🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Ozzy Wiesblatt

NSH · Age 24.4 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 5′10″, 183 lb · Draft 2020, 31st overall (S.J)
NSHteam
RWposition
190position rank
565skater rank
-27overall
-61offense
34peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2640 GPH216 GPH124 GPPrev 3thin
TOI10.3210.189.5110.54
PP TOI0.070.050.140.02
G2203
A88510
PTS1010514
PPP0000
SOG43511774
PIM727841103
Hits204205209202
Blocks40374333

Sample: 40 GP · 376 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 fade
ixG/60
0.16Q1Q2Q3Q4

ixG/60 finished the year 85% below where it started (0.83 in the first half, 0.12 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
SOG/60
0.97Q1Q2Q3Q4

SOG/60 finished the year 80% below where it started (6.24 in the first half, 1.26 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

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 Ozzy Wiesblatt 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 · Andrew Brunette (NSH)
Last year: Andrew Brunette full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI10.3210.18n/a
5v5 TOI9.249.41n/a
PP TOI0.070.05n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  17 · 7 · 9 · 7
TOI*
9.49Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
8.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
0.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
10.3222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
9.2422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
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/603.153.83n/a
G/600.130.16n/a
iSH%4.184.18n/a
ixG/600.45n/a
iCF/609.73n/a
iSCF/604.62n/a
iHDCF/601.91n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  17 · 7 · 9 · 7
SOG/60
0.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.16Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
7.75Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
1.94Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
0.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
3.8322-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
4.1822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.7322-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
4.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
1.9122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
4322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 0.83 (1st half) to 0.12 (2nd).
TailwindAge 24 on a single NHL season — projected a development step, not a flat repeat: scoring rates +2% and role +1% toward the mid-20s peak (a young riser improves on last year, not repeats it).

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%11.3411.34n/a
IPP31.3731.37n/a
1A/600.480.48n/a
2A/600.160.16n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  17 · 7 · 9 · 7
1A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
1022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 11.3%, IPP 31.4%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.070.05n/a
PP iSH%n/an/a
PP SOG/600.000.00n/a
PP ixG/600.00n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  17 · 7 · 9 · 7
PP TOI/GP
0.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0522-2323-2424-2525-26
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)
TailwindPP role projected up: 0.0→0.1 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Andrew Brunette) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.1, Q4 0.1) over the full-year 0.0; one NHL season — role grown +1% toward a sophomore workload) — 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/605.536.06n/a
Hits/6015.6315.63n/a
Blks/602.942.71n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  17 · 7 · 9 · 7
PIMs/60
3.88Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
14.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3.88Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
6.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
15.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
7222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
20422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
4022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 (95th pct) and role-stable — a bankable hits floor (15.63/60 projected).
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 3.88/60 and 2nd-half 3.48 vs a 2.71 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (55th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.94/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.32/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.