOVE the scoreboard being top left corner. The menus are nice but laggy as ever. Worried the AI isn't any better in game. The contacts worry me. Either the ai won't use them at all or will give them away like candy. Just seems like a mini game that will get boring. Saw your got rejected on the suggested line change with Josh Anderson to center. Coach put the smack down and said no peasant and don't bring it up again. But as with life it's the little things so I'll take my scoreboard and be happy with NHL21 4th edition.

[@michaelkeller5927]

​@@heathclark318dude Hintz should NOT be franchise 😂😂.

[@heathclark318]

@michaelkeller5927 that's like ... your opinion 👌 😏 He's a center you could build a team around... IE a franchise player.

[@noslipups3657]

I think at this point they need to hire people from the community to edit these rosters I’m sure if they got data, tougie , tactics , and vasy to sit down together for about 2 weeks in person to give ratings & player potentials and you guys work and vote on each players etc the ratings would be a lot more accurate but majority of these ratings are either inflated by legacy ratings or by just popularity but they have to find a better way to rate players because some of these stats make zero sense especially when you weigh in how a player played let’s say 3 years ago up until now some of these players should of definitely dropped in rating speed etc fasure that’s why I miss the old rating system it wasn’t based off favoritism if a player didn’t play good for at least a year or two you’d see a huge drop in the overall and ratings they have

[@vilsfrid1566]

I do agree on the fact the ratings are wrong but I do not want youtubers doing the ratings. They need to get someone with a better understanding in hockey than that.

[@Data782]

Absolutely! It doesn't have to be creators who decide everything as we're not all hockey experts but, speaking for myself, what I know is how overalls and potentials impact simulation and that's the kind of input that I could provide. Like right off the bat I'd be saying we need to downgrade Bean and Boqvist as 83/82 OVR OFDs with good potential not because they're no good, but because that will allow them to grow to 85+ super easily with how much point production impacts overall growth and I'm not sure either truly has the real world potential to be top pair guys. All that to say, I do agree that there should be a wider range of consideration when creating these overalls - not just raising certain attributes arbitrarily so that players can hit a certain number even though there is no correlation with real world results. Thanks for your thoughts!

[@vilsfrid1566]

@@Data782 Yeah that is completely fair. I'm a coach myself and have made my own rosters since 08 since I was 7. I usually keep updating my own rosters for three years and then buy the new game. And Boqvist and Bean are not even close to being that high as EA has them. They are like 79-81 in my book.

[@Data782]

@@vilsfrid1566 🤝

[@noslipups3657]

@Data782 i think youtubers like yourself especially collectively with the other youtubers i named have more hockey sense then anyone at EA n I've played hockey since I was literally 6 years old played on teams won championships and actually am getting back into the sport semi pro again these people know nothing about hockey they can't lie and say they know love or watch hockey or look for any type of accuracy because if they did this wouldn't be a conversation when it comes to ratings

[@gootvansquid]

IDK when i'll get to play since i had no plans to upgrade past my X Box One any time soon - really want to see how the Sabres sim. I wonder if Byram will still ask for an $11m+ extension, and if Lafferty still complains for playing Bottom 6 minutes and a $5.5m+ extension lol.. my current 24 Sabres franchise mode is wild... Benson at 86 is asking $11m+/5y, Aube-Kubel had a 40 goal season in the first year... xD I beat the hell out of Trouba with Eeli Tolvanen... this game kills me lol

[@Data782]

Pffff wow I get what you're saying! Love those storylines 🤣

[@mikeysalzani]

Gonchar @89 Overall is criminal. Would need to be given a 92/93

[@Data782]

😤😤😤😤

[@Simonsays48]

I created Hutson in the NHL23 at 77OA and became way too strong...

[@Data782]

Precisely haha. I had him in that range and he was winning the Norris every season in no time. I predict Hutson starting at an 82 doing the same in 25m, especially once Makar/Fox/Hughes get older

[@connerburns2704]

I didn’t think they’d make sandin Pellika elite and I’m happy they did

[@Data782]

Neither did I! I like it 👌

[@matthewfernell2027]

Weird question/request data. Could you do me a huge favour and check and see if they’ve updated the narration capabilities for this year‘s game. Before it only used to read accessibility settings tab in the settings and the accessibility settings. And the main menu of the game. Now that it sounds like an AI generated voice talking. I’m wondering if you could go test it out a little bit and tell me if it’s up dated or not. Thanks again and would really be appreciated. Even if you could just test it out with like franchise motor or the rosters in the main menu or something just to see if it works. again thanks and greatly appreciated.

