The Buffalo Sabres are the victim of some misguided NHL 17 player ratings. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to any regular fan of the EA Sports series. It’s highly likely our team is not the only victim of some puzzling player ratings choices, however the Sabres will be the focus of this article. In this post I will identify the ratings given to our starting defensemen and top two goaltenders. Hopefully you agree with some of the thoughts I provide on what should be changed.
Ratings for the Buffalo Sabres defense and goaltending
Defense
Dmitry Kulikov – 85 Rasmus Ristolainen – 87
Josh Gorges – 84 Zach Bogosian – 85
Jake McCabe – 80 Cody Franson – 83
Casey Nelson – 77
Goaltending
Robin Lehner – 84
Anders Nilsson – 80
Thoughts and suggested changes
In my opinion EA Sports wasn’t too far off on the majority of player ratings that we see above.