🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Keegan Kolesar

DET · Age 29.3 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 6′2″, 217 lb · Draft 2015, 69th overall (CBJ)
DETteam
RWposition
133position rank
370skater rank
-1overall
-47offense
45peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2682 GPH243 GPH139 GPPrev 3235 GP · 3y
TOI11.5811.5411.8910.9211.87
PP TOI0.070.070.060.080.03
G9610210
A131191413
PTS2217181623
PPP00000
SOG7167647078
PIM5055387459
Hits269270287251277
Blocks4143325641

Sample: 82 GP · 883 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingRight wing · league-wide (of 273)
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
ixG/60
3-yr 0.550.59Q1Q2Q3Q4

ixG/60 finished the year 79% above where it started (0.35 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
1A/60
3-yr 0.520.32Q1Q2Q3Q4

1A/60 finished the year 52% below where it started (0.75 in the first half, 0.36 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Top of the league
Hits/60
18.2722-2323-2424-2525-26

Hits/60 sits in the 97th percentile league-wide (18.27).

Below his 3-year rate
iSH%
9.1522-2323-2424-2525-26

iSH% ran 23% below his 3-year rate last season (9.15 against 11.84).

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 Keegan Kolesar is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 4
    fills: SOG, PPP, A, G
  • Artemi PanarinLW · Los Angeles Kingscovers 4
    fills: A, PPP, SOG, G
  • Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 4
    fills: SOG, A, PPP, G
  • William NylanderRW · Toronto Maple Leafscovers 4
    fills: PPP, SOG, G, A
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 · Todd McLellan (DET)
Last year (VGK, traded): Bruce Cassidy Q1-Q4 · fired Mar 29 → John Tortorella final 8 games · Q4 — in-season change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI11.5811.5411.87-3%
5v5 TOI10.8710.7811.44-6%
PP TOI0.070.070.03+182%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 25 · 18
TOI*
3-yr 11.8710.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.4410.31Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.030.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
11.5822-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
10.8722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.0722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.394.484.89-8%
G/600.470.410.58-29%
iSH%10.719.1511.84-23%
ixG/600.510.55-8%
iCF/609.309.19+1%
iSCF/605.025.67-11%
iHDCF/602.853.08-7%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 25 · 18
SOG/60
3-yr 4.893.55Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 11.849.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.550.59Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 9.198.73Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 5.675.82Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.082.59Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
9.1522-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.3022-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.0222-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
7122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 9.2% sits near the 11.8% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.51 (39th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.35→0.64 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.

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%7.036.497.99-19%
IPP67.7169.8764.84+8%
1A/600.510.540.52+5%
2A/600.290.140.27-48%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 25 · 18
1A/60
3-yr 0.520.32Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.270.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.5422-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.1422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 6.5%, IPP 69.9%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.070.070.03+182%
PP iSH%n/a0.00
PP SOG/600.000.009.84-100%
PP ixG/600.000.83-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 25 · 18
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.030.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 9.840.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 0.830.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0722-2323-2424-2525-26
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)
RiskPP role projected down: 0.1→0.1 PP TOI/gp (reverts toward the 3-yr 0.0) — 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/603.253.733.75-0%
Hits/6018.0018.2717.59+4%
Blks/602.702.852.48+15%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 25 · 18
PIMs/60
3-yr 3.751.29Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 17.5916.16Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.483.23Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
3.7322-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
18.2722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
5022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
26922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
4122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindElite hits volume (97th pct) and role-stable — a bankable hits floor (18.00/60 projected).
ContextBlocks role-stable at 2.85/60 (58th pct league-wide) → 2.70 projected.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.34/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.