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Roster · 2014-15

Every Sabre, by the numbers

Season2014-15

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.

R56Brian Gionta69 GP · 1246 min+0.72WARC30Cody Hodgson78 GP · 1002 min+0.30WARL30Matt Moulson77 GP · 1362 min+0.29WARC28Torrey Mitchell65 GP · 923 min+0.27WARL27Johan Larsson39 GP · 566 min+0.24WARR19Patrick Kaleta42 GP · 372 min+0.14WARC17Mikhail Grigorenko25 GP · 379 min+0.12WARC15Zemgus Girgensons61 GP · 1164 min+0.10WARL11Marcus Foligno57 GP · 925 min+0.06WARR10Tyler Ennis78 GP · 1491 min+0.05WARC9Brian Flynn63 GP · 940 min+0.04WARC9Cody McCormick33 GP · 387 min+0.04WARL7Matt Ellis39 GP · 325 min+0.03WARC6Phil Varone28 GP · 377 min+0.02WARR3Drew Stafford76 GP · 1254 min-0.06WARR0Chris Stewart81 GP · 1286 min-0.40WARL0Nicolas Deslauriers82 GP · 974 min-0.67WARL—Tim Schaller18 GP · 204 min+0.02WARR—Jerry D'Amigo9 GP · 88 min+0.02WARC—Zac Dalpe21 GP · 195 min+0.01WARC—Sam Reinhart9 GP · 93 min+0.01WARR—Joel Armia1 GP · 15 min+0.00WAR
Defense · 12

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D23Zach Bogosian62 GP · 1467 min+0.12WARD9Tyson Strachan46 GP · 873 min-0.03WARD6Andrej Meszaros60 GP · 1075 min-0.16WARD3Andre Benoit59 GP · 1071 min-0.23WARD3Mike Weber64 GP · 1200 min-0.32WARD2Nikita Zadorov60 GP · 1063 min-0.35WARD1Josh Gorges46 GP · 1029 min-0.41WARD0Rasmus Ristolainen78 GP · 1608 min-0.83WARD0Tyler Myers71 GP · 1749 min-0.90WARD—Mark Pysyk7 GP · 127 min+0.01WARD—Chad Ruhwedel4 GP · 50 min+0.00WARD—Jake McCabe2 GP · 22 min+0.00WAR
Goaltenders · 5

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

G77Michal Neuvirth32 GP · 1850 min+3.23WARG44Jhonas Enroth50 GP · 2834 min+0.90WARG31Andrey Makarov1 GP · 60 min+0.27WARG16Anders Lindback26 GP · 1408 min-0.07WARG15Matt Hackett5 GP · 250 min-0.09WAR

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