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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.

R61Tyler Ennis78 GP · 1491 min+0.90WARR53Brian Gionta69 GP · 1246 min+0.62WARR52Drew Stafford76 GP · 1254 min+0.59WARC49Zemgus Girgensons61 GP · 1164 min+0.55WARL49Johan Larsson39 GP · 566 min+0.55WARL42Marcus Foligno57 GP · 925 min+0.39WARC34Torrey Mitchell65 GP · 923 min+0.21WARC33Mikhail Grigorenko25 GP · 379 min+0.18WARC24Phil Varone28 GP · 377 min-0.00WARR23Patrick Kaleta42 GP · 372 min-0.03WARL20Matt Ellis39 GP · 325 min-0.10WARC19Cody McCormick33 GP · 387 min-0.14WARC16Brian Flynn63 GP · 940 min-0.19WARC6Cody Hodgson78 GP · 1002 min-0.48WARL3Matt Moulson77 GP · 1362 min-0.58WARL1Nicolas Deslauriers82 GP · 974 min-0.89WARR0Chris Stewart81 GP · 1286 min-0.90WARR—Joel Armia1 GP · 15 min+0.00WARL—Tim Schaller18 GP · 204 min-0.02WARC—Sam Reinhart9 GP · 93 min-0.02WARR—Jerry D'Amigo9 GP · 88 min-0.08WARC—Zac Dalpe21 GP · 195 min-0.13WAR
Defense · 12

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D28Andrej Meszaros60 GP · 1075 min-0.04WARD11Tyson Strachan46 GP · 873 min-0.34WARD4Rasmus Ristolainen78 GP · 1608 min-0.62WARD4Andre Benoit59 GP · 1071 min-0.63WARD3Mike Weber64 GP · 1200 min-0.69WARD3Nikita Zadorov60 GP · 1063 min-0.74WARD2Josh Gorges46 GP · 1029 min-0.79WARD2Zach Bogosian62 GP · 1467 min-0.89WARD0Tyler Myers71 GP · 1749 min-1.38WARD—Mark Pysyk7 GP · 127 min+0.25WARD—Chad Ruhwedel4 GP · 50 min-0.01WARD—Jake McCabe2 GP · 22 min-0.02WAR
Goaltenders · 5

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

G76Michal Neuvirth32 GP · 1850 min+3.34WARG44Jhonas Enroth50 GP · 2834 min+1.04WARG31Andrey Makarov1 GP · 60 min+0.28WARG17Anders Lindback26 GP · 1408 min-0.00WARG14Matt Hackett5 GP · 250 min-0.08WAR

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