[@Data782]

Hey Matthew! Not weird at all, happy to help. I don't have experience with the narration capabilities so I can't tell you if it's any better than before but I'll try what you're asking. So I turned narration on and I hear the voice telling me about the settings and main menu. When I go into Franchise Mode, I don't hear any narration unless I go to the settings within Franchise Mode. Don't hear anything in rosters, either.. Sorry to report, that's a real bummer :( Let me know if I can check anything else for you ❤️

[@matthewfernell2027]

@@Data782No, I think that’s about it. Thanks for the help. Nice to know that I’ll have to try and keep every player on every team straight again this year without any help from the narration feature in the game that’s supposed to help you with that stuff? they make me shake my head in a lot of ways with their game. But this is definitely one of them.

[@matthewfernell2027]

It’s even worse when you get into the years of no real players in franchise mode. So I never know who is good and who’s bad

[@Data782]

That's beyond ridiculous even for EA. If I ever get a chance to speak with them about improvements to the game, this is at the TOP of my list. Not just for Franchise Mode. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but glad that I could be of service

[@joshuapereira6774]

For your custom roster please assign the unsigned players to either to a chl or a lower European league so they don’t take up contract spots

[@Data782]

You mean players like Jarvis, correct? I'll make sure that they have their contracts! For unsigned prospects, they should already be assigned to the appropriate team. Am I understanding you correctly?

[@joshuapereira6774]

@@Data782 What I mean the created players that you create that are collage prospects you should assign them to external leagues to make they don’t take up a contract spot in franchise!

[@Data782]

Ahh got it! Thank you

[@Data782]

Ahh got it! Thank you

[@joshuapereira6774]

@@Data782 when would you expect your franchise custom rosters to be released

[@vjollila96]

can you show the jerseys too? especially Liiga ones since my home team got promoted there for this season

[@Data782]

Honestly, a few seconds per team took a good 90 minutes to record so multiple jerseys per team would be a tough undertaking 😂 Join the Discord server, ask there, and I'll get you a picture!

[@bidoof_bidoof]

Hi, could you please show all free agents too? I'm recreating the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals and I have been dying to know if Filppula and Abdelkader are still on the list.

[@Data782]

@@bidoof_bidoof Ahh yes of course!! I hadn't thought about that. I'll include free agents in my next roster overview once EA puts out their roster update. For now, at least in these opening day rosters before they do the update, I DO NOT see Filppula and Abdelkader in free agents. Let me know if you need anyone else!

[@bidoof_bidoof]

@@Data782 Also, I am hearing unconfirmed reports that Bryan Little (who just retired) is in the free agents list (at a 68 overall) in NHL 25 despite having not played a game in almost 5 years. Is that true?

[@Data782]

@@bidoof_bidoof Yup. He was previously on Arizona as his rights were with the Coyotes but, with his contract done and not retired before EA did their rosters, he's in FA. He'll be gone after the first update

[@rickbeezer34]

Good lord!!!..The only new goalie I think they added this year from the Alumni is Jocelyn Thibault. Again no Vanbiesbrouck, No Bure, No Federov, No Kariya!!

[@Data782]

I was thinking of you as I went through those teams 😭

[@z1mmy9]

I’m wondering (and this is such a reach) if those guys won’t allow their names into the game? It’s all under the NHLPA I think and maybe they asked to not be added. I’m tryingggg to give the benefit of the doubt because if they simply aren’t in the game just for lack of then what’re we doing here it’s fucking Paul kariya Edit. Excuse my language

[@Data782]

I would say it's very likely something to do with that. We aren't owed an explanation by the players, but I'd still like to know for sure deep down 😂

[@rickbeezer34]

@@z1mmy9 I looked it up and Pavel Bure is part of the NHLPA so im not sure why he isnt in the game. Yet all these other hacks are lol

[@mylawren]

wild JEEK is underrated yet again😔 (they actually got brodin's overall right woah)

[@Data782]

I will say the 89 to Brodin is huge!

[@mylawren]

​@@Data782 that is, plus Faber is about where I'd put him, just maybe Spurgeon a little better, khusy is underrated tho for sure

[@Data782]

Agreed

[@men2424_]

please roster extraliga

[@Data782]

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