NHL 18 Roster Update Available Now - Full Details Here

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EA Sports has released a new roster update for NHL 18, making this the final ratings update to reflect a player’s performance to end the season.

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Injured players have returned to their lineups, contract signings have been updated, players that made their NHL debuts have been added and line changes were made to the NHL/AHL.

PLAYERS ADDED THAT MADE THEIR NHL DEBUTS

  • BRICKLEY, Daniel – D, 78 OVR, Los Angeles Kings
  • GERSICH, Shane – C, 71 OVR, Washington Capitals
  • REINKE, Mitch – D, 71 OVR, St. Louis Blues
  • GAMBRELL, Dylan – C, 68 OVR, San Jose Sharks
  • BORGSTROM, Henrik – C, 74 OVR, Florida Panthers
  • HILLMAN, Blake – D, 70 OVR, Chicago Blackhawks
  • SIKURA, Dylan – C, 73 OVR, Chicago Blackhawks
  • TOLVANEN, Eeli – LW, 77 OVR, Nashville Predators
  • GAUDETTE, Adam – C, 75 OVR, Vancouver Canucks
  • TERRY, Troy – C, 76 OVR, Anaheim Ducks
  • GREENWAY, Jordan – LW, 76 OVR, Minnesota Wild
  • MITTELSTADT, Casey – C, 79 OVR, Buffalo Sabres
  • WOLANIN, Christian – D, 73 OVR, Ottawa Senators
  • DONATO, Ryan – C, 78 OVR, Boston Bruins
  • ROBINSON, Eric – LW, 69 OVR, Columbus Blue Jackets
  • BELPEDIO, Louis – D, 71 OVR, Minnesota Wild

SKATER RATINGS INCREASED

  • Drew Doughty – D, 92, LAK
  • Victor Hedman – D, 91, TBL
  • Patrice Bergeron – C, 90, BOS
  • Anze Kopitar – C, 90, LAK
  • Seth Jones – D, 88, CBJ
  • Aleksander Barkov – C, 88, FLA
  • Patrik Laine – RW, 88, WPG
  • John Carlson – D, 88, WSH
  • Shayne Gostisbehere – D, 87, PHI
  • Dougie Hamilton – D, 86, CGY
  • Mikko Rantanen – RW, 86, COL
  • Sean Couturier – C, 86, PHI
  • Morgan Rielly – D, 86, TOR
  • Jonathan Marchessault – C, 86, VEG
  • Ryan Ellis – D, 85, NSH
  • Mitchell Marner – C, 85, TOR
  • William Karlsson – C, 85, VEG
  • David Perron – LW, 84, VEG
  • Alex DeBrincat – RW, 83, CHI
  • Reilly Smith – RW, 83, VEG
  • Colin Miller – D, 82, VEG
  • Erik Haula – LW, 82, VEG
  • Kyle Connor – LW, 82, WPG
  • Jake Debrusk – LW, 81, BOS
  • Danton Heinen – C, 81, BOS
  • Travis Konecny – C, 81, PHI
  • Shea Theodore – D, 81, VEG
  • Pierre-Luc Dubois – LW, 80, CBJ
  • Thomas Chabot – D, 80, OTT
  • Riley Nash – C, 79, BOS
  • Ryan Pulock – D, 79, NYI
  • Neal Pionk – D, 79, NYR
  • Ryan Dzingel – LW, 79, OTT
  • Brendan Perlini – LW, 78, ARI
  • Victor Antipin – D, 78, BUF
  • Anthony Beauvillier – LW, 78, NYI
  • Jake Dotchin – D, 78, TBL
  • Travis Dermott – D, 78, TOR
  • Matt Grzelcyk – D, 77, BOS
  • Erik Gustafsson – D, 77, CHI
  • Tyler Pitlick – C, 77, DAL
  • Jujhar Khaira – LW, 77, EDM
  • Denis Malgin – C, 77, FLA
  • Brad Hunt – D, 77, VEG
  • Vinnie Hinostroza – LW, 76, CHI
  • Pontus Aberg – LW, 76, EDM
  • Gustav Olofsson – D, 76, MIN
  • John Gilmour – D, 76, NYR
  • Timo Meier – RW, 76, SJS
  • Ty Rattie – RW, 75, EDM
  • Jared McCann – C, 75, FLA
  • MacKenzie Weegar – D, 75, FLA
  • Darren Archibald – RW, 74, VAN
  • Evan Rodrigues – LW, 73, BUF
  • Tanner Fritz – C, 72, NYI
  • Ross Johnston – LW, 71, NYI

SKATER RATINGS DECREASED

  • Duncan Keith – D, 88, CHI
  • Jonathan Toews – C, 87, CHI
  • Max Pacioretty – LW, 86, MTL
  • Ryan Kesler – C, 84, ANA
  • Wayne Simmonds – RW, 84, PHI
  • Niklas Hjalmarsson – D, 83, ARI
  • Alec Martinez – D, 83, LAK
  • Milan Lucic – LW, 82, EDM
  • Andrej Sekera – D, 82, EDM
  • Johnny Boychuk – D, 82, NYI
  • Bobby Ryan – RW, 82, OTT
  • Jay Bouwmeester – D, 82, STL
  • Trevor Daley – D, 81, DET
  • Mark Pysyk – D, 81, FLA
  • Dion Phaneuf – D, 81, LAK
  • Nathan Beaulieu – D, 80, BUF
  • Jack Johnson – D, 80, CBJ
  • Brandon Dubinsky – C, 80, CBJ
  • Colin Wilson – C, 80, COL
  • Jason Spezza – C, 80, DAL
  • Valtteri Filppula – C, 80, PHI
  • Vladimir Sobotka – LW, 80, STL
  • Ben Hutton – D, 80, VAN
  • Radim Vrbata – RW, 79, FLA
  • Marc Staal – D, 79, NYR
  • Carl Gunnarsson – D, 79, STL
  • Tomas Plekanec – C, 79, TOR
  • Jason Garrison – D, 79, VEG
  • Cody Eakin – C, 79, VEG
  • Patrick Sharp – LW, 78, CHI
  • Nail Yakupov – RW, 78, COL
  • Nic Dowd – C, 76, VAN

GOALIE RATINGS INCREASED

  • Pekka Rinne – G, 89, NSH
  • John Gibson – G, 86, ANA
  • Antti Raanta – G, 84, ARI
  • Semyon Varlamov – G, 83, COL
  • Cam Ward – G, 82, CAR
  • Juuse Saros – G, 82, NSH
  • Philipp Grubauer – G, 81, WSH
  • Keith Kinkaid – G, 80, NJD
  • Tristan Jarry – G, 78, PIT
  • Anton Forsberg – G, 78, CHI
  • David Rittich – G, 73, CGY
  • Casey DeSmith – G, 69, PIT
  • Alexandar Georgiev – G, 70, NYR

GOALIE RATINGS DECREASED

  • Cory Schneider – G, 88, NJD
  • Cam Talbot – G, 83, EDM
  • Petr Mrazek – G, 82, PHI
  • Scott Darling – G, 80, CAR
  • Al Montoya – G, 80, EDM
  • Louis Domingue – G, 75, TBL
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