This doesn’t mean I just translated WAR directly into an overall rating.

The inclusion of X-Factors in the game is also a big help which allowed me to incorporate many players’ top skills including specialists. The difference between speedy wingers, physical forecheckers, creative playmakers, and shut-down defencemen will be very noticeable. While there are some attribute ratings that can’t quite be quantified with current data, I’ve used as wide a net as possible of micro- and macro-level data to make sure that players play like their real life counterparts. There is a much larger separation between superstars, who exceed 90 overall, and their peers than in the original game which makes acquiring and drafting those impact players even more important. In my roster, 75 becomes the “replacement-level” base, with 80 indicating a low-end top six forward, top-four defenceman, and starting goaltender. For a few reasons (I’ve always suspect one of which is a little unspoken pressure from the league and NHLPA), EA has for several years inflated player ratings, condensing almost every NHLer between 80 and 94 overall with not much difference between players at the top and bottom of the lineup. The NHL ratings follow a scheme that works a bit differently than the ones commonly used in these games. The roster is designed to maximize the game’s offline modes, particularly Franchise and Play Now, providing more accurate player ratings, types, X-factors, and potential based on TopDownHockey and AllThreeZones analytics and EliteProspects’ scouting staff. The official Elite Prospects NHL 23 custom roster, available on Xbox One, is now live on the game’s Roster Sharing platform.

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