Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the roster discussion for the Vancouver Canucks. My name is James and I'm the Team Captain. The NHL team and I are looking for input on line changes, equipment changes, ratings suggestions, etc. The NHL team will be looking over the thread alongside their scouting team and possibly adjusting these based on the community's input. They're not going to make changes that they don't agree with, so please don't use this thread a forum to slag them if your opinion doesn't match theirs or if they don't implement the changes immediately. Also, this is a discussion thread so please be civilized and respectful of the opinions of others, flaming and trolling are not welcome.

Preface: - Updated March 2

Vancouver Canucks Line-Up

Forward lines:
D. Sedin - H. Sedin - A. Burrows
D. Booth - R. Kesler - M. Raymond
C. Higgins - S. Pahlsson - J. Hansen
M. Malhotra - M. Lapierre - Z. Kassian

Defensive pairings:
D. Hamhuis - K. Bieksa
A. Edler - S. Salo
M. Gragnani - A. Rome

Goaltenders:
R. Luongo
C. Schneider

Powerplay Unit #1:
D. Sedin - H. Sedin - R. Kesler
A. Edler - S. Salo

Powerplay Unit #2:
D. Booth - M. Raymond - A. Burrows
D. Hamhuis - K. Bieksa

Penalty Kill Unit #1:
M. Malhotra - J. Hansen
D. Hamhuis - K. Bieksa

Penalty Kill Unit #2:
R. Kesler - A. Burrows
A. Edler - S. Salo

Shootout line-up:
A. Burrows
M. Raymond
A. Edler
R. Kesler
D. Booth

Healthy Scratches:
A. Alberts, C. Tanev, D. Weise

Injuries:
Aaron Volpatti - Torn Labrum in Shoulder (6-8 months)

Ratings Suggestions:

Jersey Numbers:

Andrew Alberts - 41
Keith Ballard - 4
Nolan Baumgartner - 44 (NHL)/5 (AHL)
Kevin Bieksa - 3
David Booth - 7
Alexandre Burrows - 14
Kevin Connauton - 61 (NHL)/6 (AHL)
Alexander Edler - 23
Taylor Ellington - 52 (NHL)* [Not in game, in ECHL]
Dan Hamhuis - 2
Jannik Hansen - 36
Christopher Higgins - 20
Cody Hodgson - 9 (NHL)/14 (AHL)
Ryan Kesler - 17
Eddie Lack - 31
Maxim Lapierre - 40
Roberto Luongo - 1
Manny Malhotra - 27
Victor Oreskovich - 38 (NHL)/20 (AHL)
Ryan Parent - 34 (NHL)/7 (AHL)
Prab Rai - 53 (NHL)* [Not in game, in ECHL]
Mason Raymond - 21
Aaron Rome - 29
Sami Salo - 6
Yann Sauve - 47 (NHL)/45 (AHL)
Cory Schneider - 35
Stefan Schneider - 48
Jordan Schroeder - ??? (NHL)/11 (AHL)
Daniel Sedin - 22
Henrik Sedin - 33
Bill Sweatt - 42
Chris Tanev - 8 (NHL)/43 (AHL)
Aaron Volpatti - 54 (NHL)/17 (AHL)
Dale Weise - 32

Retired:

Equipment Changes:
Sturm - CCM V10 Helmet
Hamhuis - Bauer 9900 Helmet
Luongo - Reebok Premier IV Pads, New Colour Patterns

Me thinks EA went a little over board with Kesler upping. I know he has 32 goals and 54 points, but he doesn't deserve a 95 rating in offensive awareness and passing....IMO

Double post, meah see!

Robmoney85 wrote:Me thinks EA went a little over board with Kesler upping. I know he has 32 goals and 54 points, but he doesn't deserve a 95 rating in offensive awareness and passing....IMO

Your new here so let me break it down for you, the NHL series in created in EA's Vancouver studio and most people there are Canuck fans so Canuck players are always overrated. Homerism.

