🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Connor Zary

CGY · Age 24.9 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 6′0″, 178 lb · Draft 2020, 24th overall (CGY)
CGYteam
C,LWposition
152position rank
541skater rank
-25overall
-23offense
-2peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection adj2025-2674 GPH235 GPH139 GPPrev 3117 GP · 2y
TOI14.4014.3714.4313.5415.64
PP TOI1.561.651.651.662.17
G1613151219
A1714141524
PTS3328292643
PPP78969
SOG12512214799141
PIM2924232525
Hits4350475339
Blocks2719182039

Sample: 74 GP · 908 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

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): NEW 2026-07-27 (CGY pass) — deliberately a TAD, no deploy bet. One outside source has him at 48.2 per-84 and wants him on PP1, but that is a lone voice: the other has 32.4 (dead on our number) and 38.4, the latter paired with 'likely traded, unhappy under Huska'. His PP TOI went 2.17 -> 2.17 -> 1.65 with a Q4 of 1.34 and zero production. The 48 requires Huska promoting him to PP1, which contradicts everything both sources say about Huska, and our PP1 is already full (Huberdeau/Coronato/Frost/Gridin + the Parekh-Nemec QB split). Lands ~34.

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
PP SOG/60
3-yr 8.746.38Q1Q2Q3Q4

PP SOG/60 finished the year 150% above where it started (4.62 in the first half, 12.43 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
iSH%
3-yr 14.7313.38Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSH% finished the year 73% above where it started (7.51 in the first half, 12.97 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Below his 3-year rate
1A/60
0.2022-2323-2424-2525-26

1A/60 ran 54% below his 3-year rate last season (0.20 against 0.44).

Below his 3-year rate
Blks/60
1.0622-2323-2424-2525-26

Blks/60 ran 48% below his 3-year rate last season (1.06 against 2.05).

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
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Connor Zary 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 · Ryan Huska (CGY)
Last year: Ryan Huska full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI14.4014.3715.64-8%
5v5 TOI12.2412.2813.04-6%
PP TOI1.561.652.17-24%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 21 · 14
TOI*
3-yr 15.6412.99Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 13.0411.62Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 2.171.34Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
14.4022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.2422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.5622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/605.745.746.13-6%
G/600.690.590.90-35%
iSH%11.9710.2814.73-30%
ixG/600.730.71+3%
iCF/6010.4311.72-11%
iSCF/606.346.76-6%
iHDCF/603.503.62-3%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 21 · 14
SOG/60
3-yr 6.135.53Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 14.7313.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.710.45Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 11.7210.70Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 6.764.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.621.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.7422-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
10.2822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7322-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
10.4322-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
6.3422-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.5022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
12522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindGoals projected UP: iSH% cratered to 10.3% vs 14.7% 3-yr while 5v5 ixG/60 0.73 (65th pct league-wide) held/rose — the chances say the finishing rebounds toward 12.0%, lifting the goal rate ~16%.

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%8.248.108.41-4%
IPP57.5950.0069.97-29%
1A/600.250.200.44-54%
2A/600.350.330.39-15%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 21 · 14
1A/60
3-yr 0.440.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.390.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.2022-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindIPP 50.0% sits below the 70.0% 3-yr mark — participation should rebound, nudging assists up.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.561.652.17-24%
PP iSH%7.5510.525.41+95%
PP SOG/609.949.328.74+7%
PP ixG/601.601.23+30%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 21 · 14
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 2.171.34Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 8.746.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.231.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.6522-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
9.3222-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.6022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 ~1.6 PP TOI/gp.
TailwindPP chance quality up (PP ixG/60 1.60 vs 1.23) — 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/601.371.061.33-21%
Hits/602.602.972.04+45%
Blks/601.261.062.05-48%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 21 · 14
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.332.21Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 2.043.69Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.050.74Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
2.9722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
4322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
2722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 2.97/60 (38th pct league-wide) → 2.60 projected.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 0.74/60 and 2nd-half 0.90 below the 1.06 season rate — projected DOWN to 1.26/60, weighting the recent decline over the 2.05 3-yr mark.