🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Rodrigo Abols

PHI · Age 30.6 · 🇱🇻 Latvia · 6′4″, 187 lb · Draft 2016, 184th overall (VAN)
PHIteam
Cposition
203position rank
703skater rank
-42overall
-48offense
6peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2642 GPH27 GPH135 GPPrev 322 GP · 1y
TOI10.2210.509.4010.619.19
PP TOI0.050.040.080.030.04
G861447
A1314141411
PTS2120271819
PPP00000
SOG9684648893
PIM23431053015
Hits101981079693
Blocks4747205245

Sample: 42 GP · 407 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
iSH%
3-yr 8.0420.00Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSH% finished the year 150% above where it started (3.12 in the first half, 20.00 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
PIM
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Penalty minutes ran at a 105 pace in the second half after 30 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
  • Scott LaughtonLW · Los Angeles Kings88% match
    shared: Blocks, Hits
  • Easton CowanC,RW · Toronto Maple Leafs86% match
    shared: Hits
  • Jake NeighboursLW,RW · St. Louis Blues84% match
    shared: Blocks, Hits
  • Erik HaulaC,LW · Los Angeles Kings84% match
    shared: Blocks, Hits
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Rodrigo Abols 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
  • Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 4
    fills: SOG, A, PPP, 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 · Rick Tocchet (PHI)
Last year: Rick Tocchet full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI10.2210.509.19+14%
5v5 TOI9.359.709.13+6%
PP TOI0.050.040.04+8%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  14 · 21 · 7 · 0
TOI*
3-yr 9.199.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 9.138.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.040.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
10.2222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
9.3522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.0522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/605.815.897.46-21%
G/600.390.290.60-52%
iSH%6.734.928.04-39%
ixG/600.790.99-20%
iCF/6012.5114.33-13%
iSCF/607.368.66-15%
iHDCF/603.684.48-18%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  14 · 21 · 7 · 0
SOG/60
3-yr 7.464.95Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 8.0420.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.991.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 14.3311.88Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 8.668.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 4.485.94Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.8922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
4.9222-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
12.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.3622-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.6822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextFinishing looks earned: iSH% 4.9% sits near the 8.0% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.79 (74th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 21% (5v5 SOG/60 5.89 vs 7.46) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.81→1.01 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%8.438.468.33+2%
IPP72.4672.8471.29+2%
1A/600.380.440.30+47%
2A/600.540.440.60-27%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  14 · 21 · 7 · 0
1A/60
3-yr 0.300.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.600.99Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.4422-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.4422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 8.5%, IPP 72.8%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.050.040.04+8%
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  14 · 21 · 7 · 0
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.040.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
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)
TailwindPP role projected up: 0.0→0.0 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Rick Tocchet) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.1, Q4 0.1) over the full-year 0.0) — 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/603.373.241.19+172%
Hits/607.557.217.46-3%
Blks/602.712.943.58-18%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  14 · 21 · 7 · 0
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.198.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 7.468.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 3.580.99Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
3.2422-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
7.2122-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.9422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
10122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
4722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindHits surging late: Q4 8.91/60 and 2nd-half 8.91 vs a 7.21 season rate (7.46 3-yr) (76th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 7.55/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 0.99/60 and 2nd-half 0.99 below the 2.94 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.71/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.58 3-yr mark.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.29/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.