Reacting To NHL 25's WILD Player Rankings

[@jobemi2422]

EA needs to do a rating/attribute overhaul. I’ll use Kucherov as an example: He is one of the best players in the NHL no question. He should be in the mid 90’s based on his offensive talent alone, but to get him into the mid 90’s you have to artificially bump up his defensive abilities. Kucherov is one of the weaker defensive players in the entire league, but if you lower his defensive awareness to a more accurate number his overall will tank into the mid/high 80’s. They need to make the gap between players more wide. The fact that a majority of players in the league are between 84-94 is wild. There’s very little difference between these guys. Make it so that true NHL players are dipping into the mid 70’s, so the gap between stars, good players, and low end guys is that much more apparent. Make it so some better AHL caliber guys could easily take some NHL roles since that happens frequently in the actual NHL. Plus the X-Factor system is a good idea, but they should give out more abilities to lower end guys. You don’t need to be a star/elite guy to get a few abilities. Plenty of bottom6 guys could have wheels, truculence, ice pack, faceoff specialist etc. Same goes for bottom pair Dmen.

[@Infection819]

Agreed

[@dimeohs]

Sanderson is lower rated than Bowen Byram😂😂😂😂 EA is a joke company

[@cbjm36]

Byram gotta have family and friends that work at EA because they overrate him every version of the game. Don’t get me wrong he’s a great defensemen….but 87??

[@MikeBartner]

Absolute madness

[@dimeohs]

@@cbjm36 Like Mike said, they need to have players that drop into the 70's. Realistically Byram is 83

[@cringetube5220]

Stuart skinner is an 87 💀💀 EA is a joke

[@davidkelly5585]

@@cringetube5220he’s an 86

[@-epicgamerseb6606]

EA having fantilli at 85 and carlsson at 82 is crazy work

[@MikeBartner]

LMFAOOOOOO thank god I didn't get to Carlsson because I would've lost it

[@Rojjters]

@@MikeBartner it's insane. Leo is arguably better than fantilli and he's 3 below???

[@meadalofhonor1234]

@@Rojjtersfantilli clears

[@eliaminator2313]

Buffalo is about to OP in franchise mode they have Dahlin 91, Byram 87, and Power 86 and Im assuming all 3 will have minimum medium elite potential

[@MikeBartner]

Some of the devs gotta be Sabres fans lmfaoooo

[@scottmccombs2257]

Power should be around 82. He's not that good

[@logandown1641]

@@scottmccombs2257better than byram

[@scottmccombs2257]

@logandown1641 Cole f'n caufield had more hits last year than Power. To say that he is better is a bit of a stretch

[@Kameron28]

Buffalo’s always been good in franchise because they overate Quinn and Matthew Savio

[@LucaC27]

Sanderson so underated

[@MikeBartner]

Amen

[@metcrix110]

Im an oiler fan but boeser at 87 is A ROBBERY if I have seen one

[@MikeBartner]

88 imo

[@nickmelin248]

ALSO GRANLUND GOT 65 POINTS ON THE SHARKS HES...... 85 BRO WHAT GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND HOURS AND HOURS FIXING THESE RATINGS

[@HabsTypeBeat]

Seth Jones has been awesome the past two years in Chicago. Analytics look great as well.

[@buck2577]

Sanderson being lower than Byram and same as Trouba is a JOKE.

[@MikeBartner]

Crazy

[@LorraineBunn]

Quinn Hughes.... 94? You what? That's insane.

[@nersharific813]

Honestly, a lot better than I was expecting lol.

[@MikeBartner]

HAHAHHAHAHA it's not their worst list ever

[@nickmelin248]

great video mike really love the channel since i found it

[@MikeBartner]

Thanks Nick!

[@bradenwhite9362]

batherson stats are better then caufield and they are so far apart😭

[@BloodRider1914]

No way I'm buying a new console just to play a mediocre EA sports game. PUT NHL ON PC!

[@bcha1766]

Brett Pesce at 88 is mind blowing

[@justinspiewak1482]

Carlo is one of the best defensive defensemen in the league so I'm ok with his rating

[@pekinobo]

Just out of curiosity, can these stats go up/down as you play? The latest NHL game I played on PS1 I know a lot of players went up quite a bit and some went down in their rankings/points overall. NHL2001 I think it was. I think Jagr had 98 and almoust all the time he went to 99 a season later.

