On Wednesday afternoon, EA Sports released their top 300 ratings for their upcoming NHL 25 game. The BC-based company honoured nine Vancouver Canucks with a rating among the league’s top 300.
We here at CanucksArmy already covered Quinn Hughes as the highest-rated left-shot defenceman with a 94 rating. But now we have the full rankings out, and joining Hughes on this list are JT Miller, Thatcher Demko, Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Filip Hronek, Jake DeBrusk, Conor Garland and Daniel Sprong.
Here are all of their ratings and where they rank within the league’s ratings:
No. 10 – Hughes – 94 overall
Hughes is the highest-rated Canuck, and second highest-rated defenceman league-wide, trailing just Cale Makar (95). The reigning Norris trophy winner shares a 94 overall rating with forwards Sidney Crosby and Aleksander Barkov. Hughes receives a four overall boost from Hughes’ 90 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 23 – Miller – 92 overall
Miller is the highest-rated Canucks forward and tied for the eighth-highest-rated centreman league-wide, trailing Connor McDavid (97), Nathan MacKinnon (96), Leon Draisaitl (94), Auston Matthews (94), Sidney Crosby (94), Aleksander Barkov (94) and Jack Hughes (93). Last season’s Canucks leading scorer shares this rating with forwards Brayden Point and Matthew Tkachuk. Miller receives a five overall boost from Miller’s 87 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 34 – Demko – 91 overall
Demko is the highest-rated Canuck goalie and the fourth-highest-rated netminder league-wide, trailing just Connor Hellebuyck (93), Igor Shesterkin (92) and Andrei Vasilevskiy (92). Last season’s Vezina runner-up is the lone goaltender with a 91 rating. Demko receives a four overall boost from his 87 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 35 – Pettersson – 91 overall
Pettersson is the second-highest-rated Canucks forward and tied for the 10th-highest-rated centreman league-wide. He shares this rating with Jack Eichel and Sebastian Aho. This is actually a one overall rating decrease from his 92 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 108 – Boeser – 87 overall
Boeser is the highest-rated-Canucks winger and tied for the 14th-highest-rated right-winger league-wide. Last year’s 40-goal scorer shares this rating with Travis Konecny, Jonathan Marchessault, Adrian Kempe, Alex Tuch, Mats Zuccarello, Timo Meier, Seth Jarvis, Alex DeBrincat and Vladimir Tarasenko. Boeser receives a three overall boost from his 84 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 129 – Hronek – 87 overall
Hronek is the second-highest-rated Canuck defenceman and tied for the 14th-highest-rated-defenceman league-wide. He shares this rating with Brock Faber, Aaron Ekblad, Brandon Montour, Brandon Carlo, Seth Jones, Kris Letang, Jared Spurgeon and Ryan Pulock. Hronek receives a one overall boost from his 86 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 215 – DeBrusk – 85 overall
DeBrusk is tied for the second-highest-rated winger and tied for the 24th-highest-rated-left-winger league-wide. He shares this rating with Mason Marchment, Juraj Slafkovsky, Jonathan Huberdeau, Taylor Hall, Joel Farabee, Andre Burakovsky, Mattias Maccelli, Andrei Kuzmenko, Trevor Moore, Gabriel Landeskog and Eeli Tolvanen. DeBrusk receives a one overall boost from his 84 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 217 – Garland – 85 overall
Garland is tied for the second-highest-rated winger and tied for the 29th-highest-rated-right-winger league-wide. He shares this rating with Patrik Laine, Drake Batherson, Jordan Eberle, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Bryan Rust. Garland receives a one overall boost from his 84 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
No. 291 – Sprong – 84 overall
Sprong is the fourth-highest-rated winger and tied for the 35th-highest-rated-right-winger league-wide. He shares this rating with Frank Vatrano, JJ Paterka, Ryan Hartman, Kirill Marchenko, Tom Wilson, Dawson Mercer and Viktor Arvidsson. Sprong receives a one overall boost from his 83 overall rating when NHL 24 was released.
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