Seemingly concluding the week-long Player Ratings unveiling, EA finished up by revealing the top 50 players in NHL 18. As one would assume, the overall ratings take into account a player’s offensive and defensive abilities, along with details from scouting reports provided an actual professional NHL Scout.
For specific positions: Top 10: Defensemen, Goalies, Left Wings,Centers,Players Under Age 23
With that in mind, here are the top 50 rated players in NHL 18:
50. Max Pacioretty – 87 Overall
49. Dustin Byfuglien – 87 Overall
48. Johnny Gaudreau – 87 Overall
47. David Pastrnak – 87 Overall
46. Brad Marchand – 87 Overall
45. Oliver Ekman-Larsson – 87 Overall
44. Corey Crawford – 87 Overall
43. Jack Eichel – 87 Overall
42. Leon Draisaitl – 87 Overall
41. Taylor Hall – 87 Overall
40. P.K. Subban – 87 Overall
39. Auston Matthews – 87 Overall
38. Blake Wheeler – 87 Overall
37. Claude Giroux – 88 Overall
36. Tuukka Rask – 88 Overall
35. Devan Dubnyk – 88 Overall
34. Alex Pietrangelo – 88 Overall
33. Roman Josi – 88 Overall
32. Kris Letang – 88 Overall
31. Henrik Lundqvist – 88 Overall
30. Matt Murray – 88 Overall
29. Mark Scheifele – 88 Overall
28. Joe Pavelski – 88 Overall
27. Shea Weber – 89 Overall
26. Cory Schneider – 89 Overall
25. Ryan Suter – 89 Overall
24. Anze Kopitar – 89 Overall
23. Jonathan Toews – 89 Overall
22. Sergei Bobrovsky – 89 Overall
21. Tyler Seguin – 89 Overall
20. Ryan Getzlaf – 89 Overall
19. Nikita Kucherov – 89 Overall
18. Patrice Bergeron – 89 Overall
17. Nicklas Backstrom – 89 Overall
16. Duncan Keith – 90 Overall
15. Braden Holtby – 90 Overall
14. Jamie Benn – 90 Overall
13. Vladimir Tarasenko – 90 Overall
12. Victor Hedman – 90 Overall
11. Brent Burns – 90 Overall
10. John Tavares – 90 Overall
9. Steven Stamkos – 91 Overall
8. Drew Doughty – 91 Overall
7. Patrick Kane – 91 Overall
6. Erik Karlsson – 91 Overall
5. Alex Ovechkin – 92 Overall
4. Carey Price – 92 Overall
3. Evgeni Malkin – 92 Overall
2. Sidney Crosby – 93 Overall
1. Connor McDavid – 93 Overall