🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

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2026-27 Projection

Denver Barkey

PHI · Age 21 · 5′10″, 172 lb · Draft 95th overall
PHIteam
C,LWposition
153position rank
547skater rank
-25overall
-21offense
-5peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection adj2025-2643 GPH236 GPH17 GPPrev 3thin
TOI14.1613.4113.2312.86
PP TOI1.631.611.641.48
G1210912
A24232323
PTS36323235
PPP88712
SOG918278105
PIM30312747
Hits68828282
Blocks30362782

Sample: 43 GP · 496 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): Rookie baseline: projected role (40-50pt top-nine; one day could become someone like Giroux) blended with 2025-26 NHL (43 GP) at w=0.50. Per-82 line; GP/availability is separate. Tune here.

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
BLK
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Blocks ran at a 27 pace in the second half after 82 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade
PPP
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27

Power play points ran at a 7 pace in the second half after 12 in the first, per 82 games.

We project it up
G
1222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 20% above last season, 10 to 12.

We project it down
HITS
6822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting hits 17% below last season, 82 to 68.

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 Denver Barkey 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 · Rick Tocchet (PHI)
Last year: Rick Tocchet full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI14.1613.41n/a
5v5 TOI12.2611.55n/a
PP TOI1.631.61n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 7 · 20 · 16
TOI*
13.03Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
11.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
1.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
14.1622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.2622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.6322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.113.99n/a
G/600.490.48n/a
iSH%12.0312.03n/a
ixG/600.49n/a
iCF/606.52n/a
iSCF/604.71n/a
iHDCF/602.78n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 7 · 20 · 16
SOG/60
3.46Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
18.21Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.50Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
5.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
4.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
2.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
3.9922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
12.0322-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.4922-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
6.5222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
4.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.67 (1st half) to 0.46 (2nd).
TailwindAge 21 — still on the up-slope of the scoring curve.
TailwindAge 21 on a single NHL season — projected a development step, not a flat repeat: scoring rates +8% and role +6% toward the mid-20s peak (a young riser improves on last year, not repeats it).

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%9.549.54n/a
IPP64.8864.88n/a
1A/600.970.97n/a
2A/600.120.12n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 7 · 20 · 16
1A/60
0.94Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.31Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.9722-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.1222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindProject Barkey onto the PHI roster for 2026-27 with real top-nine point production (40-50 range).
ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 9.5%, IPP 64.9%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.631.61n/a
PP iSH%10.0510.05n/a
PP SOG/608.588.66n/a
PP ixG/602.55n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 7 · 20 · 16
PP TOI/GP
1.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
6.86Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
2.61Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.6122-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
8.6622-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
2.5522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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.

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/601.391.45n/a
Hits/605.075.07n/a
Blks/601.892.17n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 7 · 20 · 16
PIMs/60
0.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
5.34Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
0.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
5.0722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.1722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
6822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 5.07/60 (60th pct league-wide) → 5.07 projected.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 0.63/60 and 2nd-half 1.51 below the 2.17 season rate — projected DOWN to 1.89/60, weighting the recent decline over the n/a 3-yr mark.