Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-01-10)
This is a list of potential short-term streamers who were selected by a bot, not by me personally. Is it a good idea to use a bot to find streamers? See the note at the end of this post for my thoughts on the topic.
OK, let’s look at the upcoming schedule and then see who made the 18_SKATERS_BOT’s list of streamers.
The NHL Schedule
There are 4 off days in the 8-day period that starts today. An “off day” is a day on which there are 16 or fewer teams playing (i.e., it is capped at half the teams in the NHL).
The 18_SKATERS_BOT’s Streamers
Here are the robo-recommended streamers for the current 8-day period. Only skaters who are on a roster in fewer than 60% of Yahoo leagues were eligible for selection.
The skaters are ranked based on their Score which essentially means they’re ranked according to who is most likely to get goals/assists in a game (relative to the other skaters on the list).
Scroll down to the next table if you’re targeting a skater from a specific team.
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 13 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 59 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 20 | 3 | 2.1 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 12 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 57 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 39 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 58 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Kevin Hayes | C | PHI | 27 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 18 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 47 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 26 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 26 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 55 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 7 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 20 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 44 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | LW | FLA | 59 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 58 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 11 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 10 | 3 | 0.6 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 58 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 45 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C,LW | DET | 5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 6 | 3 | 0.4 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 39 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW,RW | COL | 59 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Brett Pesce | D | CAR | 4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 11 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 34 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 8 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 10 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 11 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 22 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 58 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 28 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Josh Bailey | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 16 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 7 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 4 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 13 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 24 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 23 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 14 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Emil Bemstrom | LW,RW | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 54 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | VAN | 12 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 51 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 10 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 45 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 38 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 9 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 42 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 39 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 16 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 24 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 12 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 27 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 28 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Marcus Bjork | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 16 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 20 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Sam Steel | C,LW | MIN | 7 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 16 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 3 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 14 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 52 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 31 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 22 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Calle Rosen | D | STL | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 21 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 7 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 1 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 56 | 3 | -1.3 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 5 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 2 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Anton Lundell | C | FLA | 22 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 30 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 15 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 18 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 49 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 31 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 9 | 0 | -1.9 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 20 | 3 | 2.1 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 6 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 22 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 4 | 2 | 0.1 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 5 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 57 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 26 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Brett Pesce | D | CAR | 4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 54 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Emil Bemstrom | LW,RW | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Marcus Bjork | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 28 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 16 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 11 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 51 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 22 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 12 | 0 | 1.8 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 18 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW,RW | COL | 59 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 9 | 0 | -1.9 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 24 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 52 | 0 | -0.7 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 58 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C,LW | DET | 5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 38 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 42 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 1 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 56 | 3 | -1.3 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | LW | FLA | 59 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 2 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Anton Lundell | C | FLA | 22 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 34 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 39 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 39 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 13 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Sam Steel | C,LW | MIN | 7 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 14 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 27 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 16 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 11 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 11 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 16 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 12 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 16 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 8 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Josh Bailey | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 31 | 0 | -0.8 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 39 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 7 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 31 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Kevin Hayes | C | PHI | 27 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 20 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 10 | 2 | 0.2 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 7 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 10 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 55 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 58 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 20 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 47 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 44 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 9 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 28 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 18 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 58 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 7 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Calle Rosen | D | STL | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 15 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 59 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 23 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 24 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 3 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 13 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 21 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 45 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | VAN | 12 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 45 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 58 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 10 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 14 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 49 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 26 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 30 | 2 | -1.5 |
Is It A Good Idea To Use A Bot To Find Streamers?
I can see a few benefits to using a bot to hunt for streamers: (1) it shrinks the pool of potential streamers, leaving us with the easier task of picking our streamers from a small number of candidates; (2) it eliminates personal bias - the bot looks at the data, not the vibes; and (3) it catches everything - the bot will not miss a skater getting extra time-on-ice, or a skater generating increased scoring chances.
There’s an important caveat to that last point though, and it’s the bot’s biggest weakness: the bot is not smart when it comes to changes that are expected to occur in the future. The bot simply pulls historical data from Natural Stat Trick and uses it to project future skater performance. The bot knows nothing else. It’s oblivious to tweets about new line combinations and news about roster changes. Does that mean the bot’s suggestions are worthless? Of course not. Just be aware of the issue when reviewing the bot’s suggestions.
Come Back Tomorrow For Updated Streamers!
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Cheers!
Mark (18 Skaters)