Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-02)

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.

Streamers Ranked By Score

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	CHI	57	2	3.2
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	43	1	2.3
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	47	2	2.0
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	38	2	1.7
Philip Tomasino	RW	NSH	3	1	1.6
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	41	1	1.6
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	43	1	1.4
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	2	1.4
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	16	2	1.3
Logan Couture	C	SJ	46	1	1.3
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	20	1	1.3
David Krejci	C	BOS	30	0	1.2
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	56	2	1.2
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	57	2	1.1
William Carrier	LW	VGK	6	2	1.1
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	4	1	1.0
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	8	1	1.0
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	42	2	1.0
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	35	2	0.9
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	5	0	0.9
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	38	2	0.8
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	36	1	0.8
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	52	2	0.8
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	16	2	0.8
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	PIT	15	0	0.8
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	33	1	0.8
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	45	2	0.7
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	14	2	0.7
Kaapo Kakko	RW	NYR	6	0	0.6
Eetu Luostarinen	C,LW	FLA	4	0	0.6
Anton Lundell	C,LW	FLA	21	0	0.6
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	9	2	0.6
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	26	0	0.6
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	49	3	0.6
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	22	2	0.5
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	1	2	0.5
Tyler Seguin	C,RW	DAL	53	1	0.5
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	34	1	0.5
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	8	2	0.5
Brayden Schenn	C,LW	STL	55	0	0.4
Barrett Hayton	C	ARI	7	2	0.4
Phillip Danault	C	LA	30	1	0.4
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	32	2	0.4
Robert Thomas	C,RW	STL	53	0	0.4
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	49	0	0.4
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	21	0	0.4
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	3	2	0.3
Robby Fabbri	LW,RW	DET	14	2	0.3
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	3	1	0.2
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	DET	31	2	0.2
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	19	1	0.2
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	12	1	0.2
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	6	1	0.1
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	26	1	0.1
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	3	2	0.0
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	13	2	0.0
Sean Durzi	D	LA	36	1	0.0
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	23	2	0.0
Warren Foegele	LW	EDM	1	2	-0.1
Owen Power	D	BUF	48	1	-0.1
David Perron	RW	DET	49	2	-0.1
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	4	2	-0.1
Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	59	1	-0.1
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	53	0	-0.1
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	13	2	-0.2
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	8	2	-0.2
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	27	1	-0.2
Jakob Pelletier	LW	CGY	2	1	-0.2
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	8	2	-0.2
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	1	-0.3
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	1	1	-0.3
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	17	2	-0.3
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	VGK	27	2	-0.3
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	3	1	-0.3
Nick Bonino	C,LW	SJ	1	1	-0.4
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	1	1	-0.4
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	4	1	-0.4
Scott Laughton	C,LW	PHI	22	1	-0.5
Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	15	1	-0.5
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	8	2	-0.5
Yanni Gourde	C	SEA	12	2	-0.6
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	4	0	-0.6
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	27	0	-0.7
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	26	2	-0.7
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	3	2	-0.7
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	2	2	-0.7
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	12	2	-0.8
Miles Wood	LW	NJ	2	2	-0.8
Gabriel Vilardi	LW,RW	LA	17	1	-0.8
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	10	1	-0.8
Brady Skjei	D	CAR	37	2	-0.9
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	23	0	-0.9
Nick Foligno	LW,RW	BOS	5	0	-0.9
Arthur Kaliyev	LW,RW	LA	7	1	-0.9
Christian Fischer	C,RW	ARI	0	2	-1.0
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	2	-1.0
Colton Sissons	C	NSH	2	1	-1.1
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	1	-1.1
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	1	2	-1.2
Mason Marchment	LW,RW	DAL	13	1	-1.2
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	25	2	-1.4
Cole Guttman	C	CHI	0	2	-1.4
Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	3	0	-1.4
Jake Walman	D	DET	2	2	-1.4
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	10	2	-1.5
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	7	3	-1.5
Nicholas Paul	C,LW	TB	16	1	-1.5
Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	35	1	-1.7
Nick Ritchie	LW	ARI	2	2	-1.8
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	4	0	-1.8
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	56	2	-2.0
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	48	3	-2.2
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	2	-2.3