[@Kellan24]

They really spelt Ilya sorokins name wrong 💀

[@MikeBartner]

HAHAAHAHAHA crazy

[@HabsTypeBeat]

Something changed. The ratings were not this bad in years prior. Guys are rated way too high across the board. You can see all individual stats, using Caufield I editing his stats in nhl 24 using the atrocities listed on this sensor and he was an 83… they nurfed defensive awareness for forwards I think.

[@PlexMan79]

EA needs to drop that pressure visual on the ice, it looks terrible

[@BananaLoaf77]

I think it’s fair for a Defensive Defenseman to have a high rating despite lower point totals. Like you said, points aren’t everything. However, top 8 in that position. I’m a Devs fan and that does seem high 😂

[@MikeBartner]

Yup I love Pesce but 8th!!!!!

[@tylerbellows5358]

Guy doesnt like the bruins - gotcha 😂😂

[@jonahlewis7157]

Do a list with teams who have never had a player stay on that team for their whole career and predict who is most likely to do so on that team

[@shaman2384]

I agree Otter should have more to show to be in top 10.

[@KanersCabride]

Brock Nelson should be up by 1-3 overalls. Don’t like isles but he’s so underrated

[@MikeBartner]

87 at the bare minimum maybe 88

[@marquisduhsade]

We need to stop this Oettinger narrative, UPL is even better

[@ragingMISQUITOGAMINGGANGSTER]

upl is not better than oettinger. dudes been garbage and had one good season

[@MikeBartner]

Would not go that far UPL is very unproven

[@MattySpadez]

Hitting the 210+ mark and still having 85 overalls is cray

[@MrBlk4]

Points mean nothing for defensively sound defencemen. This modern thing where d-men have goals and points, especially goals, uttered like they matter is really annoying. I remember when some radio guy talked about Hall Gills’ points in free agency like 15 years ago. As if that mattered. People just want to read stats instead of watch games.

[@Jayzinho_twitter]

Power 86💀💀💀 god heavens

[@Anticipat0r]

Boeser and petterson faster than miller is wild

[@4u2nvHock3y]

I know this won't be the worst thing. But already starting with 37 year old crosby over jack Hughes really? Fox is much better then McAvoy and he's atleast a 93 EA. There's no way Ovi is almost a 90. Come on ea.

[@subfail4810]

I think they need to replace Pesce with Hamilton

[@MikeBartner]

Yea maybe they put the wrong Devil in the graphic lmfaoooooo

[@Jayzinho_twitter]

Fox on the same tear as Macavoy💀💀

[@nathantaillon1183]

Mbon said Laine will bounce back! Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[@MikeBartner]

Good!

[@mcj44]

Brock Nelson = Neal Pionk confirmed

[@Spartanking300x]

Do players even drop below into the 80’s anymore everyone is ranked in the 80’s and 90’s I remember consistently bottom 6 players were in the 70’s sometimes high 60’s

[@MichaelKec]

Jacob Trouba being a 86 is laughable, shouldn’t be higher than a 82-83 overall

[@pipoj5]

Ovi should be like 86 overall they gave extra points just becouse hes ovi vasi is also too high they relly do just give points based on name and the past

[@MikeBartner]

I'd say 87

[@trevorconnatser6161]

Vasy is the goat dawg don’t be a tool

[@pipoj5]

@@trevorconnatser6161 stats say otherwise

[@trevorconnatser6161]

@@pipoj5 oh yeah I forgot Mbon’s “trust me bro” stats lol he was a +18 playing with a shit defensive partner and with the worst defense coach in the league in Jeff Blashill, he’s nowhere near as bad of a 2way guy as Mbon claims

[@ethanator9513]

Chris Tanev should be in the goalies top 10 tbh

[@metcrix110]

Please tell me ur rage bait lmao or u mistyped bc tanev is a defenseman

[@ethanator9513]

@@metcrix110 its a joke cause of how many shots he blocks gang

[@metcrix110]

@@ethanator9513 ok thank god

[@ethanator9513]

@@metcrix110 it’s hard to get certain things to sound like jokes through text

[@metcrix110]

@@ethanator9513 yea true

[@AwesomeZach]

Jonas Brodin is an 89??? Did I miss something?

