🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Jean-Gabriel Pageau

NYI · Age 33.7 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 5′11″, 185 lb · Draft 2011, 96th overall (OTT)
NYIteam
C,RWposition
148position rank
528skater rank
-23overall
-31offense
8peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2674 GPH240 GPH134 GPPrev 3231 GP · 3y
TOI15.6115.6715.1214.2516.80
PP TOI0.530.370.480.241.81
G1319241314
A2220172427
PTS3539413641
PPP11205
SOG959110179122
PIM744518
Hits143127138115181
Blocks4957427368

Sample: 74 GP · 882 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.

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
Above his 3-year rate
iSH%
19.1622-2323-2424-2525-26

iSH% ran 131% above his 3-year rate last season (19.16 against 8.30).

Second-half surge
G
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Goals ran at a 24 pace in the second half after 13 in the first, per 82 games.

Below his 3-year rate
PP TOI
0.5322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

PP TOI ran 80% below his 3-year rate last season (0.37 against 1.81).

Second-half fade
Blks/60
3-yr 2.901.07Q1Q2Q3Q4

Blks/60 finished the year 57% below where it started (3.62 in the first half, 1.56 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

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 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 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 · Peter DeBoer (NYI)
Last year: Patrick Roy Q1-Q4 → Peter DeBoer final 4 games · Q4 — in-season change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI15.6115.6716.80-7%
5v5 TOI12.0311.9312.30-3%
PP TOI0.530.371.81-80%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 13 · 22 · 18
TOI*
3-yr 16.8015.80Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 12.3012.45Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 1.810.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
15.6122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.0322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.5322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.224.285.32-20%
G/600.590.820.44+86%
iSH%12.8619.168.30+131%
ixG/600.670.68-2%
iCF/608.169.59-15%
iSCF/605.786.17-6%
iHDCF/603.473.27+6%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 13 · 22 · 18
SOG/60
3-yr 5.324.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 8.3018.69Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.680.82Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 9.597.50Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 6.175.62Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.273.75Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.2822-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
19.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6722-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
8.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.4722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
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)
RiskGoals projected DOWN: iSH% ran hot at 19.2% vs a 8.3% 3-yr mark while 5v5 ixG/60 0.67 (57th pct league-wide) was flat — finishing, not process. Regressing iSH% toward 12.9% pulls the goal rate ~28% down.
RiskShot volume down 20% (5v5 SOG/60 4.28 vs 5.32) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.59→0.74 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.
RiskAge 33 — 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%9.079.528.45+13%
IPP69.9973.5965.06+13%
1A/600.480.410.63-35%
2A/600.480.480.46+3%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 13 · 22 · 18
1A/60
3-yr 0.630.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.460.27Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.4122-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 9.5%, IPP 73.6%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.530.371.81-80%
PP iSH%n/a20.46
PP SOG/601.400.005.61-100%
PP ixG/600.001.47-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 13 · 22 · 18
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 1.810.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 5.610.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.470.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.3722-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindPP role projected up: 0.4→0.5 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Peter DeBoer) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.5, Q4 0.9) over the full-year 0.4) — 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/600.360.270.80-66%
Hits/607.857.0010.15-31%
Blks/602.152.512.90-13%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 13 · 22 · 18
PIMs/60
3-yr 0.800.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 10.157.50Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.901.07Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.2722-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
7.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
14322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
4922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 7.00/60 (75th pct league-wide) → 7.85 projected.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 1.07/60 and 2nd-half 1.56 below the 2.51 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.15/60, weighting the recent decline over the 2.90 3-yr mark.