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Roster · 2011-12

Every Sabre, by the numbers

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.

R99Jason Pominville82 GP · 1613 min+3.25WARC86Cody Hodgson83 GP · 1147 min+2.10WARR82Tyler Ennis48 GP · 776 min+1.88WARL68Ville Leino71 GP · 1131 min+1.14WARC62Derek Roy80 GP · 1546 min+0.88WARR57Drew Stafford80 GP · 1412 min+0.73WARL56Thomas Vanek78 GP · 1321 min+0.69WARR51Patrick Kaleta63 GP · 829 min+0.56WARR50Brad Boyes65 GP · 856 min+0.51WARC42Luke Adam52 GP · 645 min+0.27WARC39Paul Gaustad70 GP · 1034 min+0.22WARC34Jochen Hecht22 GP · 370 min+0.11WARC24Nathan Gerbe62 GP · 881 min-0.02WARR21Zack Kassian44 GP · 497 min-0.09WARR16Corey Tropp34 GP · 343 min-0.17WARL10Matt Ellis60 GP · 583 min-0.34WARC5Cody McCormick50 GP · 392 min-0.50WARL—Marcus Foligno14 GP · 221 min+0.69WARC—Travis Turnbull3 GP · 15 min+0.20WARL—Derek Whitmore2 GP · 25 min+0.02WARL—Colin Stuart2 GP · 12 min+0.00WARC—Paul Szczechura9 GP · 103 min-0.11WAR
Defense · 11

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D93Jordan Leopold79 GP · 1767 min+1.49WARD79Andrej Sekera69 GP · 1353 min+0.89WARD66Christian Ehrhoff66 GP · 1522 min+0.59WARD51Tyler Myers55 GP · 1237 min+0.35WARD51Alexander Sulzer27 GP · 481 min+0.35WARD47Brayden McNabb25 GP · 446 min+0.26WARD46Marc-Andre Gragnani58 GP · 936 min+0.24WARD41Mike Weber51 GP · 947 min+0.17WARD15Robyn Regehr76 GP · 1416 min-0.17WARD—TJ Brennan11 GP · 155 min+0.02WARD—Joe Finley5 GP · 39 min-0.05WAR
Goaltenders · 3

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

G88Ryan Miller61 GP · 3536 min+4.46WARG58Jhonas Enroth26 GP · 1399 min+1.56WARG—Drew MacIntyre2 GP · 44 min-0.02WAR

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