🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Justin Hryckowian

DAL · Age 25.4 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 5′10″, 194 lb · Undrafted
DALteam
C,LWposition
109position rank
385skater rank
-3overall
-22offense
19peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2681 GPH241 GPH140 GPPrev 3thin
TOI13.3013.3013.7312.17
PP TOI0.910.631.080.17
G15141612
A18161814
PTS33303427
PPP8582
SOG89848286
PIM40434245
Hits124121117124
Blocks52454940

Sample: 81 GP · 894 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
Second-half surge
iSH%
21.05Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSH% finished the year 66% above where it started (12.01 in the first half, 19.92 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
G
1522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Goals ran at a 16 pace in the second half after 12 in the first, per 82 games.

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
  • Jake NeighboursLW,RW · St. Louis Blues91% match
    shared: Hits, Blocks, PIM
  • Easton CowanC,RW · Toronto Maple Leafs90% match
    shared: Hits, PIM
  • Scott LaughtonLW · Los Angeles Kings90% match
    shared: Hits, Blocks, PIM
  • Erik HaulaC,LW · Los Angeles Kings89% match
    shared: Hits, Blocks, PIM
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Justin Hryckowian 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 · Glen Gulutzan (DAL)
Last year: Glen Gulutzan full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI13.3013.30n/a
5v5 TOI11.3011.04n/a
PP TOI0.910.63n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 20 · 22 · 19
TOI*
14.46Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
11.70Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
1.47Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
13.3022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.3022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.9122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.904.90n/a
G/600.800.80n/a
iSH%16.3316.33n/a
ixG/600.76n/a
iCF/608.25n/a
iSCF/605.50n/a
iHDCF/603.96n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 20 · 22 · 19
SOG/60
5.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
21.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.73Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
6.75Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
5.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
4.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.9022-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
16.3322-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7622-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
8.2522-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.5022-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.9622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
8922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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.

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%10.5410.54n/a
IPP67.7467.74n/a
1A/600.540.54n/a
2A/600.340.34n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 20 · 22 · 19
1A/60
0.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.5422-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 10.5%, IPP 67.7%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.910.63n/a
PP iSH%33.2933.29n/a
PP SOG/607.067.06n/a
PP ixG/602.46n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 20 · 22 · 19
PP TOI/GP
1.47Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
0.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
7.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
2.4622-2323-2424-2525-26
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)
TailwindPP role projected up: 0.6→0.9 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Glen Gulutzan) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 1.1, Q4 1.5) over the full-year 0.6) — 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/602.512.75n/a
Hits/607.927.92n/a
Blks/602.842.48n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 20 · 22 · 19
PIMs/60
1.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
7.02Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
4.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
2.7522-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
7.9222-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
4022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
12422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
5222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 7.92/60 (79th pct league-wide) → 7.92 projected.
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 4.05/60 and 2nd-half 2.76 vs a 2.48 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (48th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.84/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.20/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.