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Roster · 2011-12

Every Sabre, by the numbers

TeamBuffalo Sabres
Season2011-12

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 · 22

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

R92Jason Pominville82 GP · 1613 min+1.92WARR84Drew Stafford80 GP · 1412 min+1.40WARC80Cody Hodgson83 GP · 1147 min+1.30WARC78Derek Roy80 GP · 1546 min+1.20WARL78Ville Leino71 GP · 1131 min+1.20WARL63Thomas Vanek78 GP · 1321 min+0.86WARR56Tyler Ennis48 GP · 776 min+0.72WARR52Brad Boyes65 GP · 856 min+0.62WARR48Patrick Kaleta63 GP · 829 min+0.57WARC45Nathan Gerbe62 GP · 881 min+0.51WARC35Luke Adam52 GP · 645 min+0.33WARC32Paul Gaustad70 GP · 1034 min+0.29WARL22Matt Ellis60 GP · 583 min+0.16WARR21Zack Kassian44 GP · 497 min+0.14WARR10Corey Tropp34 GP · 343 min+0.07WARC10Cody McCormick50 GP · 392 min+0.07WARC5Jochen Hecht22 GP · 370 min+0.03WARL—Marcus Foligno14 GP · 221 min+0.09WARC—Paul Szczechura9 GP · 103 min+0.00WARC—Travis Turnbull3 GP · 15 min+0.00WARL—Derek Whitmore2 GP · 25 min+0.00WARL—Colin Stuart2 GP · 12 min-0.00WAR
Defense · 11

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D82Andrej Sekera69 GP · 1353 min+1.11WARD80Christian Ehrhoff66 GP · 1522 min+1.07WARD70Jordan Leopold79 GP · 1767 min+0.83WARD54Marc-Andre Gragnani58 GP · 936 min+0.54WARD46Mike Weber51 GP · 947 min+0.46WARD31Tyler Myers55 GP · 1237 min+0.25WARD26Alexander Sulzer27 GP · 481 min+0.21WARD24Brayden McNabb25 GP · 446 min+0.20WARD21Robyn Regehr76 GP · 1416 min+0.16WARD—TJ Brennan11 GP · 155 min+0.02WARD—Joe Finley5 GP · 39 min+0.00WAR
Goaltenders · 3

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

G88Ryan Miller61 GP · 3536 min+4.23WARG58Jhonas Enroth26 GP · 1399 min+1.45WARG—Drew MacIntyre2 GP · 44 min-0.03WAR

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