Roster · 2016-17 · Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames, by the numbers

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Calgary Flames

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 · 18

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

L98Johnny Gaudreau72 GP · 1331 min+2.16WAR

C88Sean Monahan82 GP · 1441 min+1.59WAR

L87Matthew Tkachuk76 GP · 1114 min+1.54WAR

C79Mikael Backlund81 GP · 1426 min+1.25WAR

R69Michael Frolik82 GP · 1401 min+1.06WAR

C55Sam Bennett81 GP · 1214 min+0.76WAR

L53Micheal Ferland76 GP · 879 min+0.71WAR

R45Kris Versteeg69 GP · 1016 min+0.51WAR

R40Troy Brouwer74 GP · 1201 min+0.42WAR

R37Alex Chiasson81 GP · 1085 min+0.37WAR

L22Lance Bouma61 GP · 692 min+0.16WAR

C18Matt Stajan81 GP · 1027 min+0.12WAR

C14Curtis Lazar37 GP · 338 min+0.09WAR

C9Freddie Hamilton26 GP · 254 min+0.04WAR

R—Garnet Hathaway26 GP · 238 min+0.05WAR

C—Hunter Shinkaruk7 GP · 74 min+0.01WAR

R—Linden Vey4 GP · 44 min+0.00WAR

L—Mark Jankowski1 GP · 10 min+0.00WAR

Defense · 12

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D95Mark Giordano81 GP · 1910 min+1.67WAR

D91Dougie Hamilton81 GP · 1594 min+1.43WAR

D83TJ Brodie82 GP · 1934 min+1.13WAR

D79Dennis Wideman57 GP · 1153 min+0.99WAR

D17Brett Kulak21 GP · 299 min+0.03WAR

D15Matt Bartkowski24 GP · 369 min+0.02WAR

D15Jyrki Jokipakka41 GP · 591 min+0.01WAR

D3Deryk Engelland81 GP · 1485 min-0.18WAR

D2Michael Stone64 GP · 1268 min-0.33WAR

D—Rasmus Andersson1 GP · 19 min+0.00WAR

D—Tyler Wotherspoon4 GP · 44 min+0.00WAR

D—Nicklas Grossmann3 GP · 39 min-0.01WAR

Goaltenders · 4

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

G62Brian Elliott49 GP · 2824 min+2.73WAR

G61Chad Johnson36 GP · 2013 min+2.72WAR

G26Jon Gillies1 GP · 60 min+0.30WAR

G—David Rittich1 GP · 20 min+0.06WAR

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