Sabres players by record

by David Oleksy on Jul 11, 2008 2:56 PM EDT

I did a post the other day about the Sabres roster as it is currently constructed and I received a response at the NHL Arena message board.

Also, I think I would sub out MacArthur for Peters because Peters really gets in the team's face and we need more of that grittiness. When I used to be on the official Sabres board someone posted a thread that showed an interesting pattern - whenever Peters was starting we seemed to win more games than when he was not because he agitates the other team. I don't know about MacArthur, I just don't like how he plays and I've never seen anything special from him.

The statement above had me thinking about how accurate it was and whether or not the Sabres do play better with Peters in the lineup. You will be stunned by the results of my investigation.

Player	Record	Points	Percent of Possible Points
Teppo Numminen	1-0-0	2	100%
Mike Funk	3-1-0	6	75%
Mike Weber	10-5-1	21	65.63%
Andrew Peters	22-14-8	52	59.09%
Nolan Pratt	27-18-9	63	58.33%
Patrick Kaleta	19-13-8	46	57.5%
Jaroslav Spacek	29-21-10	68	56.67%
Henrik Tallinder	35-26-10	80	56.34%
Ales Kotalik	39-29-12	90	56.25%
Jochen Hecht	36-27-11	83	56.08%
Steve Bernier	9-7-1	19	55.88%
Derek Roy	39-30-9	87	55.77%
Michael Ryan	22-17-7	51	55.43%
Clarke MacArthur	17-13-7	41	55.41%
Daniel Paille	37-29-11	85	55.19%
Paul Gaustad	39-31-12	90	54.88%
Thomas Vanek	39-31-12	90	54.88%
Toni Lydman	39-31-12	90	54.88%
Jason Pominville	39-31-12	90	54.88%
Brian Campbell	30-24-9	69	54.76%
Adam Mair	33-27-12	78	54.17%
Max Afinogenov	27-23-6	60	53.57%
Andrej Sekera	17-15-4	38	52.78%
Drew Stafford	29-27-8	66	51.56%
Tim Connolly	21-20-7	49	51.04%
Nathan Paetsch	26-26-7	59	50%
Dmitri Kalinin	18-18-10	46	50%
Marc-Andre Gragnani	0-1-1	1	25%

Now don't read too much into this because it isn't exactly rocket science. It's simply a guide to the Sabres record while each individual player is in the lineup. Do I think that Andrew Peters being the lineup helps the Sabres more than Tim Connolly being in the lineup? Absolutely not, but maybe it's not as bad as I make it out to be when Peters is in the lineup. I still don't think it helps the Sabres to have Peters in the lineup but it certainly doesn't hurt the team either.

I'm not surprised that Kalinin and Paetsch were so far down the list but I was a little surprised to see Tim Connolly, Drew Stafford and Adam Mair near the bottom. How about you, what are your thoughts on this chart.

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