At the end of each season, PensBurgh does a terrific in-depth evaluation of each prominent Penguin. For yours truly, one of the most fascinating features is a set of charts that display a player’s WAR, short for Wins Above Replacement.
WAR is a stat you may be familiar with from baseball. In the simplest of terms, it measures a player’s contributions (or wins) for his team, while at the same time providing a method of comparing a player to his peers based on position and role, which in hockey is determined by TOI.
You’ll notice in the following table that in some cases, a player’s role doesn’t necessarily line up with the way he’s actually used.