🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Kyle MacLean

NYI · Age 27.3 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′1″, 190 lb · Undrafted
NYIteam
Cposition
224position rank
785skater rank
-55overall
-57offense
2peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2659 GPH232 GPH127 GPPrev 3113 GP · 2y
TOI10.4410.5210.4210.4610.00
PP TOI0.030.040.020.050.05
G53236
A87869
PTS131010915
PPP00000
SOG6360546763
PIM2656387618
Hits146168169167122
Blocks3032372625

Sample: 59 GP · 605 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
ixG/60
3-yr 0.440.90Q1Q2Q3Q4

ixG/60 finished the year 75% above where it started (0.45 in the first half, 0.78 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
iSCF/60
3-yr 4.179.28Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSCF/60 finished the year 118% above where it started (3.41 in the first half, 7.42 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Above his 3-year rate
PIMs/60
3.9722-2323-2424-2525-26

PIMs/60 ran 150% above his 3-year rate last season (3.97 against 1.26).

Below his 3-year rate
1A/60
0.2022-2323-2424-2525-26

1A/60 ran 48% below his 3-year rate last season (0.20 against 0.39).

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 Kyle MacLean 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
  • William NylanderRW · Toronto Maple Leafscovers 4
    fills: PPP, SOG, G, A
  • Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 4
    fills: SOG, A, PPP, G
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
TOI10.4410.5210.00+5%
5v5 TOI10.1610.259.67+6%
PP TOI0.030.040.05-25%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 17 · 20 · 12
TOI*
3-yr 10.0010.41Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 9.6710.24Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.050.02Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
10.4422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
10.1622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.0322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.264.264.61-8%
G/600.270.200.44-55%
iSH%6.544.699.56-51%
ixG/600.640.44+46%
iCF/609.228.68+6%
iSCF/605.454.17+31%
iHDCF/603.372.14+57%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 17 · 20 · 12
SOG/60
3-yr 4.613.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 9.560.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.440.90Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 8.6812.70Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 4.179.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 2.145.86Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.2622-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
4.6922-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6422-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.2222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.3722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindGoals projected UP: iSH% cratered to 4.7% vs 9.6% 3-yr while 5v5 ixG/60 0.64 (54th pct league-wide) held/rose — the chances say the finishing rebounds toward 6.5%, lifting the goal rate ~35%.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.45→0.78 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%6.336.097.23-16%
IPP53.1849.6466.59-25%
1A/600.270.200.39-48%
2A/600.270.300.27+10%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 17 · 20 · 12
1A/60
3-yr 0.390.49Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.270.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.2022-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindIPP 49.6% sits below the 66.6% 3-yr mark — participation should rebound, nudging assists up.
TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 3.37 vs 2.14) — the dangerous chances that turn into primary assists are trending up.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.030.040.05-25%
PP iSH%n/an/a
PP SOG/600.000.000.00
PP ixG/600.000.00
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 17 · 20 · 12
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.050.02Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 0.000.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 0.000.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0422-2323-2424-2525-26
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 ~0.0 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/602.813.971.26+214%
Hits/6010.8712.009.17+31%
Blks/602.262.181.87+17%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 17 · 20 · 12
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.263.42Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 9.1713.67Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 1.872.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
3.9722-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
12.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.1822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
14622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindElite hits volume (89th pct) and role-stable — a bankable hits floor (10.87/60 projected).
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 2.93/60 and 2nd-half 2.63 vs a 2.18 season rate (1.87 3-yr) (38th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.26/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.20/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.