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Roster ratings · 2016-17

Who has actually been good

Season2016-17

Every Sabre rated out of 100 against NHL players at his own position. Wins above replacement sits beside each rating, and the bars show where the number comes from — sort by any situation to see who is driving the power play or holding up defensively.

90+Elite75+Top of the roster60+Middle of the roster40+Everyday NHLer20+Depth0+Below replacement
Focus
Roster total14.5wins above replacement across 38 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Anders NilssonG74261484Situation split+3.44
2Robin LehnerG55593406Situation split+2.48
3Ryan O'ReillyC93721545Situation split+2.43
4Evander KaneL79701344Situation split+1.44
5Jack EichelC77611215Situation split+1.34
6Marcus FolignoL72801238Situation split+1.19
7Kyle OkposoR69651233Situation split+1.07
8Matt MoulsonL6181940Situation split+0.85
9Brian GiontaR60821362Situation split+0.84
10Zemgus GirgensonsC4575987Situation split+0.48
11Evan RodriguesC4530388Situation split+0.47
12Sam ReinhartC40791360Situation split+0.39
13Jake McCabeD57761574Situation split+0.37
14William CarrierL3941369Situation split+0.37
15Cody FransonD55681257Situation split+0.33
16Justin BaileyR3432340Situation split+0.25
17Nick BaptisteR—14129Situation split+0.20
18Johan LarssonL3036607Situation split+0.18
19Linus UllmarkG—159Situation split+0.11
20Zach BogosianD39561125Situation split+0.08
21Cal O'ReillyC—1187Situation split+0.02
22Erik BurgdoerferD—222Situation split-0.00
23Brendan GuhleD—349Situation split-0.02
24Cole SchneiderL—429Situation split-0.03
25C.J. SmithL—223Situation split-0.04
26Sean MaloneC—112Situation split-0.04
27Alex NylanderL—449Situation split-0.04
28Dmitry KulikovD23471029Situation split-0.09
29Casey NelsonD—11139Situation split-0.10
30Brady AustinD—581Situation split-0.10
31Hudson FaschingR—10104Situation split-0.14
32Josh GorgesD17661218Situation split-0.19
33Justin FalkD1152712Situation split-0.31
34Tyler EnnisR1051655Situation split-0.32
35Taylor FedunD1127361Situation split-0.32
36Nicolas DeslauriersL842312Situation split-0.41
37Rasmus RistolainenD2792091Situation split-0.76
38Derek GrantC146449Situation split-0.96
Situation split
Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

A rating is a player's percentile among NHL players at his position — defensemen are ranked against defensemen, not against forwards, so a 70 means different things for a winger and a blueliner in raw wins. It is measured from wins above replacement, which converts on-ice and individual contributions into wins beyond what a freely available replacement would provide. Bars are drawn on a shared scale, so they are comparable down the column. How this is calculated