He didn't use the best of examples so I'll try. Voracek is an 88 and had a good season last season but Patrick Kane is also an 88 and Voracek is nowhere near the player Kane is. Same style of players, only different in size but Patrick Kane is elite.
- dingo8urbaby

I the ratings system follows the careful formula of, "Just put everything around 90 nobody cares whatever."

He didn't use the best of examples so I'll try. Voracek is an 88 and had a good season last season but Patrick Kane is also an 88 and Voracek is nowhere near the player Kane is. Same style of players, only different in size but Patrick Kane is elite.
- dingo8urbaby

Yeah and Gaborik didnt even have a good season so its clearly not based off stats, these ratings make no sense.

Im saying anyone who thinks Gaborik is anything more than just a goal scorer or is anywhere close to being as good as Giroux is smoking crack. Gaborik also got rated higher than Tavares, Bergeron, as good as Zetterberg?????

Better than Getzlaf, Perry, Couture, Kane???!!!
- GOA88

Marian Gaborik at the top of his game could easily be one of the best snipers in the league. I see no outrage in making him a 90.

I the ratings system follows the careful formula of, "Just put everything around 90 nobody cares whatever."
- BulliesPhan87

yeah, there is no seperation between good players I.E. Carter 88 overall and Elite players Tavares I.E. 89. Sorry but Carter couldnt even hold his jock strap

Marian Gaborik at the top of his game could easily be one of the best snipers in the league. I see no outrage in making him a 90.
- dingo8urbaby

Overall is based on more than just being a sniper, Defense is also taken into account and we all know Gaborik is a ghost in the D-zone

dont forget eli closing his eyes and heaving a duck that turned into a supernatural helmet catch and someone paying off welker to drop a wide open pitch and catch ball that wouldve sealed the deal!
- Crimsoninja

Eli is on record as stating he's going to try and emulate the last Eagles Championship season this year. He's crafting a leather helmet as we speak.

Yeah and Gaborik didnt even have a good season so its clearly not based off stats, these ratings make no sense.
- GOA88

Actually Grborik and Tortorella were butting heads in New York, Grborik was traded to Columbus and became an immediate difference maker for that club. What happened to John Tortorella at the end of the last season?

Actually Grborik and Tortorella were butting heads in New York, Grborik was traded to Columbus and became an immediate difference maker for that club.
- dingo8urbaby

27 pts in 48 games. and even then he is just a one trick pony. He isnt a Giroux, Toews, Kane, Getzlaf, Bergeron, the list goes on.....

Actually Grborik and Tortorella were butting heads in New York, Grborik was traded to Columbus and became an immediate difference maker for that club. What happened to John Tortorella at the end of the last season?
- dingo8urbaby

Gaborik's defensive stewardship was instrumental in Bobrovsky capturing the Vezina.

Gaborik's defensive stewardship was instrumental in Bobrovsky capturing the Vezina.
- PLindbergh31

I see you have a good sense of humor

Overall is based on more than just being a sniper, Defense is also taken into account and we all know Gaborik is a ghost in the D-zone
- GOA88

Gaborik is a winger, which means he's gonna have less defensive responsibility. I don't think the ratings are based on a season by season basis but the star's overall work. We don't know how many plus 5's were added on Gaborik's defensive awareness, not that it matters.

Gaborik is a winger, which means he's gonna have less defensive responsibility. I don't think the ratings are based on a season by season basis but the star's overall work. We don't know how many plus 5's were added on Gaborik's defensive awareness, not that it matters.
- dingo8urbaby

Keep up your solid logic

27 pts in 48 games. and even then he is just a one trick pony. He isnt a Giroux, Toews, Kane, Getzlaf, Bergeron, the list goes on.....
- GOA88

One trick pony? Gaborik has scored 40 goals something like three times. The pastime he did so I believe was not last season but the season before with the New York Rangers. Logical enough for you?

Keep up your solid logic
- GOA88

At least I have an argument or logic for this matter.

One trick pony? Gaborik has scored 40 goals something like three times. The pastime he did so I believe was not last season but the season before with the New York Rangers. Logical enough for you?
- dingo8urbaby

One trick pony means he is only good at one thing, scoring goals. He is average at best in any other category except for passing.

Gaborik has a fairly long history of offensive success, with his only "bad" offensive season being the past season. The NHL ratings system is based on a player, not a player's prior season. 90 is about where he should be.

Gaborik has a fairly long history of offensive success, with his only "bad" offensive season being the past season. The NHL ratings system is based on a player, not a player's prior season. 90 is about where he should be.
- jmatchett383

So you think... Overall as a player... Gaborik is as good as Giroux and better than Tavares..... right now??

So you think... Overall as a player... Gaborik is as good as Giroux and better than Tavares..... right now??
- GOA88

I'm not a Gaborik fan at all. I think he's a lazy player who is also injury prone. He's very streaky, but he's been a solid offensive player in the NHL.

I haven't seen anyone proclaim he's better than Giroux, or Tavares. He doesn't have to be to be in order to be a good player.

Gaborik has a fairly long history of offensive success, with his only "bad" offensive season being the past season. The NHL ratings system is based on a player, not a player's prior season. 90 is about where he should be.
- jmatchett383

I agree completely. To me comparing Giroux to Gaborik is apples and oranges. Giroux is a playmaking center who is defensively sound. Gaborik is a dynamic sniping winger. Giroux is still a rising star, while Gaborik has been a around along time already.

I'm not a Gaborik fan at all. I think he's a lazy player who is also injury prone. He's very streaky, but he's been a solid offensive player in the NHL.

I haven't seen anyone proclaim he's better than Giroux, or Tavares. He doesn't have to be to be in order to be a good player.
- PLindbergh31

Im not saying Gaborik isnt a great player, this discussion is about how EA Sports rated Gaborik higher than Tavares and the same as Giroux and that is completly wrong.

Im not saying Gaborik isnt a great player, this discussion is about how EA Sports rated Gaborik higher than Tavares and the same as Giroux and that is completly wrong.
- GOA88

Can't offer an opinion there. I stopped playing video games when I was 14 and joined real life.

One trick pony means he is only good at one thing, scoring goals. He is average at best in any other category except for passing.
- GOA88

Your best argument is the fact Gaborik shouldn't be a 90 because he's not good defensively. My argument is he doesn't have to be. I'm sure Alexander Ovechkin will be something between a 93 and a 95. What is Over known for exactly?

I agree completely. To me comparing Giroux to Gaborik is apples and oranges. Giroux is a playmaking center who is defensively sound. Gaborik is a dynamic sniping winger. Giroux is still a rising star, while Gaborik has been a around along time already.
- dingo8urbaby

Im asking you though, Regardless of Giroux being a center and Gaborik a winger....Overall, with all aspects of hockey skill taken into account. Do you truly believe that Gaborik is better than Tavares and as good as Giroux? Thats all Im saying.... Hes isnt even better than Patrick Kane and Kane is 88 overall. What world do they live in???

Can't offer an opinion there. I stopped playing video games when I was 14 and joined real life.
- PLindbergh31

Hints why we are happy to have you on a virtual message boards on your computer.

Can't offer an opinion there. I stopped playing video games when I was 14 and joined real life.
- PLindbergh31

Glad to see you kept productive recreation like forum dwelling on your resume, though