Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-17)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 24 | 2 | 2.3 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 43 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 3 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 49 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 59 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 15 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 58 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 22 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 0 | 1.2 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 41 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 41 | 1 | 1.2 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 28 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 47 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 21 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 38 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 0 | 0.9 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 44 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 27 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 26 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Sam Bennett | C | FLA | 59 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 11 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 55 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 4 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 15 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 42 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 44 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 37 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 8 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 21 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 35 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 32 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 25 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 55 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 29 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 56 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 42 | 2 | 0.2 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 37 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 22 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 37 | 0 | 0.1 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 45 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 25 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Warren Foegele | LW | EDM | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 19 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 19 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 10 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 13 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 29 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 35 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 13 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 30 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 23 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 5 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 16 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 24 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 10 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 56 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 24 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 50 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 28 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 18 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 1 | 3 | -1.1 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Anton Lundell | C,LW | FLA | 20 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 8 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -1.2 |
| William Eklund | LW | SJ | 3 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 22 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 5 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 45 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | BOS | 6 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Anthony Mantha | LW,RW | WSH | 5 | 2 | -1.7 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 31 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 0 | -1.9 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 22 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 21 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 55 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 24 | 2 | 2.3 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 28 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 27 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 22 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | BOS | 6 | 1 | -1.7 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 29 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 56 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 10 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 50 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 38 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 8 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 1 | 3 | -1.1 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 43 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 13 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 30 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.0 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 37 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 29 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C,LW,RW | COL | 24 | 3 | -0.4 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 49 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 4 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 45 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 35 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 22 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Warren Foegele | LW | EDM | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 28 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Sam Bennett | C | FLA | 59 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Anton Lundell | C,LW | FLA | 20 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 26 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 19 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 44 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 37 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 15 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 55 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 5 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 21 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 19 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 16 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 18 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 3 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 59 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 16 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 24 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 27 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 11 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 25 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | PHI | 31 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 59 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 22 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 37 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 13 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 3 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 9 | 0 | -1.9 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 1 | 0.1 |
| William Eklund | LW | SJ | 3 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 46 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 23 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 56 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 2 | -1.0 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 42 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 8 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 15 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 15 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 41 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 8 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 47 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 35 | 1 | 0.5 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 25 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 44 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 32 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 45 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 58 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 2 | 1.4 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 41 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 42 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 10 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 5 | 2 | -1.4 |
| Anthony Mantha | LW,RW | WSH | 5 | 2 | -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)