Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-01-12)
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 | 35 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 3.3 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 21 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 59 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 18 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 25 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.7 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 19 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 6 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 51 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 58 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 17 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 28 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 49 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 26 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | LW | FLA | 58 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 56 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 7 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 55 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 11 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 56 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 26 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 14 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 58 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 11 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 44 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 11 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 37 | 0 | 0.6 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 56 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Conor Timmins | D | TOR | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 6 | 1 | 0.5 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 44 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 10 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C,LW | DET | 4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 57 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW,RW | COL | 59 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 8 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 4 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 21 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 23 | 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 | 15 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 42 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 13 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 31 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 4 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 23 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 20 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 8 | 1 | -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 |
| 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 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 39 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 27 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Emil Bemstrom | LW,RW | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 23 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 7 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 17 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 25 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 24 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 16 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 12 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 15 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 13 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 9 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 14 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Anton Lundell | C | FLA | 22 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 22 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 7 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Calle Rosen | D | STL | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 31 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Marcus Bjork | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 57 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 19 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 19 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 3 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 6 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 50 | 3 | -1.4 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C,RW | DET | 0 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 2 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 42 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 29 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 15 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 31 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 9 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 25 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 7 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 3 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 14 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 21 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 4 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 58 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 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 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 7 | 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 |
| Marcus Bjork | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 10 | 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 | -0.8 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -1.3 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 19 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 17 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW,RW | COL | 59 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 9 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 23 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 1 | -0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 56 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Michael Rasmussen | C,LW | DET | 4 | 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 | 36 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C,RW | DET | 0 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 57 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | LW | FLA | 58 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Anton Lundell | C | FLA | 22 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 2 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 35 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 37 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 31 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 39 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 13 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 14 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 25 | 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 | 0.8 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 13 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 3 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 11 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 17 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 16 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 12 | 1 | -0.6 |
| 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 | 31 | 1 | -0.9 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 44 | 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 | 6 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 31 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 18 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 28 | 1 | 1.3 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 6 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 7 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 4 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 42 | 1 | -1.5 |
| 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 | 3.3 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 51 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 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 | 24 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 19 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 6 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 49 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 58 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 7 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 13 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Calle Rosen | D | STL | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 15 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 59 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 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 | 21 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Conor Timmins | D | TOR | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 19 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 44 | 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 | 56 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 11 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 15 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 50 | 3 | -1.4 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 26 | 1 | 0.8 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 27 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 29 | 1 | -1.6 |
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.
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Cheers!
Mark (18 Skaters)