Robmoney85 wrote:Me thinks EA went a little over board with Kesler upping. I know he has 32 goals and 54 points, but he doesn't deserve a 95 rating in offensive awareness and passing....IMO

I agree ... He should be mid-80s in those categories if the Sedins are low-to-mid-90s. Right now, he's rated higher collectively than both Sedins in those categories and I don't think you'll find anyone who'll say Kesler is a better passer or better at finding seams than the Sedins. He does need a bump in hand-eye, though, as 80 is definitely too low for a guy who has half of his goals on deflections/tip-ins. He could also use a bump in discipline, as well.

Category: Current Rating > Suggested Rating

Hand-Eye: 80 > 85
Offensive Awareness: 95 > 85
Passing: 95 > 85
Discipline: 67 > 77

Overall: 90 > 88

n00bxQb wrote:

Robmoney85 wrote:Me thinks EA went a little over board with Kesler upping. I know he has 32 goals and 54 points, but he doesn't deserve a 95 rating in offensive awareness and passing....IMO

I agree ... He should be mid-80s in those categories if the Sedins are mid-90s. He does need a bump in hand-eye, though, as 80 is definitely too low for a guy who has half of his goals on deflections/tip-ins. He could also use a bump in discipline, as well.

Kessler definitely deserved a bumb he is having a great year, but to a 90. Funny thing is in the PODcast the devs say they don't give huge boosts to players having a good year because it might be a fluke. Then even name Kessler saying they want to give him a huge boost but can't, then they give Kessler the biggest boost of all.

I agree, 90 overall seems a bit high for Kesler.
He is having a monster year, but I don't think he should be rated higher than an 88.
But sometimes people focus on the overalls too much, and not the individual attributes that make up the overall. I'm going to check them out soon.

passing I agree its too high... but offensive awareness not so much.. dude the guy is being considered for the hart trophy. I feel like the 80's for passing is accurate and the offensive awareness is on point because offensive awareness is a main rating to have a player " drive to the net " for screens and deflections

TOFUbrain666 wrote:passing I agree its too high... but offensive awareness not so much.. dude the guy is being considered for the hart trophy. I feel like the 80's for passing is accurate and the offensive awareness is on point because offensive awareness is a main rating to have a player " drive to the net " for screens and deflections

According the the Attribute threads posted by the devs/mods, that's not what Offensive Awareness does, though.

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/176035.page

Off. Awareness
-Field of view is for making passes, passes to players outside field of view are slowed (see Passing)
-Affects CPU player decision making when passing

Kesler clearly shouldn't be a 95 in that category if Daniel is a 91 and Henrik is a 93 ...

I agree with the comments about Corey Schneider.

He should be at least a 79-80,easily.

The game will be treating/making him like a sieve with ratings like that,.....

That`s why I imposed "the system" for goalie attribute edits.

Pvt Little Hell wrote:I agree with the comments about Corey Schneider.

He should be at least a 79-80,easily.

The game will be treating/making him like a sieve with ratings like that,.....

That`s why I imposed "the system" for goalie attribute edits.

Are you in the military?

VANCANUCKFAN wrote:

Pvt Little Hell wrote:I agree with the comments about Corey Schneider.

He should be at least a 79-80,easily.

The game will be treating/making him like a sieve with ratings like that,.....

That`s why I imposed "the system" for goalie attribute edits.

Are you in the military?

Re: my gamertag?

It`s from playing FPS,......Medal of Honour,COD,etc.....goes back 10 yrs.

dude stick to your own page. Just because you play FPS does not give you permission to say you have any affiliation to the armed forces. jus sayin

TOFUbrain666 wrote:dude stick to your own page. Just because you play FPS does not give you permission to say you have any affiliation to the armed forces. jus sayin

Who the frack said I was affiliated with the armed forces?

As to sticking to my own page,.......LOL

That isn`t going to happen.