🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Nick Cousins

OTT · Age 33.0 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 5′11″, 192 lb · Draft 2011, 68th overall (PHI)
OTTteam
LWposition
143position rank
429skater rank
-10overall
-46offense
36peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2681 GPH242 GPH139 GPPrev 3198 GP · 3y
TOI11.3511.4212.4510.1711.65
PP TOI0.070.070.040.090.22
G996139
A141420815
PTS2323252124
PPP00000
SOG91809267117
PIM71931038259
Hits150171174168125
Blocks4142493438

Sample: 81 GP · 913 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingLeft wing · league-wide (of 281)
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 fade
iSH%
3-yr 7.574.32Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSH% finished the year 68% below where it started (19.84 in the first half, 6.31 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
G
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Goals ran at a 6 pace in the second half after 13 in the first, per 82 games.

Above his 3-year rate
Hits/60
11.1122-2323-2424-2525-26

Hits/60 ran 38% above his 3-year rate last season (11.11 against 8.04).

Above his 3-year rate
PIMs/60
6.0522-2323-2424-2525-26

PIMs/60 ran 58% above his 3-year rate last season (6.05 against 3.84).

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 Nick Cousins is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 4
    fills: SOG, PPP, A, G
  • Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 4
    fills: SOG, A, PPP, G
  • Artemi PanarinLW · Los Angeles Kingscovers 4
    fills: A, PPP, SOG, 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 · Travis Green (OTT)
Last year: Travis Green full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI11.3511.4211.65-2%
5v5 TOI11.6811.2711.30-0%
PP TOI0.070.070.22-70%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 20
TOI*
3-yr 11.6512.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.3012.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.220.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
11.3522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.6822-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
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/605.035.197.43-30%
G/600.460.590.56+5%
iSH%9.1611.377.57+50%
ixG/600.650.70-7%
iCF/609.0712.63-28%
iSCF/605.397.05-24%
iHDCF/603.023.43-12%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 20
SOG/60
3-yr 7.435.55Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 7.574.32Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.700.76Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 12.638.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 7.055.55Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.434.10Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.1922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
11.3722-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6522-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.0722-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.3922-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.0222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskGoals projected DOWN: iSH% ran hot at 11.4% vs a 7.6% 3-yr mark while 5v5 ixG/60 0.65 (56th pct league-wide) was flat — finishing, not process. Regressing iSH% toward 9.2% pulls the goal rate ~22% down.
RiskShot volume down 30% (5v5 SOG/60 5.19 vs 7.43) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.57→0.72 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.
RiskAge 33 — modest past-prime drag on scoring rates.

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%8.039.277.19+29%
IPP64.1563.7164.68-1%
1A/600.400.390.40-4%
2A/600.450.530.51+4%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 20
1A/60
3-yr 0.400.24Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.510.48Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.3922-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.5322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 9.3% vs a 7.2% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.070.070.22-70%
PP iSH%n/a0.00
PP SOG/601.050.004.21-100%
PP ixG/600.001.06-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 20
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.220.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 4.210.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.060.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
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)
ContextPP role steady at ~0.1 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/604.876.053.84+58%
Hits/609.3911.118.04+38%
Blks/602.562.692.36+14%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 20
PIMs/60
3-yr 3.845.79Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 8.0410.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.362.65Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
6.0522-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
11.1122-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.6922-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
7122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
15022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 (88th pct) and role-stable — a bankable hits floor (9.39/60 projected).
ContextBlocks role-stable at 2.69/60 (54th pct league-wide) → 2.56 projected.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.13/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.