NHL 25 RATINGS

The full player ratings list won't be available for a few days yet. Tues is D-men, Wed Goalies, Thurs complete list. As for them watching hockey, yeah, betting a lot of these guys don't, likely just watch clips and read a bit about various players to get a feel for what to rate a player. I could be wrong on that one. On that note however, some players seem better than they are due to who they are placed with on lines. Hyman, if not on a line with McD and Draisaitl, likely isn't putting up those points, so he would not be rated as high as others, same with Bouchard, whom I am guessing they will rate high, but if he isn't paired with Ekholm, and given a lot of minutes with the McD line, also likely not as good as he seems. So players ratings are more on individual effort, over how they are when paired with higher skill players. Playing a bit of devil's advocate here, but also being realistic. I can't speak for every aspect of their ratings, and it would actually be interesting for them to break down how they decide on ratings in different areas. I don't see that happening though, as they have provided hardly any info at all into anything.