Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-01-15)
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 | 30 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 24 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 14 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 20 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 32 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 21 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 27 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 54 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 19 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 29 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 13 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Anthony Mantha | LW,RW | WSH | 8 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 6 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 15 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 56 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 23 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 10 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 2 | 3 | 1.0 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 23 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 6 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 56 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Brett Pesce | D | CAR | 13 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.8 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 19 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 57 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 45 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW,RW | COL | 58 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 15 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 35 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 56 | 3 | 0.4 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 5 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 53 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 15 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 5 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 10 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Conor Timmins | D | TOR | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 27 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 4 | 2 | 0.1 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 53 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 54 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 58 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Sam Steel | C,LW | MIN | 7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 19 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 9 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 22 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 15 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 11 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 24 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 38 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 51 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 16 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 45 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 16 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 34 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 7 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 7 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 12 | 1 | -0.3 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 26 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Lane Pederson | C,RW | VAN | 0 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 11 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 4 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 44 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 21 | 2 | -0.5 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 27 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nicolas Roy | C,RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 22 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Ty Smith | D | PIT | 4 | 3 | -0.6 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 14 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 3 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | VAN | 12 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 3 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 25 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 13 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 13 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Adam Ruzicka | C,LW | CGY | 2 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 26 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Derick Brassard | C,LW | OTT | 0 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 20 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 23 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 4 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 6 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 17 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 6 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 58 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | WSH | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 53 | 3 | -1.7 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 27 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 31 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 14 | 0 | -1.9 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 42 | 2 | -2.0 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 21 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 15 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 5 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 19 | 3 | 0.1 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 23 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 56 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 6 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 56 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 9 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 4 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 29 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Brett Pesce | D | CAR | 13 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Gustav Nyquist | LW,RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 15 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 27 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Adam Ruzicka | C,LW | CGY | 2 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jonathan Toews | C | CHI | 10 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 51 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 21 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 19 | 2 | 1.5 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 19 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW,RW | COL | 58 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | 0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 53 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 34 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 4 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 3 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 58 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 35 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 38 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 7 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 30 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 32 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Sam Steel | C,LW | MIN | 7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Calen Addison | D | MIN | 12 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Marcus Foligno | LW,RW | MIN | 13 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Kirby Dach | C,RW | MTL | 16 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 4 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 26 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 14 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 3 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 25 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 10 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 15 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 16 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 11 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | NYI | 26 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 7 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | NYI | 1 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 31 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 11 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Derick Brassard | C,LW | OTT | 0 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 6 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 20 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 27 | 2 | 1.7 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 5 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 4 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Travis Sanheim | D | PHI | 4 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Cam York | D | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 42 | 2 | -2.0 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 2 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 56 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Rickard Rakell | LW,RW | PIT | 58 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 24 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Ty Smith | D | PIT | 4 | 3 | -0.6 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 6 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 24 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 54 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 13 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Daniel Sprong | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW,RW | SEA | 45 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 22 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 20 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 6 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Nico Sturm | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 6 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 57 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 13 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 14 | 0 | -1.9 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 23 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 14 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Conor Timmins | D | TOR | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 17 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | LW,RW | VAN | 5 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 45 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Lane Pederson | C,RW | VAN | 0 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 44 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | VAN | 12 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Sheldon Dries | C,LW | VAN | 0 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 54 | 1 | 0.1 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 27 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nicolas Roy | C,RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 53 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 15 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 22 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 53 | 3 | -1.7 |
| Anthony Mantha | LW,RW | WSH | 8 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 23 | 1 | 1.1 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 26 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | WSH | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 27 | 1 | -1.8 |
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)