Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-02-21)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 32 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 46 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 10 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 27 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 59 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 5 | 0 | 1.8 |
| William Carrier | LW | VGK | 4 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 39 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 35 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 56 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 34 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 16 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 42 | 1 | 1.2 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 29 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 21 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 10 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 39 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 17 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 54 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 44 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 37 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 29 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 30 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 15 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 15 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | NYR | 7 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 10 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 26 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 26 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 9 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 34 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Jeff Petry | D | PIT | 52 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 10 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 15 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 22 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 18 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 13 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 14 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 9 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | WSH | 41 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 25 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 20 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 24 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ridly Greig | C | OTT | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 44 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 18 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 33 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 55 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 58 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Nick Foligno | LW,RW | BOS | 4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | DET | 22 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | CHI | 4 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 46 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | WSH | 3 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Nick Bonino | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 23 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | CGY | 59 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Nicolas Roy | C,RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 15 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 11 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 51 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 14 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 7 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C,RW | DET | 0 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 26 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | PHI | 13 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 33 | 1 | -0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 45 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | ARI | 5 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 50 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 23 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | BOS | 7 | 1 | -0.7 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 59 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 22 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 10 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 31 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 12 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 7 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 8 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Phil Kessel | RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 3 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Brady Skjei | D | CAR | 38 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Ryan O’Reilly | C | TOR | 53 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | BUF | 1 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 19 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 3 | 2 | -1.4 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 27 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 14 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 21 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 50 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 9 | 0 | -1.7 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 49 | 3 | -2.1 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 3 | 2 | -2.3 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 15 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 14 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Adam Henrique | C,LW | ANA | 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 15 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 35 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 18 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | ARI | 5 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | ARI | 3 | 2 | -1.4 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 3 | 2 | -2.3 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 29 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Nick Foligno | LW,RW | BOS | 4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 23 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | BOS | 50 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | BOS | 7 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 15 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 58 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | BUF | 1 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 59 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 24 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 3 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Brady Skjei | D | CAR | 38 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 39 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 9 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 32 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 34 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 29 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | CGY | 59 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | CHI | 27 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | CHI | 4 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 2 | -0.7 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 26 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 14 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 23 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Mason Marchment | LW,RW | DAL | 14 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 17 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | DET | 22 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | C,RW | DET | 0 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 26 | 1 | -0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 45 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jonatan Berggren | LW,RW | DET | 1 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | EDM | 50 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 30 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Sean Durzi | D | LA | 31 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 26 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 10 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 54 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 7 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 16 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 34 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 13 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 10 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 19 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | NSH | 15 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | NSH | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | NSH | 12 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | NSH | 8 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 10 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 37 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | NYR | 7 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 33 | 1 | -0.5 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 59 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Ridly Greig | C | OTT | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 42 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 9 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | PHI | 13 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jeff Petry | D | PIT | 52 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 51 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | PIT | 1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 22 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 21 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 39 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 10 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 33 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 11 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 46 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 5 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Nick Bonino | C,LW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Robert Thomas | C | STL | 55 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | STL | 14 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Colton Parayko | D | STL | 9 | 0 | -1.7 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 25 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Ryan O’Reilly | C | TOR | 53 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 44 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 10 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 46 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 1 | -0.5 |
| William Carrier | LW | VGK | 4 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 44 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nicolas Roy | C,RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Phil Kessel | RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.9 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 27 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 56 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 49 | 3 | -2.1 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 22 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | WSH | 41 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 20 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 18 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | WSH | 3 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 7 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | WSH | 21 | 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)