Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-12)

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 5 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
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	57	1	2.6
Logan Couture	C	SJ	46	0	2.6
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	38	1	2.5
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	44	1	2.3
David Krejci	C	BOS	29	2	1.9
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	23	1	1.9
Robert Thomas	C,RW	STL	56	4	1.8
Troy Terry	RW	ANA	57	4	1.7
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	41	1	1.5
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	4	0	1.4
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	36	2	1.2
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	17	1	1.2
Barrett Hayton	C	ARI	7	1	1.1
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	10	1	1.1
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	56	1	1.0
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	1	2	1.0
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	57	2	0.9
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	34	3	0.9
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	19	4	0.9
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	56	1	0.9
Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	8	2	0.8
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	19	3	0.8
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	8	1	0.8
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	22	2	0.7
Brandon Saad	LW	STL	2	4	0.7
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	4	2	0.7
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	5	1	0.7
Anders Lee	LW	NYI	59	1	0.7
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	45	2	0.6
Luke Evangelista	RW	NSH	1	2	0.6
Phillip Danault	C	LA	28	0	0.6
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	21	4	0.6
Tom Wilson	RW	WSH	43	3	0.6
Nino Niederreiter	LW	WPG	29	2	0.6
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	44	2	0.6
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	1	0.6
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	24	0	0.5
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	3	1	0.5
Gabriel Vilardi	LW,RW	LA	19	0	0.5
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	38	1	0.5
Ryan Hartman	C,RW	MIN	32	3	0.4
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	31	2	0.4
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	6	1	0.4
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	37	2	0.4
David Perron	RW	DET	47	1	0.4
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	3	0	0.4
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	2	1	0.3
Tomas Hertl	C	SJ	54	0	0.3
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	18	1	0.3
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	34	2	0.3
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	28	1	0.3
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	3	1	0.2
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	VGK	39	2	0.2
Yakov Trenin	LW	NSH	1	2	0.2
Andreas Athanasiou	LW,RW	CHI	4	0	0.2
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	MIN	2	3	0.2
Kent Johnson	LW,RW	CBJ	5	2	0.1
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	19	2	0.1
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	33	1	0.1
Frederick Gaudreau	C,LW,RW	MIN	3	3	0.1
Nick Perbix	D	TB	1	2	0.0
Zach Parise	LW,RW	NYI	6	1	0.0
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	31	1	0.0
Samuel Girard	D	COL	26	2	-0.1
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	8	1	-0.1
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	21	2	-0.1
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	58	1	-0.2
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	17	2	-0.2
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	WSH	2	3	-0.2
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	10	4	-0.2
Lukas Reichel	C,LW	CHI	2	0	-0.2
Owen Power	D	BUF	46	4	-0.2
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	5	4	-0.2
Cole Guttman	C	CHI	0	0	-0.2
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	17	2	-0.2
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	8	1	-0.3
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	1	1	-0.3
Yanni Gourde	C	SEA	12	1	-0.3
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	4	4	-0.3
Brandon Hagel	LW,RW	TB	57	2	-0.3
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	2	0	-0.3
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	2	1	-0.3
Brayden Schenn	C,LW	STL	53	4	-0.3
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	10	1	-0.4
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	2	-0.4
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	25	2	-0.4
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	59	2	-0.5
Derick Brassard	C,LW	OTT	1	1	-0.5
Jakob Pelletier	LW	CGY	3	1	-0.6
Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	58	1	-0.6
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	3	3	-0.6
Torey Krug	D	STL	46	4	-0.6
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C,LW	CAR	9	2	-0.6
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	4	-0.6
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	24	2	-0.7
Jack McBain	C	ARI	3	1	-0.7
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	0	2	-0.8
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	1	-0.8
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	STL	2	4	-0.8
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	11	4	-0.8
Lucas Raymond	RW	DET	36	1	-0.9
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	2	0	-0.9
Colton Sissons	C	NSH	2	2	-0.9
Kiefer Sherwood	RW	NSH	0	2	-0.9
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	10	4	-1.0
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	9	2	-1.2
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	2	2	-1.2
Evan Rodrigues	C,LW,RW	COL	10	2	-1.2
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	23	1	-1.2
Damon Severson	D	NJ	17	2	-1.2
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	2	1	-1.3
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	8	2	-1.3
Jake Walman	D	DET	2	1	-1.4
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	20	1	-1.5
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	1	-1.6
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	TOR	2	3	-1.6
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	27	1	-1.7
Anthony Mantha	LW,RW	WSH	5	3	-1.7
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	45	2	-1.8
Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	32	1	-2.0
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	9	1	-2.1
Nicholas Paul	C,LW	TB	15	2	-2.1
Caleb Jones	D	CHI	1	0	-2.3

