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Roster · 2010-11

Every Sabre, by the numbers

TeamBuffalo Sabres
Season2010-11

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 · 20

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

R90Jason Pominville73 GP · 1324 min+1.61WARL86Thomas Vanek80 GP · 1388 min+1.46WARR75Drew Stafford62 GP · 1025 min+1.11WARR74Brad Boyes83 GP · 1411 min+1.08WARR72Tyler Ennis82 GP · 1285 min+1.03WARC71Nathan Gerbe64 GP · 853 min+1.02WARC67Tim Connolly68 GP · 1149 min+0.92WARC62Paul Gaustad81 GP · 1226 min+0.79WARC62Jochen Hecht67 GP · 1144 min+0.79WARC41Derek Roy35 GP · 683 min+0.42WARR32Patrick Kaleta51 GP · 520 min+0.29WARC29Cody McCormick81 GP · 887 min+0.25WARR28Mike Grier73 GP · 1051 min+0.24WARC9Rob Niedermayer71 GP · 906 min+0.03WARR6Mark Mancari20 GP · 246 min-0.01WARC—Luke Adam19 GP · 213 min+0.04WARL—Paul Byron8 GP · 88 min+0.02WARL—Matt Ellis14 GP · 141 min+0.00WARR—Mark Parrish2 GP · 24 min+0.00WARL—Colin Stuart3 GP · 40 min-0.00WAR
Defense · 9

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D95Andrej Sekera76 GP · 1602 min+1.68WARD89Tyler Myers80 GP · 1797 min+1.50WARD57Steve Montador73 GP · 1440 min+0.51WARD52Jordan Leopold71 GP · 1656 min+0.43WARD48Chris Butler49 GP · 890 min+0.38WARD38Mike Weber58 GP · 980 min+0.22WARD31Craig Rivet37 GP · 543 min+0.15WARD24Shaone Morrisonn62 GP · 1003 min+0.10WARD—Marc-Andre Gragnani9 GP · 138 min+0.01WAR
Goaltenders · 3

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

G78Ryan Miller66 GP · 3829 min+4.27WARG32Jhonas Enroth14 GP · 769 min+0.90WARG20Patrick Lalime7 GP · 365 min+0.30WAR

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