Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-01-11)
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 5 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 | 31 | 1 | 3.7 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 14 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 21 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 26 | 2 | 1.6 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 18 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 49 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 57 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 16 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 25 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 6 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 26 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 9 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | LW | FLA | 59 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 56 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 8 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 18 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 55 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 11 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 57 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 11 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 15 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 59 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 11 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 45 | 2 | 0.6 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 57 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 6 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Brett Pesce | D | CAR | 4 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 2 | 3 | 0.5 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 41 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 11 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 34 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C,LW | DET | 5 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 57 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Josh Bailey | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 8 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 8 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Sam Steel | C,LW | MIN | 7 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 6 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 22 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 23 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 14 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 42 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 14 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 5 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 23 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 20 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Ty Smith | D | PIT | 2 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 51 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 13 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 44 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 9 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 3 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | VAN | 12 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Emil Bemstrom | LW,RW | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 39 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 23 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 16 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 37 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 52 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 12 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 26 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 27 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 15 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 15 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 9 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 14 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 22 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Anton Lundell | C | FLA | 22 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 8 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Calle Rosen | D | STL | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 32 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Marcus Bjork | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 18 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 20 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 7 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 56 | 3 | -1.4 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 49 | 3 | -1.4 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C,RW | DET | 0 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 2 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 29 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | RW | NJ | 0 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 16 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 31 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 9 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 21 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 6 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 15 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 22 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 5 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 59 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 56 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 9 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 26 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Brett Pesce | D | CAR | 4 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 8 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Emil Bemstrom | LW,RW | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Marcus Bjork | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 11 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 51 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 22 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -1.3 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 18 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 16 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 9 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 23 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 52 | 1 | -0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 57 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C,LW | DET | 5 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 42 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 37 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C,RW | DET | 0 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 56 | 3 | -1.4 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | LW | FLA | 59 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Anton Lundell | C | FLA | 22 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 2 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 31 | 1 | 3.7 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 34 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 39 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Sam Steel | C,LW | MIN | 7 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 14 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 14 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 26 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 15 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 11 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 13 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 3 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | RW | NJ | 0 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 11 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 16 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 12 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 15 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Josh Bailey | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 32 | 1 | -0.9 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 41 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 8 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 7 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 31 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 26 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 18 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 8 | 2 | 0.3 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 6 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 9 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 55 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 57 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 20 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Ty Smith | D | PIT | 2 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 49 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 9 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 27 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 18 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 6 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 2 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 57 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 8 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Calle Rosen | D | STL | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 16 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 23 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 23 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 14 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 20 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 45 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 44 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | VAN | 12 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 57 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 11 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 14 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 49 | 3 | -1.4 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 25 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 29 | 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)