[@diezelraynard3674]

Mcdavid should be a 98 or 99

[@FreshKozy]

Bouchard is better than O people on this list, has a great slapshot other than that he's very average, not good defensively

[@sdude5]

weegar should be top 10 LD

[@trevorconnatser6161]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@mahockey3]

Hedman being a 92 is wild. At this point he's probably a 90 at best. Same for Fox but higher, he's pribably a 92 at worst. Also think Saros is underrated...as usual.

[@MikeBartner]

My thoughts exactly great minds think alike

[@trevorconnatser6161]

Hedman had 76 points in 78 games and was a +18 quit being a tool lmao

[@winnipegjetsfanforlife]

how is pionk above vilardi

[@janbogumil]

There's no way they lowered Swayman after being a top 5 goalie during the regular season and being the best in the playoffs Hedman is way too high as well

[@janbogumil]

Can't believe Carlo got some recognization!

[@RedhawksReport]

These ratings are a fucking joke so if you are serious about franchise mode - be smart and wait for custom rosters. There are plenty of great roster makers which put in a ton of work for the community, to fix the shambles that is these ratings.

[@CertifiedBenchwarmer]

How is Dylan Strome the same rating as Granlund

[@Ryker-c2u]

Marchand not in top 10 left wings? Surprised he didn’t sneak in over ovechkin at this point is ov’s career

[@ashepherd39675]

Montreal so overrated. That Caufield ranking is gross

[@jeromethehomie4121]

make larkin a 90 and stamkos an 88 at most

[@MikeBartner]

Agreed

[@jake6666yyu]

Mcdavid should be a 99

[@pahul79]

Lol garbage ratings

[@eliaminator2313]

Why is Sanderson the same rating as Power 1 rating lower than Byram and 2 lower than Seider I feel like he should be on par with Seider at 88 abd Stutzle the same overall as Caufield is pretty funny but Caufield is just very overrated in the game. Always fun to have a laugh at the EA ratings

[@xlama2000]

Wow biased much

[@eliaminator2313]

@@xlama2000 is it what points to Sanderson being worse than any of the guys mentioned in any category?

[@bubble-gomme8163]

You are just a hater, caufield is butter then anyone on the sens. Argue with a wall

[@eriklonnholm2277]

Tell me why Fox is better than McAvoy? McAvoy is top 5 best 2-way D in the NHL. Fox is lacking defensiv skills.

[@MikeBartner]

Fox is consistently one of the best defensive defenseman in the NHL

[@eriklonnholm2277]

@@MikeBartner oh do you live under a rock?

[@trevorconnatser6161]

Mbon’s Hedman hate continues lol give it a rest he had 76 points in 78 games and was a +18 acting like he’s an absolute detriment to the Lightning is just insane bro

[@MikeBartner]

I literally said he still should be like an 89 lmfao

[@trevorconnatser6161]

@@MikeBartner Hedman all the way down at 89 is insane bro I’m sorry

[@ragingMISQUITOGAMINGGANGSTER]

Keller>bratt,connor,Nylander

[@marquisduhsade]

How is Jack Hughes 2 overalls higher than Pettersson

[@MikeBartner]

Pettersson should be a 92 imo

[@cohenmurchison6516]

​@MikeBartner feel like there disrespecting Boeser. Sure he shouldn't be 97 like mcdavid but he just put up 40 goals. I think 88 or 89 for Boeser

[@Erikkef]

Passing over Kochetkov being an 86 u must not have noticed that lol. He’s nice for sure it’s just a shocker

[@DocPhil1]

Just wait till NHL 26 when Celebrini, Smith, Eklund, and Askarov are all 99’s 🔥🔥🔥

[@MikeBartner]

Valid

[@Erikkef]

Scoffing at Jones being an 87?? Guys been great with the Hawks

[@wond3rlove]

I am a Jackets fan and I love David Jiricek, but he is such an awful skater and he had to get sent down multiple times this year. How the heck is he an 84 OVR?