🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

John Marino

UTA · Age 29.2 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′1″, 181 lb · Draft 2015, 154th overall (EDM)
UTAteam
Dposition
246position rank
693skater rank
-41overall
-38offense
-3peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2680 GPH238 GPH142 GPPrev 3174 GP · 3y
TOI20.3120.2019.5719.5121.04
PP TOI0.090.090.070.110.23
G44724
A2933333323
PTS3337403527
PPP00000
SOG6356506273
PIM2216191430
Hits3529342343
Blocks88696275101

Sample: 80 GP · 1,422 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingDefense · league-wide (of 303)
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
We project it up
BLK
8822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting blocks 28% above last season, 69 to 88.

Below his 3-year rate
Hits/60
1.1022-2323-2424-2525-26

Hits/60 ran 35% below his 3-year rate last season (1.10 against 1.69).

Bottom of the league
SOG/60
2.1122-2323-2424-2525-26

SOG/60 sits in the 1th percentile league-wide (2.11).

Second-half fade
2A/60
3-yr 0.360.20Q1Q2Q3Q4

2A/60 finished the year 48% below where it started (0.80 in the first half, 0.42 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 Defense
Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit
Complementary Defense
Same position, opposite profile — strong where John Marino 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 · André Tourigny (UTA)
Last year: André Tourigny full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI20.3120.2021.04-4%
5v5 TOI17.6717.7817.13+4%
PP TOI0.090.090.23-61%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 21 · 17
TOI*
3-yr 21.0419.33Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 17.1317.61Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.230.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
20.3122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
17.6722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.0922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/602.072.112.80-25%
G/600.080.080.10-22%
iSH%3.703.793.66+3%
ixG/600.120.15-18%
iCF/606.626.88-4%
iSCF/601.771.91-7%
iHDCF/600.460.50-9%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 21 · 17
SOG/60
3-yr 2.801.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 3.660.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.150.04Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 6.884.81Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 1.910.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 0.500.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
2.1122-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
3.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.1222-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
6.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
1.7722-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
0.4622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
6322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 3.8% sits near the 3.7% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.12 (7th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 25% (5v5 SOG/60 2.11 vs 2.80) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.15 (1st half) to 0.09 (2nd).

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%11.0413.298.87+50%
IPP35.3135.2635.40-0%
1A/600.510.510.44+15%
2A/600.510.630.36+74%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 21 · 17
1A/60
3-yr 0.440.80Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.360.20Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskOn-ice SH% hot at 13.3% vs a 8.9% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.
RiskAssist gain leans on secondary helpers (2A/60 0.63 vs 3-yr 0.36) — the least repeatable slice; projected back toward baseline.
ContextDefenseman — weight transition/PP facilitation over raw 2A; secondary assists read a touch better for D than forwards.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.090.090.23-61%
PP iSH%n/a0.00
PP SOG/600.900.004.49-100%
PP ixG/600.000.37-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 21 · 17
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.230.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 4.490.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 0.370.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0922-2323-2424-2525-26
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
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 ~0.1 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/600.800.591.19-50%
Hits/601.331.101.69-35%
Blks/602.812.573.17-19%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 21 · 17
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.190.80Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 1.691.20Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 3.172.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.5922-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
1.1022-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
3522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
8822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindHits surging late: Q4 1.20/60 and 2nd-half 1.31 vs a 1.10 season rate (1.69 3-yr) (9th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 1.33/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 2.57/60 (51st pct league-wide) → 2.81 projected.