Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-21)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 33 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 55 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 3 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 45 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 39 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Tyson Foerster | C | PHI | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 53 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 16 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 55 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 41 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 20 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 43 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 19 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 43 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 23 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 27 | 1 | 1.0 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 39 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 14 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 17 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 50 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 4 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 6 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 3 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 33 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 53 | 1 | 0.5 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 39 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 43 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 30 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 19 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 43 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 27 | 1 | 0.3 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 47 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 28 | 0 | 0.2 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 43 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 35 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 43 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Warren Foegele | LW | EDM | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 26 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 46 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 22 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 13 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 23 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 7 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 42 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 55 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 48 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 27 | 4 | -0.4 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 30 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | PIT | 11 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 48 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 8 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 4 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 5 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 11 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 10 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 15 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 58 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | NYR | 4 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Alex Belzile | RW | MTL | 0 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 45 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 23 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 19 | 2 | -1.1 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 8 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | EDM | 6 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 21 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Anton Lundell | C,LW | FLA | 20 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 30 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 14 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 4 | 0 | -1.6 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.6 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 3 | 4 | -1.7 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 44 | 0 | -1.7 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 8 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 55 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 19 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 23 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 10 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 33 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 6 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 3 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 22 | 4 | 0.0 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 3 | 4 | -1.7 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 7 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 48 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 27 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 11 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 45 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 0 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 45 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 13 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 30 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 4 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 2 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.1 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 39 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 27 | 4 | -0.4 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 39 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 4 | 0 | 0.7 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 43 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 36 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 21 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Warren Foegele | LW | EDM | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 42 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | EDM | 6 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Anton Lundell | C,LW | FLA | 20 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 27 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 28 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 3 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 19 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 43 | 1 | 1.0 |
| John Klingberg | D | MIN | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | MTL | 14 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 53 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 5 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Alex Belzile | RW | MTL | 0 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 3 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 55 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 19 | 2 | -1.1 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 47 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 15 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | NYR | 4 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 23 | 0 | -1.1 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 30 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Tyson Foerster | C | PHI | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 17 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 23 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.1 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 43 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 46 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | PIT | 11 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 55 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 20 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 35 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 8 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 54 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 30 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Torey Krug | D | STL | 48 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 58 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 43 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 8 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 14 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 16 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 43 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 50 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 33 | 0 | 0.5 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 26 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 43 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 28 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 44 | 0 | -1.7 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 53 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 41 | 0 | 1.3 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 39 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | WSH | 8 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 4 | 0 | -1.6 |
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)