Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-13)
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.
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 44 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 58 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 46 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Robert Thomas | C,RW | STL | 58 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 10 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 20 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 56 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 1.7 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 29 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 41 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 20 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 16 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 10 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 56 | 1 | 0.9 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 44 | 2 | 0.9 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 56 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 30 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 8 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 20 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 22 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 57 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 42 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 38 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 36 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 45 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 6 | 1 | 0.3 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 35 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 31 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 21 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 37 | 2 | 0.2 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 26 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 37 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 58 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 21 | 1 | 0.0 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 24 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 4 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 16 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 26 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 3 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 9 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Cole Guttman | C | CHI | 0 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 32 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 8 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 13 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 17 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 11 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 54 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 17 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 3 | 3 | -0.6 |
| Jakob Pelletier | LW | CGY | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 25 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 9 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 57 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 10 | 4 | -1.0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 15 | 3 | -1.2 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 18 | 1 | -1.2 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 9 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 23 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Anthony Mantha | LW,RW | WSH | 5 | 3 | -1.7 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 46 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 32 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.2 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 20 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 56 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 20 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 10 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 21 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 4 | 0 | -0.1 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 29 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 21 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 9 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 4 | -0.3 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 10 | 4 | -1.0 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 57 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 31 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 9 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 57 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 8 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 44 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 16 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 32 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Jakob Pelletier | LW | CGY | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Cole Guttman | C | CHI | 0 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.2 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 35 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 26 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 15 | 3 | -1.2 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 23 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 44 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 37 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 56 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 6 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 11 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 22 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 17 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 18 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 17 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 25 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 10 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 26 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 32 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 37 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 58 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 13 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 46 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Robert Thomas | C,RW | STL | 58 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 54 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 36 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 58 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 9 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 3 | 3 | -0.6 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 41 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 16 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 56 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 8 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 38 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 45 | 1 | 0.4 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 24 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 30 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 46 | 1 | -1.7 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 20 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 42 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 3 | 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.
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Cheers!
Mark (18 Skaters)