Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-03-30)
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.
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 42 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 59 | 1 | 2.6 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 5 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 48 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 43 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Logan Couture | C | SJ | 47 | 0 | 1.7 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 47 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | VGK | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 32 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Trevor Moore | LW,RW | LA | 8 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 50 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 35 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 48 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 44 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 14 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 19 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 38 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 45 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 25 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 33 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 6 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 0 | 0.8 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 43 | 1 | 0.8 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 37 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Luke Evangelista | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 25 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 9 | 0 | 0.6 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 30 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 5 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | SEA | 19 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 8 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 3 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 6 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 58 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 28 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 52 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | PHI | 53 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 38 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 16 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 35 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 24 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 14 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 38 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | SEA | 8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 7 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 15 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 28 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jaden Schwartz | LW | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matty Beniers | C | SEA | 33 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 55 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 14 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 28 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 27 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 22 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 21 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 16 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 57 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Phil Kessel | RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 19 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 22 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Jason Dickinson | C,LW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C,LW,RW | VGK | 58 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 9 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | LW,RW | SEA | 7 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | PIT | 9 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 3 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 39 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 20 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 13 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 14 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 25 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 19 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 10 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 10 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | SEA | 2 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 7 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 55 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 13 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 44 | 0 | -1.4 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | CGY | 2 | 2 | -1.6 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 7 | 2 | -1.6 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 30 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 42 | 2 | -1.7 |
| Mark Giordano | D | TOR | 18 | 0 | -1.8 |
| Justin Schultz | D | SEA | 8 | 1 | -1.9 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Skater | Position | Team | Roster % | Off Days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fowler | D | ANA | 19 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Mason McTavish | C,LW | ANA | 16 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | ANA | 5 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Strome | C | ANA | 6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | ARI | 42 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C,RW | ARI | 44 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | ARI | 6 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW,RW | ARI | 28 | 2 | 0.0 |
| J.J. Moser | D | ARI | 7 | 2 | -1.6 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | LW,RW | BOS | 25 | 0 | 1.2 |
| David Krejci | C | BOS | 30 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Pavel Zacha | C,LW,RW | BOS | 24 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | BUF | 58 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jack Quinn | LW,RW | BUF | 7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Owen Power | D | BUF | 46 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | BUF | 3 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | BUF | 10 | 1 | -0.9 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | LW,RW | CAR | 55 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Seth Jarvis | LW,RW | CAR | 27 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Stefan Noesen | LW,RW | CAR | 2 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C,LW | CAR | 13 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | CAR | 44 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | CBJ | 7 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Boone Jenner | C | CBJ | 38 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Kent Johnson | LW,RW | CBJ | 6 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | CBJ | 4 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | CBJ | 2 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | CGY | 43 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | LW,RW | CGY | 28 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Dillon Dube | LW,RW | CGY | 10 | 2 | -0.9 |
| Nick Ritchie | LW | CGY | 2 | 2 | -1.6 |
| Tyler Johnson | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | LW,RW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Jason Dickinson | C,LW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Lukas Reichel | C,LW | CHI | 1 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Taylor Raddysh | LW,RW | CHI | 3 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Seth Jones | D | CHI | 55 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Caleb Jones | D | CHI | 1 | 0 | -2.0 |
| J.T. Compher | C,RW | COL | 47 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Samuel Girard | D | COL | 25 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Max Domi | C,LW,RW | DAL | 32 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | DAL | 5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| David Perron | RW | DET | 43 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Lucas Raymond | RW | DET | 35 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Dominik Kubalik | LW,RW | DET | 20 | 1 | -0.7 |
| Jake Walman | D | DET | 2 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C,LW | FLA | 8 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Trevor Moore | LW,RW | LA | 8 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Phillip Danault | C | LA | 35 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Alex Iafallo | LW | LA | 5 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW,RW | MIN | 5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Mike Hoffman | LW,RW | MTL | 3 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | LW | MTL | 9 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Dawson Mercer | C,RW | NJ | 48 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Erik Haula | C,LW | NJ | 16 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Tomas Tatar | LW,RW | NJ | 14 | 0 | -0.7 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | NJ | 19 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Philip Tomasino | RW | NSH | 5 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Luke Evangelista | RW | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Cody Glass | C,RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | RW | NSH | 2 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Colton Sissons | C | NSH | 3 | 1 | -1.6 |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | NYI | 14 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Anders Lee | LW | NYI | 57 | 0 | -0.3 |
| Filip Chytil | C,RW | NYR | 19 | 2 | -0.4 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW,RW | NYR | 22 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Shane Pinto | C | OTT | 5 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | OTT | 30 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Owen Tippett | LW,RW | PHI | 25 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | PHI | 53 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Morgan Frost | C,LW | PHI | 3 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Joel Farabee | C,LW | PHI | 7 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Noah Cates | C,LW | PHI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Hayes | C,LW | PHI | 21 | 0 | -0.3 |
| James van Riemsdyk | LW,RW | PHI | 2 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | PIT | 45 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Jason Zucker | LW | PIT | 38 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Mikael Granlund | C,RW | PIT | 9 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Jeff Carter | C | PIT | 4 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Jared McCann | C,LW | SEA | 59 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 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 | 33 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | SJ | 52 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Kevin Labanc | LW,RW | SJ | 1 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | STL | 33 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | STL | 9 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | STL | 2 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Alex Killorn | LW,RW | TB | 38 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ross Colton | C,LW,RW | TB | 7 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Nicholas Paul | C,LW | TB | 13 | 1 | -1.4 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C,LW,RW | TOR | 14 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Sam Lafferty | C,RW | TOR | 3 | 0 | -1.6 |
| Mark Giordano | D | TOR | 18 | 0 | -1.8 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | VAN | 48 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW,RW | VAN | 14 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Conor Garland | LW,RW | VAN | 9 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | VGK | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| William Karlsson | C,LW | VGK | 25 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C,LW | VGK | 28 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Phil Kessel | RW | VGK | 4 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C,LW,RW | VGK | 58 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Nino Niederreiter | LW | WPG | 22 | 2 | -0.2 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | WPG | 39 | 2 | -0.7 |
| Adam Lowry | C | WPG | 7 | 2 | -1.2 |
| Neal Pionk | D | WPG | 42 | 2 | -1.7 |
| Dylan Strome | C,RW | WSH | 50 | 0 | 1.3 |
| T.J. Oshie | C,RW | WSH | 37 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | WSH | 15 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.
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Cheers!
Mark (18 Skaters)