Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-28)

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 3 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.

Streamers Ranked By Score

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Barrett Hayton	C	ARI	44	2	2.7
Tyson Foerster	C	PHI	0	0	2.6
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	59	1	2.5
Philip Tomasino	RW	NSH	5	1	2.3
Pavel Dorofeyev	LW	VGK	2	1	2.0
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	DAL	32	2	1.9
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	42	1	1.7
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	56	0	1.7
Logan Couture	C	SJ	47	0	1.7
Trevor Moore	LW,RW	LA	8	0	1.4
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	37	1	1.3
Phillip Danault	C	LA	35	0	1.3
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	51	0	1.2
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	45	2	1.2
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	BOS	25	0	1.1
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	MIN	4	2	1.1
Rasmus Sandin	D	WSH	36	1	1.1
Tom Wilson	RW	WSH	40	1	1.0
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	51	1	1.0
Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	7	0	0.9
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	5	1	0.9
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	38	0	0.9
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	20	0	0.9
Luke Evangelista	RW	NSH	2	1	0.9
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	34	1	0.8
Ryan Hartman	C,RW	MIN	42	2	0.8
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	4	0	0.8
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	4	0	0.7
David Perron	RW	DET	42	1	0.7
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	47	1	0.7
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	22	0	0.6
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	5	0	0.6
Jakub Vrana	LW	STL	32	0	0.6
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	25	1	0.6
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	19	1	0.6
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	6	2	0.5
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	45	0	0.5
Dylan Cozens	C	BUF	59	1	0.4
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	5	2	0.4
Tomas Hertl	C	SJ	52	0	0.4
Brandon Saad	LW	STL	2	0	0.4
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	4	0	0.4
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	0	0.3
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	15	1	0.3
Lucas Raymond	RW	DET	34	1	0.3
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	17	0	0.2
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	38	0	0.2
Tony DeAngelo	D	PHI	52	0	0.2
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	STL	7	0	0.2
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	VGK	28	1	0.2
Eetu Luostarinen	C,LW	FLA	6	1	0.1
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	24	0	0.1
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	7	1	0.1
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	8	1	0.1
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	2	0	0.0
Alex Chiasson	RW	DET	0	1	0.0
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	1	0	0.0
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	30	2	0.0
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	4	1	0.0
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	55	0	0.0
Joel Farabee	C,LW	PHI	4	0	0.0
Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	11	1	-0.1
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	34	1	-0.1
Nino Niederreiter	LW	WPG	22	1	-0.1
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	14	1	-0.1
Gabriel Vilardi	LW,RW	LA	22	0	-0.1
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	38	0	-0.1
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	27	0	-0.2
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	10	1	-0.2
Frederick Gaudreau	C,LW,RW	MIN	4	2	-0.3
Justin Barron	D	MTL	1	0	-0.3
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	28	1	-0.3
Phil Kessel	RW	VGK	4	1	-0.3
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	2	0	-0.3
Anders Lee	LW	NYI	56	1	-0.3
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	2	0	-0.3
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	2	1	-0.3
Andreas Athanasiou	LW,RW	CHI	1	0	-0.3
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	16	0	-0.3
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	5	0	-0.4
Lukas Reichel	C,LW	CHI	1	0	-0.4
Kiefer Sherwood	RW	NSH	3	1	-0.5
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	4	0	-0.5
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	40	1	-0.5
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	0	-0.5
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	0	-0.5
Samuel Girard	D	COL	26	1	-0.6
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	7	1	-0.6
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	PIT	9	0	-0.6
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	16	1	-0.6
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	10	0	-0.6
Owen Power	D	BUF	46	1	-0.6
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	21	0	-0.7
Chandler Stephenson	C,LW,RW	VGK	58	1	-0.7
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	14	0	-0.8
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	10	1	-0.8
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	20	1	-0.8
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	4	1	-0.9
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C,LW	CAR	14	0	-0.9
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	19	0	-0.9
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	10	1	-0.9
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	7	0	-0.9
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	2	1	-1.0
Conor Sheary	LW,RW	WSH	4	1	-1.0
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	21	1	-1.2
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	7	1	-1.3
Seth Jones	D	CHI	56	0	-1.3
Jake Walman	D	DET	2	1	-1.3
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	4	0	-1.3
Kevin Labanc	LW,RW	SJ	1	0	-1.3
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	2	0	-1.4
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	0	0	-1.4
Nicholas Paul	C,LW	TB	13	0	-1.4
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	TOR	3	1	-1.4
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	43	0	-1.4
Colton Sissons	C	NSH	3	1	-1.5
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	8	2	-1.6
Nick Ritchie	LW	CGY	2	1	-1.6
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	29	0	-1.6
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	42	1	-1.7
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	8	1	-1.9
Caleb Jones	D	CHI	1	0	-2.0

