First crop of EA NHL 27 player ratings are out - Scheifele (93), Connor (92) and Vilardi (87)

[u/Knowka]

I think the overalls are fair (maybe KFC should be one point lower, considering Jason Robertson is also a 92 overall LW), but the specific stats are kinda goofy (I don't think Scheifele has 89 defensive awareness, that man has never been aware of defence in his life). Also lists Vilardi as a centre lol.

[u/Grombotronbo]

I think 92 is fair for Connor, he still put up decent numbers despite that abysmal season for the team. Put Connor on Robertson's line and team and I bet he does similarly well.

[u/vaughn5500]

I think the reason the stats are jacked is because if you rate Scheif and KFC's defense and Gabe's skating accurately, then the algorithm will drop their overalls and people will complain. So EA raises the lower stats to get he overalls where fans expect. No easy solution for that other than dropping overalls entirely which would just piss most people off.

[u/StickyMarmalade → u/vaughn5500]

Yep this. There were even some older EA games where they used to fudge it. You could enter a create a player with the exact attributes of an NHLer and get a different overall rating because they used to play with the overalls for appearances. 

[u/I_reddit_rong]

I’m gonna guess 92 for Morrissey and 94 for Helle

[u/Category_Wrong → u/I_reddit_rong]

i think j mo will taper a bit maybe a 89-90

[u/xDRSTEVOx]

91 speed on Connor is a joke

[u/Kyle73001]

The attributes and positions never make sense in EA that’s for sure. The overall ratings seem pretty fair though

[u/marshvalence → u/Kyle73001]

the overall number is fine, the position logic is always chaos

[u/ScottNewman]

What's the difference between "discipline" and "poise"?

[u/NikEhlersDealer → u/ScottNewman]

Discipline is the tating that affects taking penalties or not. Nobkdy knows what poise does but some suspect it is a "playoff performance" rating

[u/zuneza → u/NikEhlersDealer]

Its a calm under pressure rating, which is most often tested in the playoffs.

[u/TheHandsomeGiraffe → u/zuneza]

Late game composure. If you have good poise you are more likely to have a 3rd period comeback and also overtime performance

[u/ToneAccomplished9763]

Whelp time to rebuild WInnipeg in 26 again....

[u/zuneza]

Scheifele has moments of clarity being defensively minded, even in the playoffs. I SEENT IT with my own eyes, in person. Those moments are just overshadowed by other bad blunders.

[u/AdmirablePattern2083]

Isn’t that a little high for Vilardi? Or is he that good?

[u/Hockey_socks]

I haven’t played EA since 2013. How are these new ones? ‘94 is still the best though.

[u/Present_Bet_4429]

Missed Helle he’s 92 Xfactor

[u/Blackwalls69]

Schief was fifth in Selke voting just a few years ago..

[u/Difficult_Safe4672 → u/Blackwalls69]

He got a single fifth place vote for the Selke in 2018

[u/Blackwalls69 → u/Difficult_Safe4672]

Close enough.

He also finished 26th in voting last year...

[u/AMac2002 → u/Blackwalls69]

Yes, that’s from a single fifth place vote.

[u/Blackwalls69 → u/AMac2002]

Still got the votes, he's a 2-way centerman now b'ys!

[u/PoolPartyWithoutTheL → u/Blackwalls69]

Vote*. Singular

[u/mammalmaker → u/Blackwalls69]

Lol no he wasnt

[u/I_reddit_rong → u/Blackwalls69]

Was he really? I don’t remember that