Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-11)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 56 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 45 | 1 | 2.4 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 28 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 37 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 23 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 57 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 57 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 42 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Luke Evangelista | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 57 | 1 | 1.1 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 7 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 17 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Robert Thomas | C,RW | STL | 55 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 19 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 11 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 56 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 20 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 22 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 43 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 1 | 0.7 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 38 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 43 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 22 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 32 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Nick Perbix | D | TB | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 6 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | BOS | 8 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 31 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 28 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | NYR | 5 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 40 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 17 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 5 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 29 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 33 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 18 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 19 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 26 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 8 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 17 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 33 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Petry | D | PIT | 57 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 10 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 28 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 10 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 21 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 2 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 53 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 3 | -0.3 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 57 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Derick Brassard | C,LW | OTT | 1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 25 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 17 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 9 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 2 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Jakob Pelletier | LW | CGY | 3 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | CGY | 58 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Cole Guttman | C | CHI | 0 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 9 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 22 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 10 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 0 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 11 | 3 | -1.0 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 23 | 1 | -1.1 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 24 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Matt Roy | D | LA | 9 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 7 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 8 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 2 | -1.6 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 3 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 17 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 45 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 1 | -2.3 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -2.3 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 57 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 20 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 22 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 7 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 11 | 3 | -1.0 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 37 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 7 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 17 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 3 | 1 | -1.6 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 28 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | BOS | 8 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 21 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 10 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 10 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 57 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 32 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 9 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 2 | -1.6 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 45 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 33 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jakob Pelletier | LW | CGY | 3 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | CGY | 58 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 5 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Cole Guttman | C | CHI | 0 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 0 | -1.2 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 38 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 26 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Seguin | C,RW | DAL | 51 | 1 | -0.6 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 23 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Robby Fabbri | LW,RW | DET | 7 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 19 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Matt Roy | D | LA | 9 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 31 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 57 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 6 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 10 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 22 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 17 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 17 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 17 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Luke Evangelista | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 0 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | NYR | 5 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 18 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 25 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Derick Brassard | C,LW | OTT | 1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 11 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 28 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Scott Laughton | C,LW | PHI | 22 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Jeff Petry | D | PIT | 57 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 28 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 56 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 23 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 1 | -2.3 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Robert Thomas | C,RW | STL | 55 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 53 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 2 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Nick Perbix | D | TB | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 33 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 57 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 9 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -2.3 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 42 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 17 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 56 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 8 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 43 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 40 | 1 | 0.3 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 24 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 29 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 8 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 45 | 1 | -2.1 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 19 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 43 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 2 | 2 | -0.3 |
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)