Yesterday EA announced on their forums that they have dropped an update for NHL 08 that included an updated roster package and an online boost, upping the player count from 6 players (3v3) to 12 (6v6). While the online mode upgrade is much appreciated, to what is probably the best simulation sports game of 2007, it would help if the mode worked properly.
The original Team Play mode (3v3) was plagued with connection issues and according to the official NHL 08 forums the March 18 update has brought those problems back with a vengeance. While we wait for the issues to be corrected, a list of roster changes can be found after the jump.
[Thanks, Murph]
| Player Rating UP | ovr | new ovr |
| Corey perry | 84 | 85 |
| Marc Savard | 84 | 86 |
| Derek Roy | 78 | 80 |
| Dion Phaneuf | 85 | 87 |
| Patrick Kane | 78 | 82 |
| Jonathan Toews | 79 | 84 |
| Paul Stastny | 80 | 84 |
| Nik Zherdev | 79 | 80 |
| Pascal Leclaire | 81 | 87 |
| Mike Ribeiro | 79 | 84 |
| Sam Gagner | 73 | 79 |
| Dustin Brown | 80 | 82 |
| Marian Gaborik | 87 | 88 |
| Alexei Kovalev | 82 | 84 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 78 | 82 |
| Andre Markov | 81 | 84 |
| Martin Erat | 79 | 81 |
| Alex Radulov | 79 | 81 |
| Zach Parise | 81 | 82 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 90 | 92 |
| Mike Richards | 76 | 82 |
| RJ umberger | 75 | 79 |
| Jeff Carter | 75 | 76 |
| Peter Mueller | 74 | 79 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 85 | 91 |
| Paul Ranger | 76 | 79 |
| Nik Antropov | 78 | 80 |
| Ryan Kesler | 79 | 83 |
| Alexander Edler | 72 | 78 |
| Alexander Ovechkin | 91 | 93 |
| Tim Thomas | 80 | 84 |
| Jose Theodore | 79 | 84 |
| Mike Smith | 78 | 78 |
| Mathieu Garon | 81 | 84 |
| Ty Conklin | 76 | 82 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 83 | 85 |
| Tobias Enstrom | 72 | 75 |
| Patrick Sharp | 77 | 81 |
| Duncan Keith | 78 | 81 |
| Alex Burrows | 74 | 76 |
| Radim Vrbata | 76 | 81 |
| Carey Price | 76 | 84 |
| Andrew Cogliano | 73 | 77 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | 75 | 80 |
| Player Rating Down | ovr | new ovr |
| Vlachslov Kozlov | 86 | 82 |
| Michael Handzus | 86 | 82 |
| Saku Koivu | 88 | 86 |
| Sergei Brylin | 84 | 82 |
| Mark Recchi | 86 | 81 |
| Doug Weight | 85 | 82 |
| Patrick Marleau | 90 | 89 |
| Darcy Tucker | 85 | 80 |
| Jason Blake | 82 | 79 |
| Bryan McCabe | 85 | 82 |
| Dwyane Roloson | 89 | 84 |
| Ray Emery | 86 | 84 |
| Bobby Holik | 85 | 84 |
| Robyn Regehr | 86 | 85 |
