New York Islanders EA NHL 18 Predicting Player Ratings

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NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 09: Alex Ovechkin plays Wii against Dan Rosen during an appearance at the NHL Powered by Reebok Store on September 9, 2009 in New York, New York. How do New York Islanders players rate in NHL 18? (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) /

The much anticipated NHL 2018 is to be released in just a few short months. How do New York Islanders players rate in this newest version of the EA franchise?

We know how we feel about New York Islanders players. We know that Josh Bailey had a great 2016-17 season with 52 points, but we also know to take that with a grain of salt. Before that Bailey struggled to get above 44 points.

But how does everyone else feel about the Islanders? How does the general NHL populace rate players like Anders Lee, Brock Nelson and Casey Cizikas?

With the anticipation growing since a Beta release, NHL 18 was on everyone lips this week. Everyone clamored to see the games new features and to see how their favorite players were rated by EA.

EA was quick to put out a statement that said the ratings in the Beta release were from the games 2017 edition, and that final rating would be released in August before the games official launch in September.

The Player Ratings in the #NHL18Beta are from NHL 17 and are not final. Stay tuned for the official #NHL18 ratings around the end of August!
— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) July 26, 2017

So using last years ratings, how should New York Islanders players rate in the 2018 version of the game? What players gain ground and which lose ground?

We’ll go through forwards, defense and the Isles goaltenders and try to predict just how the Isles players will rank in August.

Players will be displayed by “line”. For forwards that’s groups of three and defensemen as groups of two. Their ratings will be displayed as follows: “Tavares 92 (93)”

The bold number represents his rating in 18 and the number in parenthesis is his 17 rating.