14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at EA Sports continues to show off the experience that gamers will be able to get in the new NHL 15 title by revealing the top 50 players included in the hockey simulation in order to give players an idea of the teams that they might want to lead.
Here are the Top 50 rated players in NHL 15, according to the official site:
Sidney Crosby (96) – Pittsburgh Penguins Steven Stamkos (93) – Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Toews (93) – Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Ovechkin (93) – Washington Capitals Shea Weber (93) – Nashville Predators Pavel Datsyuk (93) – Detroit Red Wings Henrik Lundqvist (93) – New York Rangers Jonathan Quick (93) – Los Angeles Kings Ryan Getzlaf (92) – Anaheim Ducks Corey Perry (92) – Anaheim Ducks Carey Price (92) – Montreal Canadiens Evgeni Malkin (92) – Pittsburgh Penguins Tuukka Rask (92) – Boston Bruins Duncan Keith (92) – Chicago Blackhawks Ryan Suter (92) – Minnesota Wild Henrik Zetterberg (92) – Detroit Red Wings John Tavares (91) – New York Islanders Drew Doughty (91) – Los Angeles Kings Anze Kopitar (91) – Los Angeles Kings Zdeno Chara (91) – Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron (91) – Boston Bruins Marian Hossa (91) – Chicago Blackhawks Pekka Rinne (91) – Nashville Predators Claude Giroux (90) – Philadelphia Flyers Zach Parise (90) – Minnesota Wild Taylor Hall (90) – Edmonton Oilers Phil Kessel (90) – Toronto Maple Leafs P.K. Subban (90) – Montreal Canadiens Jamie Benn (90) – Dallas Stars Matt Duchene (90) – Colorado Avalanche Alex Pietrangelo (90) – St. Louis Blues Sergei Bobrovsky (90) – Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Kesler (90) – Anaheim Ducks Patrick Kane (89) – Chicago Blackhawks Erik Karlsson (89) – Ottawa Senators Joe Pavelski (89) – San Jose Sharks David Krejci (89) – Boston Bruins David Backes (89) – St. Louis Blues Roberto Luongo (89) – Florida Panthers Niklas Kronwall (89) – Detroit Red Wings Ryan McDonagh (89) – New York Rangers Semyon Varlamov (89) – Colorado Avalanche Eric Staal (89) – Carolina Hurricanes Ryan Miller (89) – Vancouver Canucks Nicklas Backstrom (89) – Washington Capitals Mike Smith (89) – Arizona Coyotes Joe Thornton (89) – San Jose Sharks Corey Crawford (89) – Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Marleau (89) – San Jose Sharks Mikko Koivu (89) – Minnesota Wild
EA Sports says that the evaluations have been done by a professional team of scouts who have taken into account both offensive and defensive abilities for all those involved.
The most interesting thing about the top 50 is that the difference in terms of overall ratings is not too big, with only a number of superstars getting up to 93, while Sidney Crosby from the Penguins is truly impressive in his ability to reach 96.
NHL 15 will be launched on the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, and last-gen consoles and will arrive on September 9 in North America and three days later in Europe.
The Sony and Microsoft current-gen console versions of the game will be powered by an improved Ignite engine.
