Who is the Greatest Buffalo Sabre All-Time Whose Last Name Started with "W"?

[Dingo44]

This is the last poll - there has never been a Sabre whose last name started with an X or Y and Alexei Zhitnik is the only Z to qualify (and he's one of my favorite Sabres of all time so that's fine).

I'm asking who is the best Sabre all-time whose last name started with the letter "W"? This is for their time with the Sabres, and I'm arbitrarily selecting a 75 game minimum as a Sabre.

Remember, this is all-time and includes every season since the beginning of the franchise - not just the recent ones.

Of course, I'll run through the rest of the alphabet up until the regular season starts.

Results so far:

A: Dave Andreychuk 91.2%
B: Danny Briere 73.1%
C: Brian Campbell 50.6%
D: Rasmus Dahlin 66.3%
E: Jack Eichel 48.1%
F: Mike Foligno 93.2%
G: Danny Gare 94.5%
H: Dominik Hasek 95.3%
I: No one qualified
J: Calle Johansson 51.3% (Honorable Mention - Rick Jeanneret)
K: Jerry Korab 71.9%
L: Pat LaFontaine 80.0%
M: Rick Martin 48.2%
N: Teppo Numminen 100.0%
O: Kyle Okposo 55.7%
P: Gilbert Perreault 98.5%
Q: Jack Quinn by default
R: Rene Robert 27.5%
S: Jim Schoenfeld 68.8%
T: Pierre Turgeon 60.7%
U: Linus Ullmark by default
V: Thomas Vanek 98.8%

Let the voting begin!

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[MOGlLNY]

Jason Woolley simply for the fact he traveled back in time 23 years

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Needs some love for legendary Sabre Christian Wolanin. He'll be on some Sabres trivia if not Halak or Klesla


and my next vote goes to the best goalie

 

[Zman5778]

Oh sweet jeebus this is a wretched letter.

Remember how with some letters there was no wrong answer?

There's no RIGHT answer with this one.

Gonna go with the underrated Weber......but I'm not happy about it.

 

[Beerz]

Am I misremembering my love for Rhett?

 

[Dingo44]

Jason Woolley simply for the fact he traveled back in time 23 years

Now it won't even let me edit it. Oh well - 1997 - 2003.

I loved Dixon Ward. As someone mentioned yesterday, that Ward - Peca - Varada line was epic.

 

[brian_griffin]

Darcy Wakaluk says "Hi" and realizes even he can't save this pool of mediocrity.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Woolley was the best player and had one of the best Sabres moments.

 

[Zman5778]

Now it won't even let me edit it. Oh well - 1997 - 2003.

I gotchu, fam.

 

[Zman5778]

Darcy Wakaluk says "Hi" and realizes even he can't save this pool of mediocrity.

Mediocrity might be too nice.

 

[Reddawg]

I loved Dixon Ward. As someone mentioned yesterday, that Ward - Peca - Varada line was epic.

Seconded, Dixon Ward was always one of my favorite Sabres from that era. He's my pick.

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Rhett Warrener is definitely my pick. He was just a fantastic addition to the Finals team. He played with a dirty edge - I remember a slight hook on Brett Hull during a faceoff when it was known that Hull was dealing with groin issues.

He also was traded for Mike Wilson, which meant that I never had to watch Wilson in a Sabres jersey again.

Wooley is a close second. Mike Wilson is dead last.

 

[SundherDome]

Mike Wilson, straight violence in his game

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Seconded, Dixon Ward was always one of my favorite Sabres from that era. He's my pick.

I remember Robitaille on Hockey Hotline. Ward had a bad game, and Robitaille was ripping into him, saying that Ward's only success was clinging on and riding Peca's success like Amtrak. Good times, good times.

Mike Wilson, straight violence in his game

In the same way that Oedipus used violence to gouge his own eyes out?

 

[Reddawg]

I remember Robitaille on Hockey Hotline. Ward had a bad game, and Robitaille was ripping into him, saying that Ward's only success was clinging on and riding Peca's success like Amtrak. Good times, good times.

Mike Robitaille probably yells at squirrels and small children too.

 

[VaporTrail]

Went with Ward because of the the W-P-V line....but very close call with Woolley and Warrener.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Wooley during the cup finals playoff run was stellar. I also was at a game where he got into a fight, believe it or not.

But I went with Rhett. He was a great physical blueliner, and some of the stories I've heard in the past few years make him sound like an excellent locker room guy. The prototype for Samuelsson.

 

[Bendium]

2A - Ward - Peca - Varada was a third line that put in so much effort per game that they managed 1st line production. I remember RJ calling Dixon "chicklets" because he kept losing teeth.

2B - Woolley. He was a great 3rd pairing offensive defenseman. But still, really better suited for 3rd pairing, which makes it hard to be the best W.

1 - Rhett Warrener - Caught a lot of those games on the radio those days and you always knew what was happening when RJ was yelling "Warrener in the corner!" Warrenner and McKee were the vicious, physical, defensive pairing every team feared when playing us. They were as essential to those playoff years and the cup run as any other part of the team. Would love a pair like that on todays team. The corners would be littered with broken forward bones and the blue paint would be cleared of all but blood drops and teeth.

 

[missingmika]

Needs some love for legendary Sabre Christian Wolanin. He'll be on some Sabres trivia if not Halak or Klesla


and my next vote goes to the best goalie

Don’t forget Jonsson-Fjallby.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Warrener. Ward is a close 2nd.

 

[dire wolf]

I'm going for Woolley based primarily on his 1999 playoff performance -- 15 pts in 21 games. Also, his 43 point season -- as a defenseman -- is about the same as Dixon's best seasons.

 

[hizzoner]

No votes for "Dumbo"? A lot of heart but a lot of mistakes with a young team.

 

[Chainshot]

Woolley and Warrener in a neck-and-neck race for me. I went with Rhett by a hair but that could change on a different day. Both were vital to the Hasek teams' success in the late '90's.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Thank you to @Dingo44 for all of the research and work he put into these polls, it was certainly a nice trip down memory lane, even for a more recent fan (circa co-captains era) like myself. I'm sure the older fans had a lot more memories and reminiscence from the votes.
Beautiful lists of lineups, oh yeah he played for the Sabres candidates, troll votes galore.

 

[Dingo44]

Thank you to @Dingo44 for all of the research and work he put into these polls, it was certainly a nice trip down memory lane, even for a more recent fan (circa co-captains era) like myself. I'm sure the older fans had a lot more memories and reminiscence from the votes.
Beautiful lists of lineups, oh yeah he played for the Sabres candidates, troll votes galore.

Thank you! It was fun to do and I like the debates between Sabre fans that aren't the same few arguments. I had a blast seeing all those old names and only regret some of the guys who didn't play enough to make the lists.

I'll try to come up with something new and also there are a few second place polls worth doing.