Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-14)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 43 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 46 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Robert Thomas | C,RW | STL | 58 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 14 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 20 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 55 | 3 | 1.9 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 29 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 23 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 40 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 19 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 15 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 10 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 57 | 1 | 0.9 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 44 | 2 | 0.9 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 35 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 31 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 22 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 56 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 22 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 56 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 9 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 42 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 24 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 35 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 37 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 45 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 36 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 44 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 30 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 28 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 20 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 36 | 2 | 0.3 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 26 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 14 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 6 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 39 | 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 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 21 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 1 | -0.1 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 25 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 9 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 4 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 14 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 4 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Cole Guttman | C | CHI | 0 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 31 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 17 | 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 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 5 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 13 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 3 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 24 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 3 | -0.8 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 8 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 54 | 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 | -1.0 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 3 | -1.0 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 2 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 17 | 1 | -1.2 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 9 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 23 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 2 | -1.7 |
| Anthony Mantha | LW,RW | WSH | 5 | 3 | -1.7 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 45 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 32 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.2 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 20 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 55 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 19 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 14 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 2 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 20 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 4 | 0 | -0.1 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 29 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 21 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 9 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 5 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 56 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 30 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 8 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 54 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 36 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 43 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 14 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 31 | 1 | -0.3 |
| 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 | 36 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 28 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 46 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 23 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 36 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 56 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 14 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 6 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 22 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 17 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 17 | 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 | 24 | 1 | -0.8 |
| 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 | -2.0 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 39 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 23 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 9 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 5 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 38 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 13 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 46 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 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 | -1.0 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 37 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW,RW | TB | 58 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 9 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 3 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 2 | -1.7 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 40 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 15 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW,RW | VAN | 57 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 7 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 35 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 45 | 1 | 0.4 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 25 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 31 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 44 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 45 | 1 | -1.8 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 35 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 22 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 42 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 4 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 3 | -1.0 |
| 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)