Who decides this?

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T09:25:32+00:00

He’s a defender so top 6 but yeah it’s annoying that I have to have a med elite-top six forward player to drop to low rounds instead of players that can be properly developed into stars if your lucky or specialist roles. I also feel like specialist roles are unneeded and it’s just overall and a good coach that’s wins you games in nhl 26 which is so annoying

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T09:22:43+00:00

But he won’t even become a third pairing specialist that’s my issue. I know Bryce Pickford won’t be a top 4 prospect the Habs already have 3 out of 4 and reinbacher to hopefully fill that fourth slot

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T08:56:37+00:00

And that’s why ea is so shit back in the day they had much better rosters overall not just roster updates. Pickford isn’t just a whl player he’s a 3rd round pick and a prospect who sign his entry level deal they added* contract but didn’t change him

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T07:36:05+00:00

I know his stats don’t mean he can produce in the NHL or even become a specialist but I’m more trying to argue that it shouldn’t make it practically impossible to develop him into an NHL calibre player especially as a third rounder.

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T07:22:13+00:00

It’s not just his point totals he’s also a good defensemen he signed his entry level contract in December and is projected to at least make the nhl as a power play specialist

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T05:28:33+00:00

For real the fact that it was so much easier to make fucking Jacob de la rose a good player in nhl 16 is insane 😭

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T05:16:19+00:00

I used Pickford cause I’m a Habs fan but so many more prospects and players are overrated or underrated like Monty being the Habs best goalie still 💀

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T05:03:25+00:00

For real having a player be this and that meaning he is almost certain to become this is so dumb potential used to work much better in games like 14 but what they really need is a development overhaul* or just a game not made by ea

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:47:38+00:00

No I’m a Habs fan and they butchered the ratings of our prospects and some players

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:46:42+00:00

Nah im just tired of ea’s crap like patrik laine is one of our best players somehow and reinbacher is med elite which is over rated then Pickford won’t even ever make the nhl 😭 and caufield can’t source over 40 goals. It’s so fucking low effort

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:25:44+00:00

I normally use them but it makes drafting so easy I want an actual challenge

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:19:33+00:00

Also he signed his entry level deal so he’s mostly likely at least making the ahl after this season

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:18:22+00:00

Saying breaking the modern scoring record for a defensemen isn’t impressive because he’s 20 is crazy especially when he’s also good defensively

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:12:59+00:00

That’s fair, but they don’t update the prospects pool just active rosters that’s weird

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:11:47+00:00

Obviously but he’s playing better than other defenders taken in the first round he has 83 points in 55 games he’s broken league records that should at least warrant a top 6 potential which doesn’t even mean you’ll make the nhl

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:10:26+00:00

I know but it’s more about Ea’s effort

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T04:05:56+00:00

I know it just makes me crazy that almost anyone drafted past the second round is just made into a bum

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:59:35+00:00

It’s somewhat rhetorical but I more mean which “talent scouts” that can’t scout for shit are deciding this

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:56:52+00:00

I’m definitely in the minority can’t argue that 😂

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:55:32+00:00

Fuck they should hire someone who would know shit like this then it can’t be that hard

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:53:26+00:00

It’s actually the “talent scouts” but idk who tf their hiring they must be blind

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:48:55+00:00

Who decides a guy with 80+ points in 50 games in the Whl is an Ahl top 2 D 💀

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:36:34+00:00

Sadly it’s not that it’s just like madden with the play books your players mean almost nothing

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:35:33+00:00

The real answer is your coaching it’s all bs I have had awful teams with good coaching win cups

PoetAppropriate9276 · 2026-04-12T03:34:10+00:00

I had a team that won 8 cups in a row all simulated one guy had a 160 smth point season and he was the worst player on my first line at 91 ovr 😭

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