🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Conor Sheary

BUF · Age 34.1 · 🇺🇸 USA · 5′9″, 179 lb · Undrafted
BUFteam
LW,RWposition
255position rank
752skater rank
-49overall
-38offense
-11peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2662 GPH225 GPH137 GPPrev 3139 GP · 2y
TOI13.9114.1013.1314.6313.85
PP TOI0.790.890.741.000.75
G9918411
A1615101819
PTS2524282131
PPP43044
SOG9810782124120
PIM1918201820
Hits2829163845
Blocks4549415441

Sample: 62 GP · 779 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingLeft wing · league-wide (of 281)
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 fade
Hits/60
3-yr 2.631.27Q1Q2Q3Q4

Hits/60 finished the year 71% below where it started (2.17 in the first half, 0.64 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
PP TOI
3-yr 0.750.84Q1Q2Q3Q4

PP TOI finished the year 42% below where it started (1.01 in the first half, 0.59 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
0.3122-2323-2424-2525-26

1A/60 ran 53% below his 3-year rate last season (0.31 against 0.67).

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 Conor Sheary 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 · Lindy Ruff (BUF)
Last year (NYR, traded): Mike Sullivan full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI13.9114.1013.85+2%
5v5 TOI11.9912.5711.64+8%
PP TOI0.790.890.75+19%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  22 · 15 · 5 · 20
TOI*
3-yr 13.8513.17Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.6411.77Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.750.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
13.9122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.9922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.7922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.495.236.71-22%
G/600.380.460.56-17%
iSH%8.508.808.29+6%
ixG/600.650.68-5%
iCF/6011.3111.46-1%
iSCF/607.166.86+4%
iHDCF/603.163.34-5%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  22 · 15 · 5 · 20
SOG/60
3-yr 6.714.59Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 8.2927.67Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.680.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 11.469.94Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 6.865.86Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.342.80Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.2322-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
8.8022-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6522-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
11.3122-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextFinishing looks earned: iSH% 8.8% sits near the 8.3% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.65 (56th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 22% (5v5 SOG/60 5.23 vs 6.71) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.72 (1st half) to 0.52 (2nd).
RiskAge 34 — modest past-prime drag on scoring rates.

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%8.287.708.98-14%
IPP60.9762.1659.52+4%
1A/600.470.310.67-53%
2A/600.350.380.30+29%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  22 · 15 · 5 · 20
1A/60
3-yr 0.670.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.300.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.3122-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 7.7%, IPP 62.2%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.790.890.75+19%
PP iSH%15.570.0019.96-100%
PP SOG/606.148.655.77+50%
PP ixG/600.951.36-30%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  22 · 15 · 5 · 20
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.750.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 5.777.15Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.361.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.8922-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
8.6522-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.9522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskPP role projected down: 0.9→0.8 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 0.8 vs 0.9 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish) — the biggest PPP lever.

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/601.121.081.19-9%
Hits/601.501.692.63-36%
Blks/602.312.392.30+4%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  22 · 15 · 5 · 20
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.191.02Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 2.631.27Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.302.04Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.0822-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
1.6922-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.3922-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
1922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
2822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
4522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskHits tailing off: Q4 1.27/60 and 2nd-half 0.64 below the 1.69 season rate — projected DOWN to 1.50/60, weighting the recent decline over the 2.63 3-yr mark.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 2.04/60 and 2nd-half 2.02 below the 2.39 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.31/60, weighting the recent decline over the 2.30 3-yr mark.