🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Aleksander Barkov

FLA · Age 30.9 · 🇫🇮 Finland · 6′3″, 215 lb · Draft 2013, 2nd overall (FLA)
FLAteam
Cposition
12position rank
30skater rank
113overall
72offense
40peripherals

Value over replacement, based on 82 games played.
Ideal for H2H 12-team banger category leagues, 16 roster spots.

Per 82 GP2026-27projection adj2025-26thinH225-26H125-26Prev 3208 GP · 3y
TOI20.3620.36
PP TOI3.633.63
G2526
A6464
PTS8990
PPP3434
SOG206217
PIM2019
Hits10296
Blocks6058
Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)
offenseperipheralsvalue over replacement

Counts = projected deployment × projected /60 rate, per 82 GP. Rates regress off the process metric (ixG, shot-driving), not last year's finishing %. PP points = projected PP rate (anchored on the 2nd-half PP1 role, finishing regressed) × projected PP TOI.

Context-adjusted (▲/▼ vs the rate-model baseline): Missed all of 2025-26 (torn ACL) so no baseline line; projected off 2024-25 and earlier (per-82). Maurice may split EV minutes to preserve health, but that's a GP/availability risk, not a per-82 rate cut. Brain: 90-point threat.

Context brain — deployment, role, coaching & injury signals (why the line should move)
ContextRestore near-elite baseline with a mild TOI-preservation discount. · Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey
TailwindBoost top-line stars' TOI-driven baseline; discount depth-center scoring. · Fantasy coaching primer
TailwindTreat Celebrini as an ascending elite ceiling, not a floor play; draft-strategy context. · Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey

Similar & complementary players

Similar makeup Forward
Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit
  • Mika ZibanejadC,RW · New York Rangers88% match
    shared: PPP, A, Blocks, SOG
  • Nick SuzukiC · Montreal Canadiens87% match
    shared: PPP, A, Blocks
  • Sam ReinhartRW · Florida Panthers80% match
    shared: PPP, Blocks, A, SOG
  • Mark StoneRW · Vegas Golden Knights79% match
    shared: PPP, A, Blocks
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Aleksander Barkov is weak or average, light where he’s strong
Profile shape — per-82 category values vs the league p99 for the position (same scale as the hero bars)
This player
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
the profile below
vs Similar
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
similar players hug the shape
vs Complementary
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
complements fill the gaps

Deployment

Deployment projection — next-year TOI & PP TOI vs the last two years (the role that drives every count)
Coaching
2026-27 · Paul Maurice (FLA)
Last year: Paul Maurice full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI20.36n/a20.36
5v5 TOI13.34n/a13.34
PP TOI3.63n/a3.63
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 0 · 0 · 0
By season — year over year
TOI
20.3622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
13.3422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
3.6322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

Shooting — volume & conversion

How much and how well he shoots — volume (SOG), finishing (% vs chance quality), and the individual shot-quality funnel (iCF ⊇ iSCF ⊇ iHDCF).

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
SOG/607.07n/a7.07
G/600.69n/a0.69
iSH%9.79n/a9.79
ixG/60n/a0.81
iCF/60n/a13.38
iSCF/60n/a8.39
iHDCF/60n/a3.82
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 0 · 0 · 0
SOG/60
3-yr 7.07Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 9.79Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.81Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 13.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 8.39Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.82Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.6422-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
7.9822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6622-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
11.9922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.0522-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.3322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
20622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextNo 2025-26 sample — goals/shots projected off the prior 3-yr profile, held flat.

Assists — playmaking & on-ice offense

Primary vs secondary helpers, plus the on-ice offense and luck signals underneath them.

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
on-ice SH%9.31n/a9.31
IPP72.82n/a72.82
1A/601.03n/a1.02
2A/600.59n/a0.61
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 0 · 0 · 0
1A/60
3-yr 1.02Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.61Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
1.0922-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.5822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
6422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
8922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 9.3%, IPP 72.8%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI3.63n/a3.63
PP iSH%14.10n/a14.10
PP SOG/6012.40n/a12.40
PP ixG/60n/a1.49
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 0 · 0 · 0
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 3.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 12.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.49Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
3.2822-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
11.7422-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.5322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
3422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
1022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
2422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. PPG and PPA are the 2 halves of the PPP above them, split by the projection's own goal/assist mix. PP-only, so the halves are exact.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextLittle/no PP role — PP points capped regardless of finishing.

Physical — PIM · hits · blocks

Peripheral counting categories. Noisier and scorer-biased — read as role over the years, not pure talent.

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PIMs/600.95n/a0.95
Hits/604.69n/a4.69
Blks/602.18n/a2.18
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 0 · 0 · 0
PIMs/60
3-yr 0.95Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 4.69Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.18Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.0322-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
5.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
10222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
6022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextHits role-stable at 4.69/60 (57th pct league-wide) → 4.69 projected.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 2.18/60 (38th pct league-wide) → 2.18 projected.