Streamers Arranged By Team

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	16	2	0.8
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	14	2	0.7
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	4	2	-0.1
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	12	2	-0.8
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	2	-1.0
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	38	2	1.7
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	2	1.4
Barrett Hayton	C	ARI	7	2	0.4
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	17	2	-0.3
Christian Fischer	C,RW	ARI	0	2	-1.0
Nick Ritchie	LW	ARI	2	2	-1.8
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	2	-2.3
David Krejci	C	BOS	30	0	1.2
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	21	0	0.4
Nick Foligno	LW,RW	BOS	5	0	-0.9
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	12	1	0.2
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	6	1	0.1
Owen Power	D	BUF	48	1	-0.1
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	4	1	-0.4
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	56	2	1.2
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	35	2	0.9
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	3	2	-0.7
Brady Skjei	D	CAR	37	2	-0.9
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	41	1	1.6
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	1	-0.3
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	1	1	-0.4
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	43	1	2.3
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	20	1	1.3
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	34	1	0.5
Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	59	1	-0.1
Jakob Pelletier	LW	CGY	2	1	-0.2
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	CHI	57	2	3.2
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	1	2	0.5
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	1	2	-1.2
Cole Guttman	C	CHI	0	2	-1.4
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	43	1	1.4
Tyler Seguin	C,RW	DAL	53	1	0.5
Mason Marchment	LW,RW	DAL	13	1	-1.2
Robby Fabbri	LW,RW	DET	14	2	0.3
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	DET	31	2	0.2
David Perron	RW	DET	49	2	-0.1
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	26	2	-0.7
Jake Walman	D	DET	2	2	-1.4
Warren Foegele	LW	EDM	1	2	-0.1
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	56	2	-2.0
Eetu Luostarinen	C,LW	FLA	4	0	0.6
Anton Lundell	C,LW	FLA	21	0	0.6
Phillip Danault	C	LA	30	1	0.4
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	3	1	0.2
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	26	1	0.1
Sean Durzi	D	LA	36	1	0.0
Gabriel Vilardi	LW,RW	LA	17	1	-0.8
Arthur Kaliyev	LW,RW	LA	7	1	-0.9
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	57	2	1.1
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	9	2	0.6
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	3	2	0.3
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	8	2	-0.2
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	47	2	2.0
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	13	2	0.0
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	23	2	0.0
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	13	2	-0.2
Miles Wood	LW	NJ	2	2	-0.8
Philip Tomasino	RW	NSH	3	1	1.6
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	1	1	-0.3
Colton Sissons	C	NSH	2	1	-1.1
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	5	0	0.9
Kaapo Kakko	RW	NYR	6	0	0.6
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	26	0	0.6
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	27	0	-0.7
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	1	-1.1
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	8	1	1.0
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	33	1	0.8
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	3	1	-0.3
Scott Laughton	C,LW	PHI	22	1	-0.5
Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	35	1	-1.7
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	PIT	15	0	0.8
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	49	0	0.4
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	53	0	-0.1
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	23	0	-0.9
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	4	0	-1.8
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	38	2	0.8
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	22	2	0.5
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	32	2	0.4
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	3	2	0.0
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	8	2	-0.2
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	8	2	-0.5
Yanni Gourde	C	SEA	12	2	-0.6
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	2	2	-0.7
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	10	2	-1.5
Logan Couture	C	SJ	46	1	1.3
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	4	1	1.0
Nick Bonino	C,LW	SJ	1	1	-0.4
Brayden Schenn	C,LW	STL	55	0	0.4
Robert Thomas	C,RW	STL	53	0	0.4
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	27	1	-0.2
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	10	1	-0.8
Nicholas Paul	C,LW	TB	16	1	-1.5
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	4	0	-0.6
Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	3	0	-1.4
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	16	2	1.3
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	42	2	1.0
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	52	2	0.8
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	8	2	0.5
William Carrier	LW	VGK	6	2	1.1
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	45	2	0.7
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	VGK	27	2	-0.3
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	25	2	-1.4
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	49	3	0.6
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	7	3	-1.5
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	48	3	-2.2
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	36	1	0.8
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	19	1	0.2
Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	15	1	-0.5

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. Bookmark this site and follow me on Twitter @18sktrs to make sure you get daily updates.

Cheers!

Mark (18 Skaters)