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algon3 · 12-04-2015, 01:44 PM

I'm playing my first season as an OHL manager. The OHL priority selection draft players (which is made up of 15 and 16 year-olds) were announced and they include only a handful of 5-star guys, a small number of 3-4 star guys and then everyone else is 2-star or less.

Even after scouting a sizeable number of the draft eligible players to "a" status, there are only a few players with ratings higher than 3-star. To me, this means that only about the first 10 picks of the 1st round of the draft will have any meaning since all of the other picks will be 2-star or lower players. This leads me to believe that in the long run (after several seasons) there won't be very many top rated players left in the league.

Unless... do the potential ratings change over time as players age and progress (similar to the actual ratings)? And, if so, does this make drafting in the junior leagues (OHL, WHL, QMJHL) nothing more than pure luck?

12-04-2015, 01:44 PM	#1
algon3 Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Do potential ratings change? I'm playing my first season as an OHL manager. The OHL priority selection draft players (which is made up of 15 and 16 year-olds) were announced and they include only a handful of 5-star guys, a small number of 3-4 star guys and then everyone else is 2-star or less. Even after scouting a sizeable number of the draft eligible players to "a" status, there are only a few players with ratings higher than 3-star. To me, this means that only about the first 10 picks of the 1st round of the draft will have any meaning since all of the other picks will be 2-star or lower players. This leads me to believe that in the long run (after several seasons) there won't be very many top rated players left in the league. Unless... do the potential ratings change over time as players age and progress (similar to the actual ratings)? And, if so, does this make drafting in the junior leagues (OHL, WHL, QMJHL) nothing more than pure luck?