Streamers Arranged By Team

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	20	0	0.9
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	17	0	0.2
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	5	0	-0.4
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	6	0	-0.5
Barrett Hayton	C	ARI	44	2	2.7
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	45	2	1.2
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	6	2	0.5
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	30	2	0.0
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	8	2	-1.6
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	BOS	25	0	1.1
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	24	0	0.1
Dylan Cozens	C	BUF	59	1	0.4
Jack Quinn	LW,RW	BUF	7	1	0.1
Owen Power	D	BUF	46	1	-0.6
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	4	1	-0.9
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	10	1	-0.9
Teuvo Teravainen	LW,RW	CAR	55	0	0.0
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	27	0	-0.2
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	2	0	-0.3
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C,LW	CAR	14	0	-0.9
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	CAR	43	0	-1.4
Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	7	0	0.9
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	38	0	0.9
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	4	0	0.4
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	0	0.3
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	0	0	-1.4
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	42	1	1.7
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	28	1	-0.3
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	10	1	-0.8
Nick Ritchie	LW	CGY	2	1	-1.6
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	1	0	0.0
Andreas Athanasiou	LW,RW	CHI	1	0	-0.3
Lukas Reichel	C,LW	CHI	1	0	-0.4
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	4	0	-0.5
Seth Jones	D	CHI	56	0	-1.3
Caleb Jones	D	CHI	1	0	-2.0
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	51	1	1.0
Samuel Girard	D	COL	26	1	-0.6
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	DAL	32	2	1.9
Wyatt Johnston	C	DAL	5	2	0.4
David Perron	RW	DET	42	1	0.7
Lucas Raymond	RW	DET	34	1	0.3
Alex Chiasson	RW	DET	0	1	0.0
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	20	1	-0.8
Jake Walman	D	DET	2	1	-1.3
Eetu Luostarinen	C,LW	FLA	6	1	0.1
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	56	0	1.7
Trevor Moore	LW,RW	LA	8	0	1.4
Phillip Danault	C	LA	35	0	1.3
Alex Iafallo	LW	LA	5	0	0.6
Gabriel Vilardi	LW,RW	LA	22	0	-0.1
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	MIN	4	2	1.1
Ryan Hartman	C,RW	MIN	42	2	0.8
Frederick Gaudreau	C,LW,RW	MIN	4	2	-0.3
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	4	0	0.8
Justin Barron	D	MTL	1	0	-0.3
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	10	0	-0.6
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	51	0	1.2
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	16	0	-0.3
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	14	0	-0.8
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	19	0	-0.9
Philip Tomasino	RW	NSH	5	1	2.3
Luke Evangelista	RW	NSH	2	1	0.9
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	2	1	-0.3
Kiefer Sherwood	RW	NSH	3	1	-0.5
Colton Sissons	C	NSH	3	1	-1.5
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	5	1	0.9
Anders Lee	LW	NYI	56	1	-0.3
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	16	1	-0.6
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	21	1	-1.2
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	0	-0.5
Jake Sanderson	D	OTT	29	0	-1.6
Tyson Foerster	C	PHI	0	0	2.6
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	22	0	0.6
Tony DeAngelo	D	PHI	52	0	0.2
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	2	0	0.0
Joel Farabee	C,LW	PHI	4	0	0.0
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	2	0	-0.3
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	21	0	-0.7
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	2	0	-1.4
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	45	0	0.5
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	38	0	0.2
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	PIT	9	0	-0.6
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	4	0	-1.3
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	59	1	2.5
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	19	1	0.6
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	8	1	0.1
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	4	1	0.0
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	34	1	-0.1
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	7	1	-0.6
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	2	1	-1.0
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	8	1	-1.9
Logan Couture	C	SJ	47	0	1.7
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	4	0	0.7
Tomas Hertl	C	SJ	52	0	0.4
Kevin Labanc	LW,RW	SJ	1	0	-1.3
Jakub Vrana	LW	STL	32	0	0.6
Brandon Saad	LW	STL	2	0	0.4
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	STL	7	0	0.2
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	38	0	-0.1
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	7	0	-0.9
Nicholas Paul	C,LW	TB	13	0	-1.4
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	14	1	-0.1
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	TOR	3	1	-1.4
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	47	1	0.7
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	15	1	0.3
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	10	1	-0.2
Pavel Dorofeyev	LW	VGK	2	1	2.0
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	25	1	0.6
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	VGK	28	1	0.2
Phil Kessel	RW	VGK	4	1	-0.3
Chandler Stephenson	C,LW,RW	VGK	58	1	-0.7
Nino Niederreiter	LW	WPG	22	1	-0.1
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	40	1	-0.5
Adam Lowry	C	WPG	7	1	-1.3
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	42	1	-1.7
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	37	1	1.3
Rasmus Sandin	D	WSH	36	1	1.1
Tom Wilson	RW	WSH	40	1	1.0
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	34	1	0.8
Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	11	1	-0.1
Conor Sheary	LW,RW	WSH	4	1	-1.0

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.

Come Back Tomorrow For Updated Streamers!

I aim to post streamer suggestions every day so check back regularly. Bookmark this site and follow me on Twitter @18sktrs to make sure you get daily updates.

Cheers!

Mark (18 Skaters)