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Roster · 2016-17

Every Sabre, by the numbers

Season2016-17

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 · 23

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

C93Ryan O'Reilly72 GP · 1545 min+2.43WARL79Evander Kane70 GP · 1344 min+1.44WARC77Jack Eichel61 GP · 1215 min+1.34WARL72Marcus Foligno80 GP · 1238 min+1.19WARR69Kyle Okposo65 GP · 1233 min+1.07WARL61Matt Moulson81 GP · 940 min+0.85WARR60Brian Gionta82 GP · 1362 min+0.84WARC45Zemgus Girgensons75 GP · 987 min+0.48WARC45Evan Rodrigues30 GP · 388 min+0.47WARC40Sam Reinhart79 GP · 1360 min+0.39WARL39William Carrier41 GP · 369 min+0.37WARR34Justin Bailey32 GP · 340 min+0.25WARL30Johan Larsson36 GP · 607 min+0.18WARR10Tyler Ennis51 GP · 655 min-0.32WARL8Nicolas Deslauriers42 GP · 312 min-0.41WARC1Derek Grant46 GP · 449 min-0.96WARR—Nick Baptiste14 GP · 129 min+0.20WARC—Cal O'Reilly11 GP · 87 min+0.02WARL—Cole Schneider4 GP · 29 min-0.03WARL—C.J. Smith2 GP · 23 min-0.04WARC—Sean Malone1 GP · 12 min-0.04WARL—Alex Nylander4 GP · 49 min-0.04WARR—Hudson Fasching10 GP · 104 min-0.14WAR
Defense · 12

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D57Jake McCabe76 GP · 1574 min+0.37WARD55Cody Franson68 GP · 1257 min+0.33WARD39Zach Bogosian56 GP · 1125 min+0.08WARD23Dmitry Kulikov47 GP · 1029 min-0.09WARD17Josh Gorges66 GP · 1218 min-0.19WARD11Justin Falk52 GP · 712 min-0.31WARD11Taylor Fedun27 GP · 361 min-0.32WARD2Rasmus Ristolainen79 GP · 2091 min-0.76WARD—Erik Burgdoerfer2 GP · 22 min-0.00WARD—Brendan Guhle3 GP · 49 min-0.02WARD—Casey Nelson11 GP · 139 min-0.10WARD—Brady Austin5 GP · 81 min-0.10WAR
Goaltenders · 3

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

G74Anders Nilsson26 GP · 1484 min+3.44WARG55Robin Lehner59 GP · 3406 min+2.48WARG—Linus Ullmark1 GP · 59 min+0.11WAR

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