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Merica · 09-06-2016, 07:38 AM

Quote:Originally posted by JayWhy@Sep 6 2016, 06:18 AM

I'm the simmer, I will usually have a bit of a better grasp than most others on this. Yes, strength is the most important attribute. It basically is all about puck possession.

Now that doesn't mean that points elsewhere don't matter. If you're solely defensive minded, putting points into defense and puck handling is great for shot blocks and positioning. It's not that you NEED high strength to be super successful in everything, it's that it's the attribute that will most help you be that successful in all three areas of the ice.

What strength does is: It gives you the ability to maintain control through hits. The most common way to have a giveaway is through being hit, and most common way to have a takeaway is through hitting somebody. Strength makes it less likely for you to lose the puck when you get hit, and it doesn't affect the decision-making formula in the same way Skating, Passing, Scoring, Puck Handling and Defense do. It makes it the only attribute that is solely around controlling the puck and doesn't affect the way your player plays.

The thing most people have to realize is, TPE is not the be all end all. It never would be in any system. It's how you use it. That's why we made everything change to where you have to determine which attributes you find most important. So just because someone has more TPE than you, doesn't mean they'll do better. If they're playing more minutes, they're more likely to be out there for a goal. If they have weaker defense than the person they're against has scoring/skating/passing, they'll likely be giving up some points to them. It's not that it's a perfect system, by far it is not, but it's a system where you need an understanding and a complete player to be successful, not just "here's TPE, I win."

As for goalies, as somebody who builds them primarily, yes it does take until around 800 TPE to be a really good goaltender who is capable of being a full-time starter in the league. It's not impossible, sometimes you can be lucky with someone below 800, but that's around the threshold for a really good goalie. It's just the way the scale works and the fact that goalies will perpetually be behind all the skaters in terms of skill/ability.

Where do you value endurance?

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