Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-02-12)

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 6 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.

Streamers Ranked By Score

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	15	1	3.1
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	51	2	2.6
Ridly Greig	C	OTT	2	3	2.5
David Krejci	C	BOS	35	1	2.3
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	59	1	1.9
Scott Laughton	C,LW	PHI	31	2	1.8
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	28	2	1.7
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	56	2	1.5
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	21	2	1.4
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	48	2	1.4
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	49	2	1.3
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	20	3	1.3
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	37	2	1.2
Logan Couture	C	SJ	48	2	1.2
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	23	2	1.2
Kirby Dach	C,RW	MTL	30	2	1.2
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	19	2	1.2
Brayden Schenn	C,LW	STL	55	2	1.1
Kaapo Kakko	RW	NYR	6	2	1.1
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	2	2	1.1
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	3	2	1.0
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	18	2	1.0
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	47	2	0.9
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	33	2	0.9
Ryan Johansen	C	NSH	13	3	0.8
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	9	2	0.8
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	24	1	0.8
Brandon Saad	LW	STL	2	2	0.7
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	11	3	0.7
Adam Henrique	C,LW	ANA	19	3	0.6
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	6	2	0.6
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	17	3	0.6
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	14	2	0.4
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	9	2	0.4
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	23	2	0.4
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	16	3	0.4
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	2	3	0.3
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	4	2	0.3
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	CHI	25	3	0.3
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	36	2	0.2
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	6	2	0.2
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	11	2	0.2
Phillip Danault	C	LA	29	2	0.2
Tyler Seguin	C,RW	DAL	57	1	0.2
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	13	2	0.2
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	3	2	0.2
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	19	2	0.2
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	3	1	0.2
Evan Rodrigues	C,LW,RW	COL	22	2	0.2
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	WSH	5	2	0.1
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	23	1	0.1
Cole Perfetti	C,LW,RW	WPG	16	2	0.0
Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	58	2	0.0
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	4	2	0.0
Erik Gustafsson	D	WSH	40	2	0.0
Conor Sheary	LW,RW	WSH	9	2	0.0
Anton Lundell	C	FLA	24	2	0.0
David Perron	RW	DET	45	3	0.0
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	3	2	-0.1
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	NSH	8	3	-0.2
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	53	1	-0.2
Anthony Cirelli	C,LW	TB	7	1	-0.2
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	5	2	-0.2
Anders Lee	LW	NYI	56	1	-0.2
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	CHI	2	3	-0.3
K’Andre Miller	D	NYR	54	2	-0.3
Andreas Athanasiou	LW,RW	CHI	0	3	-0.3
Nick Bjugstad	C,RW	ARI	4	3	-0.4
Nicolas Roy	C,RW	VGK	4	2	-0.4
Robby Fabbri	LW,RW	DET	2	3	-0.4
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	4	1	-0.4
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	31	2	-0.4
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	2	3	-0.4
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	16	3	-0.4
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	26	1	-0.4
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	2	2	-0.5
Nick Bonino	C,LW	SJ	1	2	-0.5
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	56	1	-0.5
Taylor Hall	LW	BOS	51	1	-0.6
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	50	2	-0.6
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	44	2	-0.6
Kyle Okposo	RW	BUF	1	2	-0.6
Nick Ritchie	LW	ARI	3	3	-0.6
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	5	2	-0.6
Nino Niederreiter	LW	NSH	12	3	-0.7
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	4	2	-0.7
Nico Sturm	C,LW	SJ	1	2	-0.7
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	9	2	-0.7
Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	8	3	-0.8
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	3	-0.8
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	3	-0.8
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	12	2	-0.8
Nick Foligno	LW,RW	BOS	4	1	-0.8
Brady Skjei	D	CAR	42	1	-0.9
Sean Durzi	D	LA	32	2	-0.9
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	28	2	-0.9
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	3	-0.9
Jonatan Berggren	LW,RW	DET	1	3	-0.9
Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	23	2	-1.0
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	STL	12	2	-1.0
Samuel Girard	D	COL	18	2	-1.0
Owen Power	D	BUF	49	2	-1.0
Joel Farabee	C,LW	PHI	3	2	-1.1
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	8	2	-1.2
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	5	1	-1.2
Mason Marchment	LW,RW	DAL	16	1	-1.3
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	30	3	-1.3
Emil Bemstrom	LW,RW	CBJ	0	2	-1.3
Miles Wood	LW	NJ	2	2	-1.4
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	4	2	-1.4
Arber Xhekaj	D	MTL	23	2	-1.5
Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	5	2	-1.5
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	50	4	-1.7
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	49	2	-1.7
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	3	-1.7
Rasmus Sandin	D	TOR	10	2	-2.0

