I know, from my records, that raise has nothing to do with the rate of the player or the difficulty of the match. Older players have a range of raise (depends if they were market players, nordgens, sccouters ) and it depends from roll dice, not if you're playing a semi-final in Cup or with a bot team from your league. The raise is less in friendly games and I notice last season in my final at CH.L. (won in penalties) that my players gaine more raise because of the extra time.