🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Max Shabanov

MIN · Age 25
MINteam
RWposition
230position rank
697skater rank
-41overall
-26offense
-16peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2644 GPH215 GPH129 GPPrev 3thin
TOI13.6813.6812.7513.52
PP TOI1.851.631.171.92
G99-011
A23241528
PTS32341540
PPP89014
SOG11010695110
PIM4406
Hits48503754
Blocks31303723

Sample: 44 GP · 504 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.

Context-adjusted (▲/▼ vs the rate-model baseline): The 2nd unit power play role both depth charts give him is worth a small minutes bump. It stops there on purpose: he scored 0 power play goals in 44 games and shoots less than almost anyone in the lineup, so the 2 quarters that flatter him are 9 and 4 games long.

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 fade
PTS
3222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Points ran at a 15 pace in the second half after 40 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade
A
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Assists ran at a 15 pace in the second half after 28 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
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Max Shabanov 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 · John Hynes (MIN)
Last year (NYI, traded): Patrick Roy Q1-Q4 → Peter DeBoer final 4 games · Q4 — in-season change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI13.6813.68n/a
5v5 TOI11.4911.46n/a
PP TOI1.851.63n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  9 · 20 · 11 · 4
TOI*
12.75Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
11.58Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
1.17Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
13.6822-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.4922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.8522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/605.615.71n/a
G/600.590.60n/a
iSH%10.5110.51n/a
ixG/600.58n/a
iCF/6010.48n/a
iSCF/605.95n/a
iHDCF/601.90n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  9 · 20 · 11 · 4
SOG/60
4.71Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.41Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
7.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3.30Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
0.94Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
10.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.5822-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
10.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.9522-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
1.9022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
11022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.67 (1st half) to 0.41 (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%11.1211.12n/a
IPP54.2054.20n/a
1A/600.710.71n/a
2A/600.240.24n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  9 · 20 · 11 · 4
1A/60
0.47Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.47Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.2422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 11.1%, IPP 54.2%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.851.63n/a
PP iSH%0.000.00n/a
PP SOG/605.555.03n/a
PP ixG/600.92n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  9 · 20 · 11 · 4
PP TOI/GP
1.17Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
9.31Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
2.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
5.0322-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.9222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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: 1.6→1.9 PP TOI/gp (both charts have him on a PP unit, but 0 PP goals in 44 games caps how far this can go) — 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/600.000.00n/a
Hits/603.043.21n/a
Blks/601.981.90n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  9 · 20 · 11 · 4
PIMs/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
2.36Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
2.36Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
3.2122-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.9022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
4822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
3122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 2.36/60 and 2nd-half 2.36 below the 3.21 season rate — projected DOWN to 3.04/60, weighting the recent decline over the n/a 3-yr mark.
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 2.36/60 and 2nd-half 2.36 vs a 1.90 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (29th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 1.98/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.