Streamers Arranged By Team

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Adam Henrique	C,LW	ANA	19	3	0.6
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	17	3	0.6
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	16	3	0.4
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	16	3	-0.4
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	3	-0.8
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	20	3	1.3
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	11	3	0.7
Nick Bjugstad	C,RW	ARI	4	3	-0.4
Nick Ritchie	LW	ARI	3	3	-0.6
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	3	-0.8
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	3	-1.7
David Krejci	C	BOS	35	1	2.3
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	23	1	0.1
Taylor Hall	LW	BOS	51	1	-0.6
Nick Foligno	LW,RW	BOS	4	1	-0.8
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	19	2	0.2
Kyle Okposo	RW	BUF	1	2	-0.6
Owen Power	D	BUF	49	2	-1.0
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	4	2	-1.4
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	59	1	1.9
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	3	1	0.2
Brady Skjei	D	CAR	42	1	-0.9
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	33	2	0.9
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	3	2	0.2
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	5	2	-0.6
Emil Bemstrom	LW,RW	CBJ	0	2	-1.3
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	37	2	1.2
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	18	2	1.0
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	6	2	0.6
Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	58	2	0.0
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	CHI	25	3	0.3
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	CHI	2	3	-0.3
Andreas Athanasiou	LW,RW	CHI	0	3	-0.3
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	2	3	-0.4
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	23	2	1.2
Evan Rodrigues	C,LW,RW	COL	22	2	0.2
Samuel Girard	D	COL	18	2	-1.0
Tyler Seguin	C,RW	DAL	57	1	0.2
Mason Marchment	LW,RW	DAL	16	1	-1.3
David Perron	RW	DET	45	3	0.0
Robby Fabbri	LW,RW	DET	2	3	-0.4
Jonatan Berggren	LW,RW	DET	1	3	-0.9
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	50	4	-1.7
Anton Lundell	C	FLA	24	2	0.0
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	19	2	1.2
Phillip Danault	C	LA	29	2	0.2
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	3	2	-0.1
Sean Durzi	D	LA	32	2	-0.9
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	56	2	1.5
Kirby Dach	C,RW	MTL	30	2	1.2
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	2	2	1.1
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	5	2	-0.2
Arber Xhekaj	D	MTL	23	2	-1.5
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	28	2	1.7
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	14	2	0.4
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	9	2	-0.7
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	12	2	-0.8
Miles Wood	LW	NJ	2	2	-1.4
Ryan Johansen	C	NSH	13	3	0.8
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	2	3	0.3
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	NSH	8	3	-0.2
Nino Niederreiter	LW	NSH	12	3	-0.7
Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	8	3	-0.8
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	15	1	3.1
Anders Lee	LW	NYI	56	1	-0.2
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	49	2	1.3
Kaapo Kakko	RW	NYR	6	2	1.1
K’Andre Miller	D	NYR	54	2	-0.3
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	31	2	-0.4
Ridly Greig	C	OTT	2	3	2.5
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	3	-0.9
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	30	3	-1.3
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	51	2	2.6
Scott Laughton	C,LW	PHI	31	2	1.8
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	9	2	0.4
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	4	2	0.3
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	4	2	0.0
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	2	2	-0.5
Joel Farabee	C,LW	PHI	3	2	-1.1
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	53	1	-0.2
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	26	1	-0.4
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	56	1	-0.5
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	5	1	-1.2
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	21	2	1.4
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	36	2	0.2
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	11	2	0.2
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	13	2	0.2
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	4	2	-0.7
Logan Couture	C	SJ	48	2	1.2
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	3	2	1.0
Nick Bonino	C,LW	SJ	1	2	-0.5
Nico Sturm	C,LW	SJ	1	2	-0.7
Brayden Schenn	C,LW	STL	55	2	1.1
Brandon Saad	LW	STL	2	2	0.7
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	STL	12	2	-1.0
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	24	1	0.8
Anthony Cirelli	C,LW	TB	7	1	-0.2
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	4	1	-0.4
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	9	2	0.8
Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	5	2	-1.5
Rasmus Sandin	D	TOR	10	2	-2.0
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	47	2	0.9
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	6	2	0.2
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	50	2	-0.6
Nicolas Roy	C,RW	VGK	4	2	-0.4
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	44	2	-0.6
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	28	2	-0.9
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	48	2	1.4
Cole Perfetti	C,LW,RW	WPG	16	2	0.0
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	8	2	-1.2
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	49	2	-1.7
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	23	2	0.4
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	WSH	5	2	0.1
Erik Gustafsson	D	WSH	40	2	0.0
Conor Sheary	LW,RW	WSH	9	2	0.0
Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	23	2	-1.0

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!

I aim to post streamer suggestions every day so check back regularly. Consider bookmarking this site and following me on Twitter @18sktrs to make sure you get daily updates.

Cheers!

Mark (18 Skaters)