Sabres With Star Qualities

If you’re watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs, you’ve seen some of the league’s biggest stars step things up for their respective teams. Despite missing the playoffs, the Buffalo Sabres have players with star attributes compared to the rest of the NHL. Thanks to the work done for PuckLuck.com, we can identify these elite qualities in Sabres players and see who can help carry the team to any future playoff success.

At PuckLuck, players are measured based on 12 different attributes to help determine what type of player they are.

These categories are as follows:

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• Sniper
• Playmaker
• Volume Shooter
• Play-Driver
• Shutdown Defender
• Shot Blocker
• Hitter
• Enforcer
• Penalty Drawer
• Powerplay Specialist
• Penalty Kill Specialist
• Faceoff Specialist

The value of each of these categories varies based on opinion, but the model can identify who is elite among their peers doing a certain thing. PuckLuck puts a percentile rank on each attribute. To qualify as a “star” in a category, a player must rank in the 90th percentile or better at his position. In this case, all centers and wingers are grouped as forwards, and the defensemen are graded separately.

Snipers

99.5% – Bowen Byram

95.9% – Victor Olofsson