I miss the days when older NHL games ranked players more accurately.
For example, an NHL tweener, or someone who was an additional forward or defenseman (or even the first call-up) would be ranked below 70, or low 70's (this is where young guys with potential would also be ranked). 3rd liners were ranked in the 70's, 2nd liners and their equivalents would be ranked in the high 70's / low 80's, elite players ranked in the mid-to-high 80's and superstars (like Jarome Iginla at the time) ranked in the low 90's. Higher than that would be reserved for generational talents like Gretzky or Lemieux.
Now, everyone is ranked within literally 5 points of each other, yet in real life, they'd never be that equal based on a variety of reasons including skill, consistency, injury proneness and so forth.
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