🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Logan Cooley

UTA · Age 22.2 · 🇺🇸 USA · 5′10″, 174 lb · Undrafted
UTAteam
Cposition
56position rank
169skater rank
40overall
22offense
18peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2654 GPH225 GPH129 GPPrev 3157 GP · 2y
TOI17.6517.3316.0717.0616.79
PP TOI2.242.552.142.902.19
G2736324024
A3529342433
PTS6265676457
PPP1615201117
SOG157155128178161
PIM3443206233
Hits6982679559
Blocks3541463731

Sample: 54 GP · 730 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.

Context brain — deployment, role, coaching & injury signals (why the line should move)
TailwindRaise Cooley baseline on rising TOI and elite speed. · Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey

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
PPP
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27

Power play points ran at a 20 pace in the second half after 11 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade
PIM
3422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Penalty minutes ran at a 20 pace in the second half after 62 in the first, per 82 games.

Above his 3-year rate
iSH%
19.7322-2323-2424-2525-26

iSH% ran 47% above his 3-year rate last season (19.73 against 13.45).

We project it down
G
2722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 25% below last season, 36 to 27.

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 Logan Cooley 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
TOI17.6517.3316.79+3%
5v5 TOI13.7513.5313.17+3%
PP TOI2.242.552.19+16%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 8 · 6 · 19
TOI*
3-yr 16.7916.33Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 13.1713.23Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 2.192.58Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
17.6522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
13.7522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
2.2422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/605.875.836.70-13%
G/601.021.150.90+28%
iSH%17.3419.7313.45+47%
ixG/600.780.70+12%
iCF/6011.3312.34-8%
iSCF/606.826.59+3%
iHDCF/604.192.61+60%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 8 · 6 · 19
SOG/60
3-yr 6.704.77Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 13.4519.92Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.700.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 12.3411.46Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 6.596.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 2.613.34Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.8322-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
19.7322-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
11.3322-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
6.8222-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
4.1922-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
15722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindProcess rising: 5v5 ixG/60 0.78 (73rd pct league-wide) up on the 3-yr 0.70 — the shot quality is real, so the projected goal rate leans on chances, not a hot %.
RiskShot volume down 13% (5v5 SOG/60 5.83 vs 6.70) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.90 (1st half) to 0.72 (2nd).
TailwindAge 22 — still on the up-slope of the scoring curve.

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%11.3311.9010.18+17%
IPP67.3066.6769.21-4%
1A/600.670.660.67-1%
2A/600.440.490.32+55%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 8 · 6 · 19
1A/60
3-yr 0.670.95Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.320.48Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.6622-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.4922-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
3522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
6222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 11.9% vs a 10.2% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.
TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 4.19 vs 2.61) — 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 TOI2.242.552.19+16%
PP iSH%21.9230.0519.99+50%
PP SOG/606.938.728.71+0%
PP ixG/601.821.36+34%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 8 · 6 · 19
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 2.192.58Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 8.718.57Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.361.36Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
2.5522-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
8.7222-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.8222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskAdd PP-share risk to Schmaltz's projection; Cooley is favored to keep the role. · Veteran movement analysis
ContextAdd PP1 downside risk to Cooley; hold Trocheck as a steady multi-cat 60-point line. · Apples & Ginos Fantasy Hockey
RiskPP role projected down: 2.5→2.2 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 2.6 vs 2.5 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish; Add PP-share risk to Schmaltz's projection; Cooley is favored to keep the role.) — the biggest PPP lever.
TailwindPP chance quality up (PP ixG/60 1.82 vs 1.36) — a real process gain, the kind that sustains PP points.

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/601.491.971.63+21%
Hits/603.684.273.05+40%
Blks/602.002.221.37+62%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 8 · 6 · 19
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.631.43Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 3.053.58Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 1.372.15Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.9722-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
4.2722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.2222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
3422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
6922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
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)
RiskHits tailing off: Q4 3.58/60 and 2nd-half 3.23 below the 4.27 season rate — projected DOWN to 3.68/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.05 3-yr mark.
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 2.15/60 and 2nd-half 2.87 vs a 2.22 season rate (1.37 3-yr) (39th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.00/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.