EA Sports has kept the spotlight on the Edmonton Oilers after making Connor McDavid the first member of the game’s “99 Club,” and the next wave of ratings brought more familiar names near the top.
Leon Draisaitl checked in as the fourth-highest-rated player in the game at 96 overall, trailing only Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov. It matches the number he received in NHL 26, and it keeps him in elite company once again. Draisaitl has stayed among the game’s best for years now, with his rating not dipping below 95 overall since NHL 23.
Evan Bouchard also landed well up the board. He was rated 29th overall at 91, which puts him sixth among defencemen.
Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, and Quinn Hughes all sit at 95 overall, while Rasmus Dahlin and Miro Heiskanen are both listed at 93. EA’s view of Bouchard is higher than NHL.com’s, which ranked him as the game’s tenth-best blueliner.
That’s also a notable jump from the last two seasons, when he was rated 88 overall and then 89 overall.
Altogether, the Oilers have eight players in EA Sports’ Top 300 ratings. That trails only the Florida Panthers, who lead all teams with nine players in that group. The game is scheduled for release in September.
There’s also been plenty of reaction to McDavid landing at 99 overall, with some pointing to other moments in NHL video game history when players received that same number.
Other Edmonton Oilers ranked in EA’s Top 300
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