Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's.. Atlas! - Rick Stewart
With the Buffalo Sabres hitting the quarter-season mark after the thrilling win away to the Islanders on Saturday night, we make our projections for how the players could end up, theoretically.
Some things are very real so far this season. The Buffalo Sabres are not very good. Thomas Vanek is insane. Ryan Miller started slow but is headed in that direction. The Sabres as a whole have defended poorly. Here's the Sabres' stats so far. (Note: this post does not include last night's game against Boston.)
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 26 | L | 11 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 24.4 | |
| 29 | R | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 16.7 | |
| 19 | C | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 15.2 | |
| 63 | C | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | |
| 82 | L | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| 9 | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| 10 | D | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| 3 | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| 52 | D | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 37.5 | |
| 21 | R | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 55 | C | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 44 | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| 25 | C | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| 6 | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 24 | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 27 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 57 | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| 8 | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 36 | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 42 | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 32 | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 33 | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Here's what the raw predictions say, what do you guys think?
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 26 | L | 44 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 24.4 | |
| 29 | R | 48 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 16.7 | |
| 19 | C | 48 | 20 | 28 | 48 | -8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 15.2 | |
| 63 | C | 48 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 12.1 | |
| 82 | L | 48 | 4 | 24 | 28 | -16 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 5.3 | |
| 9 | C | 48 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 11.1 | |
| 10 | D | 44 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4.3 | |
| 3 | D | 48 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5.6 | |
| 52 | D | 44 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 37.5 | |
| 21 | R | 48 | 0 | 16 | 16 | -28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | |
| 55 | C | 48 | 0 | 12 | 12 | -4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |
| 44 | D | 36 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11.1 | |
| 25 | C | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 | |
| 6 | D | 28 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 24 | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 27 | D | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 57 | D | 44 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -36 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 10 | |
| 8 | C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | L | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 36 | R | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 42 | L | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 32 | L | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 33 | D | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
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