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Roster · 2026-27

Every Sabre, by the numbers

Season2026-27

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 26

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

R—Jack Quinn6 GP · 118 min+0.16WARC—Tage Thompson6 GP · 117 min+0.09WARC—Konsta Helenius5 GP · 71 min+0.08WARC—Jiri Kulich5 GP · 62 min+0.00WARC—Ryan McLeod6 GP · 91 min-0.00WARR—Justin Danforth3 GP · 30 min-0.00WARC—Tyson Kozak2 GP · 18 min-0.00WARC—Sam Carrick3 GP · 24 min-0.01WARC—Noah Ostlund6 GP · 109 min-0.02WARR—Josh Doan6 GP · 96 min-0.06WARL—Beck Malenstyn6 GP · 57 min-0.06WARC—Josh Norris6 GP · 92 min-0.19WARC—Peyton Krebs6 GP · 88 min-0.22WARL—Zach Benson6 GP · 117 min-0.41WARL—Aidan McDonoughYet to play—WARR—Carson MeyerYet to play—WARL—Conor ShearyYet to play—WARR—Jake RichardYet to play—WARR—Jason PolinYet to play—WARL—Jason ZuckerYet to play—WARL—Mason GeertsenYet to play—WARC—Matteo CostantiniYet to play—WARL—Prokhor PoltapovYet to play—WARC—Riley Fiddler-SchultzYet to play—WARC—Trevor KuntarYet to play—WARR—Zac FunkYet to play—WAR
Defense · 15

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D—Owen Power6 GP · 157 min+0.18WARD—Mattias Samuelsson6 GP · 128 min+0.12WARD—Rasmus Dahlin6 GP · 142 min+0.10WARD—Matt Grzelcyk1 GP · 15 min0.00WARD—Zach Metsa6 GP · 74 min-0.01WARD—Louis Crevier6 GP · 91 min-0.03WARD—Olen Zellweger5 GP · 87 min-0.15WARD—Conor TimminsYet to play—WARD—Dennis GilbertYet to play—WARD—Gavin McCarthyYet to play—WARD—Jack RathboneYet to play—WARD—Maxim StrbakYet to play—WARD—Radim MrtkaYet to play—WARD—Ryan JohnsonYet to play—WARD—Vsevolod KomarovYet to play—WAR
Goaltenders · 6

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G57Colten Ellis3 GP · 150 min+0.89WARG34Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen4 GP · 213 min+0.51WARG—Alex LyonYet to play—WARG—Matt VillaltaYet to play—WARG—Scott RatzlaffYet to play—WARG—Topias LeinonenYet to play—WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated