Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-24)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foerster | C | PHI | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 45 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 56 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | VGK | 2 | 0 | 2.3 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 4 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 36 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 45 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 59 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 50 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 20 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 1 | 1.3 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 44 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Luke Evangelista | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 42 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 41 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 22 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 26 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 6 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 15 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | PHI | 52 | 0 | 0.8 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 38 | 1 | 0.8 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 43 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 27 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 42 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 53 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 53 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 47 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 7 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 54 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 22 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 50 | 0 | 0.4 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 26 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 18 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 35 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 11 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 56 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 31 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 26 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 42 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 27 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 30 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 1 | 0.0 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 50 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Justin Barron | D | MTL | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 42 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 34 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 7 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 28 | 4 | -0.2 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 59 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 17 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 10 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 20 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 29 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 48 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 42 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 24 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 21 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | PIT | 11 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 23 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 12 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Michael Bunting | LW | TOR | 58 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 12 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 15 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Alex Belzile | RW | MTL | 0 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 58 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 8 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 4 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 21 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 22 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 58 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 15 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 43 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 4 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | EDM | 6 | 1 | -1.4 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | CGY | 3 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 5 | 4 | -1.5 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 14 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 30 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 44 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 8 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.1 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 22 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Troy Terry | RW | ANA | 53 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Frank Vatrano | LW,RW | ANA | 10 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 45 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Jack McBain | C | ARI | 11 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 28 | 4 | -0.2 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 5 | 4 | -1.5 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 24 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 7 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 59 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 47 | 3 | -0.5 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 4 | 3 | -0.7 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 53 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 27 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 12 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 43 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 5 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | CBJ | 1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 45 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 29 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 12 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | CGY | 3 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 4 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 1 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 58 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 1 | -2.1 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 44 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 36 | 1 | 2.0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 6 | 1 | 0.9 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 43 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 35 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Alex Chiasson | RW | DET | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 21 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | EDM | 48 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C,RW | EDM | 6 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 7 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | LW,RW | LA | 26 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 27 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Gabriel Vilardi | LW,RW | LA | 18 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Hartman | C,RW | MIN | 42 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C,LW,RW | MIN | 3 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | MTL | 54 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Justin Barron | D | MTL | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 2 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Alex Belzile | RW | MTL | 0 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 4 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 59 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 17 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 20 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Damon Severson | D | NJ | 21 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 15 | 2 | -0.8 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 4 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Luke Evangelista | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Yakov Trenin | LW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 56 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Zach Parise | LW,RW | NYI | 6 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 3 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | NYI | 20 | 3 | -0.7 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | NYR | 50 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 22 | 1 | -1.1 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 15 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 30 | 1 | -1.5 |
| Tyson Foerster | C | PHI | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | PHI | 52 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 22 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 23 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -0.6 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 47 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 42 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | PIT | 11 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 56 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 20 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | SEA | 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 34 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 8 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 48 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Alexander Barabanov | LW,RW | SJ | 4 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 53 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 30 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 1 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Brayden Schenn | C,LW | STL | 58 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 42 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 8 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 14 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Michael Bunting | LW | TOR | 58 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 42 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 15 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | VGK | 2 | 0 | 2.3 |
| Reilly Smith | LW,RW | VGK | 50 | 0 | 0.4 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 26 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 31 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 26 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 42 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 44 | 1 | -1.8 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | WSH | 50 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 34 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | WSH | 41 | 1 | 1.1 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 38 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 12 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Conor Sheary | LW,RW | WSH | 4 | 1 | -1.3 |
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)