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JeffR · 06-27-2017, 04:03 AM

The primary power forward rating requirements are Strength, Bravery, Aggression, Screening, and Balance. Basically, the farther the player's ratings are above a baseline number in each attribute (it varies between 12-16 pro-rated to league level, IIRC), the better he'll be at playing that role.

Lowry fits well mainly because his aggression rating is so high - he's one of those cases where it's a little tough for me to rate that category over the length of his career because his PIM in the first half of his career are about three times as high per game as they were at the end. He did actually project as a power forward coming into the league - decent size for the mid-80's and big junior and AHL/IHL scoring numbers -0 - but didn't produce enough offensively to do that at an NHL level (other than in the Panthers run to the finals), so he wound up in a checking role as his career went on. I'll have a look at his ratings in the database, I think I do need to tone down that aggressiveness a bit, and maybe some of his offensive skills as well.

06-27-2017, 04:03 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,429	The primary power forward rating requirements are Strength, Bravery, Aggression, Screening, and Balance. Basically, the farther the player's ratings are above a baseline number in each attribute (it varies between 12-16 pro-rated to league level, IIRC), the better he'll be at playing that role. Lowry fits well mainly because his aggression rating is so high - he's one of those cases where it's a little tough for me to rate that category over the length of his career because his PIM in the first half of his career are about three times as high per game as they were at the end. He did actually project as a power forward coming into the league - decent size for the mid-80's and big junior and AHL/IHL scoring numbers -0 - but didn't produce enough offensively to do that at an NHL level (other than in the Panthers run to the finals), so he wound up in a checking role as his career went on. I'll have a look at his ratings in the database, I think I do need to tone down that aggressiveness a bit, and maybe some of his offensive skills as well.