Roster ratings · 2016-17 · Colorado Avalanche

Who has actually been good

TeamColorado Avalanche
Season2016-17

Every Colorado Avalanche player 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 total10.2wins above replacement across 37 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Nathan MacKinnonC76821635Situation split+1.22
2Gabriel LandeskogL73721352Situation split+1.16
3Matt DucheneC70771409Situation split+1.10
4Blake ComeauL65771153Situation split+0.95
5Tyson BarrieD73741725Situation split+0.87
6Erik JohnsonD69461016Situation split+0.81
7Matt NietoL5759881Situation split+0.79
8Jarome IginlaR55801210Situation split+0.76
9Mikko RantanenR51751353Situation split+0.65
10Mark BarberioD57601096Situation split+0.62
11Fedor TyutinD49691307Situation split+0.45
12Sven AndrighettoR4146643Situation split+0.44
13John MitchellC3465816Situation split+0.33
14Mikhail GrigorenkoC33751057Situation split+0.31
15Rene BourqueR3065906Situation split+0.26
16Calvin PickardG25502800Situation split+0.22
17Joe ColborneC2862663Situation split+0.22
18Patrick WierciochD3157950Situation split+0.19
19Francois BeaucheminD28811743Situation split+0.16
20J.T. CompherL1821314Situation split+0.13
21Ben SmithR1740459Situation split+0.11
22Anton LindholmD—12177Situation split+0.02
23Tyson JostC—694Situation split+0.01
24Rocco GrimaldiR—444Situation split+0.00
25Gabriel BourqueL—667Situation split+0.00
26A.J. GreerL—568Situation split+0.00
27Samuel HenleyC—15Situation split+0.00
28Duncan SiemensD—337Situation split-0.00
29Eric GelinasD1027313Situation split-0.03
30Cody McLeodL459423Situation split-0.04
31Nikita ZadorovD9561066Situation split-0.04
32Cody GoloubefD833561Situation split-0.04
33Carl SoderbergC3801076Situation split-0.08
34Andreas MartinsenL264637Situation split-0.11
35Jeremy SmithG1510543Situation split-0.25
36Spencer MartinG83179Situation split-0.49
37Semyon VarlamovG6241348Situation split-0.50
Situation split
Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defensePenalties (drawn minus taken)Finishing (goals above expected)

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