🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Alex Tuch

WSH · Age 30.2 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′4″, 219 lb · Draft 2014, 18th overall (MIN)
WSHteam
RWposition
23position rank
66skater rank
84overall
23offense
60peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2679 GPH240 GPH139 GPPrev 3231 GP · 3y
TOI19.0318.9917.9717.6619.30
PP TOI1.751.681.521.842.76
G3434412733
A3534234639
PTS6969647373
PPP10912615
SOG207202194211216
PIM4559338643
Hits8085828871
Blocks9593909783

Sample: 79 GP · 1,082 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingRight wing · league-wide (of 273)
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.

Metrics worth highlighting

The charts that move this projection — where he broke from his own 3-year rate, where the season split in half, and where we’re taking the number next year
Second-half surge
PPP
1022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27

Power play points ran at a 12 pace in the second half after 6 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade
A
3522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Assists ran at a 23 pace in the second half after 46 in the first, per 82 games.

Below his 3-year rate
PP TOI
1.7522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

PP TOI ran 39% below his 3-year rate last season (1.68 against 2.76).

Above his 3-year rate
PP SOG/60
12.6822-2323-2424-2525-26

PP SOG/60 ran 50% above his 3-year rate last season (12.68 against 8.46).

Picked automatically from every chart on this card, ranked by how far each number moved. Each claim is measured off the chart drawn beside it.

Similar & complementary players

Similar makeup Forward
Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit
  • Boone JennerC,LW · Washington Capitals81% match
    shared: Blocks, PIM, SOG
  • Brandon HagelLW · Tampa Bay Lightning80% match
    shared: G, PIM, SOG, Blocks
  • Tom WilsonRW · Washington Capitals80% match
    shared: Blocks, G, PIM
  • Vincent TrocheckC · Utah Mammoth80% match
    shared: Blocks, PIM, A, G
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Alex Tuch 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 · Spencer Carbery (WSH)
Last year (BUF, traded): Lindy Ruff full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI19.0318.9919.30-2%
5v5 TOI13.8613.7013.60+1%
PP TOI1.751.682.76-39%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 24 · 16
TOI*
3-yr 19.3017.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 13.6014.02Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 2.761.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
*Total TOI by quarter reconstructs 5v5+PP quarterly totals plus a held-flat season PK/GP — NST has no all-strength quarterly export. Level is accurate; quarter-to-quarter movement comes from 5v5+PP.
By season — year over year
TOI
19.0322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
13.8622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.7522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/607.877.878.06-2%
G/601.121.111.16-4%
iSH%14.2214.1014.42-2%
ixG/600.810.82-1%
iCF/6015.3015.27+0%
iSCF/607.488.13-8%
iHDCF/603.333.55-6%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 24 · 16
SOG/60
3-yr 8.069.36Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 14.4217.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.820.79Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 15.2713.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 8.137.22Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.553.21Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
7.8722-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
14.1022-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.8122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
15.3022-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.3322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
3422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
20722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindSupport scoring baselines for both; Kyrou's scenery change (flagged earlier) is realized in a favorable role. · Analytics research compilation
ContextFinishing looks earned: iSH% 14.1% sits near the 14.4% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.81 (78th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.

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%11.3612.6010.54+20%
IPP72.6971.3174.37-4%
1A/600.690.720.80-10%
2A/600.620.780.51+52%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 24 · 16
1A/60
3-yr 0.800.53Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.510.53Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.7222-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
3522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
6922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskOn-ice SH% hot at 12.6% vs a 10.5% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.
RiskAssist gain leans on secondary helpers (2A/60 0.78 vs 3-yr 0.51) — the least repeatable slice; projected back toward baseline.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.751.682.76-39%
PP iSH%18.1325.0014.47+73%
PP SOG/6011.6312.688.46+50%
PP ixG/602.191.72+28%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 24 · 16
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 2.761.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 8.464.96Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.722.57Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.6822-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
12.6822-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
2.1922-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
1022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextPP role steady at ~1.7 PP TOI/gp.
TailwindPP chance quality up (PP ixG/60 2.19 vs 1.72) — a real process gain, the kind that sustains PP points.

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/601.962.611.81+44%
Hits/603.533.773.17+19%
Blks/603.233.163.34-5%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 24 · 16
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.811.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 3.173.48Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 3.343.21Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
2.6122-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
3.7722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
3.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
4522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
8022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
9522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 3.77/60 (46th pct league-wide) → 3.53 projected.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 3.16/60 (65th pct league-wide) → 3.23 projected.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.06/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.