Hut player stats mean anything?

i see where the OP is coming from but it would seem if the stats meant nothing then you would get the same degree of difficulty from the A.I. Regardless of the opponent player stats so you would play the same difficulty regardless of the opponent’s “overall” number. So you’d go same difficulty against a 95 overall as you would a 66 overall. I have not found that to hold true my experience. What I would offer as a suggestion is try setting. lineup that you use just for A.I. / offline games and change your strategy to more of a trap / counter rush or slower / defensive type of play. You’ll notice the A.I. knows how to avoid aggressive defense and then make you pay. Having the right strategy seems to impact my game performance to almost the same degree as upgrading my team from a 89 to a 92. 

The A.I. really likes to skate directly backward deep into their own zone to draw you in then make you pay on the counter so a more measured conservative approach will take that away from them, I’ve also noticed they seem to come out very strong and be the first to score but late in the game I’ll have a much easier time defending and scoring but that could be due to balanced synergy and stamina although I hear stamina doesn’t have a long term affect on energy and resets every period which is unfortunate.