Streamers Arranged By Team

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Troy Terry	RW	ANA	57	4	1.7
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	19	4	0.9
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	21	4	0.6
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	5	4	-0.2
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	4	-0.6
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	11	4	-0.8
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	38	1	2.5
Barrett Hayton	C	ARI	7	1	1.1
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	1	0.6
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	18	1	0.3
Jack McBain	C	ARI	3	1	-0.7
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	1	-1.6
David Krejci	C	BOS	29	2	1.9
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	21	2	-0.1
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	10	4	-0.2
Owen Power	D	BUF	46	4	-0.2
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	4	4	-0.3
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	10	4	-1.0
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	57	2	0.9
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	31	2	0.4
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	59	2	-0.5
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C,LW	CAR	9	2	-0.6
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	2	2	-1.2
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	36	2	1.2
Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	8	2	0.8
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	4	2	0.7
Kent Johnson	LW,RW	CBJ	5	2	0.1
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	2	-0.4
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	0	2	-0.8
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	44	1	2.3
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	33	1	0.1
Jakob Pelletier	LW	CGY	3	1	-0.6
Noah Hanifin	D	CGY	58	1	-0.6
Andreas Athanasiou	LW,RW	CHI	4	0	0.2
Lukas Reichel	C,LW	CHI	2	0	-0.2
Cole Guttman	C	CHI	0	0	-0.2
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	2	0	-0.3
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	2	0	-0.9
Caleb Jones	D	CHI	1	0	-2.3
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	37	2	0.4
Samuel Girard	D	COL	26	2	-0.1
Evan Rodrigues	C,LW,RW	COL	10	2	-1.2
David Perron	RW	DET	47	1	0.4
Lucas Raymond	RW	DET	36	1	-0.9
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	23	1	-1.2
Jake Walman	D	DET	2	1	-1.4
Phillip Danault	C	LA	28	0	0.6
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	24	0	0.5
Gabriel Vilardi	LW,RW	LA	19	0	0.5
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	3	0	0.4
Ryan Hartman	C,RW	MIN	32	3	0.4
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	MIN	2	3	0.2
Frederick Gaudreau	C,LW,RW	MIN	3	3	0.1
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	56	1	0.9
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	6	1	0.4
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	2	1	0.3
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	10	1	-0.4
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	22	2	0.7
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	19	2	0.1
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	17	2	-0.2
Damon Severson	D	NJ	17	2	-1.2
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	1	2	1.0
Luke Evangelista	RW	NSH	1	2	0.6
Yakov Trenin	LW	NSH	1	2	0.2
Colton Sissons	C	NSH	2	2	-0.9
Kiefer Sherwood	RW	NSH	0	2	-0.9
Anders Lee	LW	NYI	59	1	0.7
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	3	1	0.5
Zach Parise	LW,RW	NYI	6	1	0.0
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	20	1	-1.5
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	17	2	-0.2
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	25	2	-0.4
Derick Brassard	C,LW	OTT	1	1	-0.5
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	1	-0.8
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	27	1	-1.7
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	10	1	1.1
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	28	1	0.3
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	1	1	-0.3
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	2	1	-0.3
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	2	1	-1.3
Ivan Provorov	D	PHI	32	1	-2.0
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	31	1	0.0
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	58	1	-0.2
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	57	1	2.6
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	23	1	1.9
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	8	1	0.8
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	5	1	0.7
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	38	1	0.5
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	3	1	0.2
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	8	1	-0.1
Yanni Gourde	C	SEA	12	1	-0.3
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	9	1	-2.1
Logan Couture	C	SJ	46	0	2.6
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	4	0	1.4
Tomas Hertl	C	SJ	54	0	0.3
Robert Thomas	C,RW	STL	56	4	1.8
Brandon Saad	LW	STL	2	4	0.7
Brayden Schenn	C,LW	STL	53	4	-0.3
Torey Krug	D	STL	46	4	-0.6
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	STL	2	4	-0.8
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	34	2	0.3
Nick Perbix	D	TB	1	2	0.0
Brandon Hagel	LW,RW	TB	57	2	-0.3
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	9	2	-1.2
Nicholas Paul	C,LW	TB	15	2	-2.1
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	3	3	-0.6
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	TOR	2	3	-1.6
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	41	1	1.5
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	17	1	1.2
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	56	1	1.0
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	8	1	-0.3
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	44	2	0.6
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	VGK	39	2	0.2
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	24	2	-0.7
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	45	2	0.6
Nino Niederreiter	LW	WPG	29	2	0.6
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	8	2	-1.3
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	45	2	-1.8
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	34	3	0.9
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	19	3	0.8
Tom Wilson	RW	WSH	43	3	0.6
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	WSH	2	3	-0.2
Anthony Mantha	LW,RW	WSH	5	3	-1.7

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!

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Cheers!

Mark (18 Skaters)