Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-02-18)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 9 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Bowen Byram | D | COL | 59 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 46 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 52 | 4 | 2.0 |
| William Carrier | LW | VGK | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 36 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 59 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 12 | 1 | 1.6 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 31 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 33 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 19 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 21 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 58 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 25 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 25 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 56 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 9 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 16 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Anton Lundell | C,LW | FLA | 23 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 42 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 4 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 13 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 10 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 22 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 32 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 45 | 0 | 0.6 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 23 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 6 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 32 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 13 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | WSH | 39 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 13 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 14 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 26 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 23 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 20 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 21 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | CGY | 59 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 28 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 54 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 11 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 55 | 3 | 0.1 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 3 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 15 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nick Foligno | LW,RW | BOS | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 14 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | WSH | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nick Bonino | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 11 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | CHI | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 24 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 45 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 14 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 4 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Jeff Petry | D | PIT | 53 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 7 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 18 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 46 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 52 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | DET | 21 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 22 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nicolas Roy | C,RW | VGK | 4 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | ARI | 5 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 50 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | PHI | 11 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 1 | -0.7 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 0 | -0.7 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 59 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 32 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | BOS | 7 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 7 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Brady Skjei | D | CAR | 40 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Phil Kessel | RW | VGK | 4 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 9 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 3 | -1.0 |
| Philipp Kurashev | LW,RW | CHI | 0 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 12 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | BUF | 1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 2 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 22 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 5 | 3 | -1.2 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 8 | 1 | -1.3 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 28 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 22 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 19 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 15 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 2 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 50 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Timothy Liljegren | D | TOR | 4 | 2 | -1.8 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 48 | 4 | -1.9 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 9 | 2 | -2.1 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 13 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 15 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 14 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 3 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 36 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 14 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | ARI | 5 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 2 | 2 | -1.2 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 31 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Nick Foligno | LW,RW | BOS | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 24 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 50 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | BOS | 7 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 16 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | BUF | 1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 59 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 23 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Brady Skjei | D | CAR | 40 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 3 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 33 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 21 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 22 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | CGY | 59 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 25 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | CHI | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Philipp Kurashev | LW,RW | CHI | 0 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Bowen Byram | D | COL | 59 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 18 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 22 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 54 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 15 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 9 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | DET | 21 | 0 | -0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 50 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Anton Lundell | C,LW | FLA | 23 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 25 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 32 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 32 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 28 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 12 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 56 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 4 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 7 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | MTL | 1 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 13 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 9 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 19 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Miles Wood | LW | NJ | 2 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 13 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 12 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 8 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 9 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 55 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 5 | 3 | -1.2 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 42 | 1 | 1.0 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 59 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 3 | -1.0 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 46 | 2 | 2.0 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 3 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | PHI | 11 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jeff Petry | D | PIT | 53 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 52 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 22 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 19 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 10 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 32 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 11 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 11 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Nick Bonino | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 58 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 26 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 4 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 6 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Timothy Liljegren | D | TOR | 4 | 2 | -1.8 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | TOR | 9 | 2 | -2.1 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 45 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 46 | 0 | -0.4 |
| William Carrier | LW | VGK | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 45 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Nicolas Roy | C,RW | VGK | 4 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Phil Kessel | RW | VGK | 4 | 0 | -0.9 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 28 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 52 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Cole Perfetti | C,LW,RW | WPG | 14 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 48 | 4 | -1.9 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 23 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | WSH | 39 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 20 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 21 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | WSH | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 7 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 22 | 0 | -1.4 |
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)