Fantasy Hockey Streamers (2023-02-23)

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.

Streamers Ranked By Score

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	CHI	36	1	2.6
Logan Couture	C	SJ	46	0	2.4
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	2	2.4
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	40	0	2.4
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	5	0	1.9
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	11	2	1.8
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	35	2	1.8
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	39	1	1.7
William Carrier	LW	VGK	5	2	1.7
Ryan O’Reilly	C	TOR	59	3	1.4
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	41	0	1.4
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	20	1	1.3
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	54	2	1.3
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	44	1	1.3
David Krejci	C	BOS	28	1	1.3
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	20	1	1.2
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	32	0	1.2
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	38	1	1.2
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	41	2	1.1
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	54	1	1.1
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	10	1	1.0
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	25	2	1.0
Robby Fabbri	LW,RW	DET	19	1	1.0
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	34	2	0.9
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	15	2	0.8
Kaapo Kakko	RW	NYR	6	2	0.8
Ryan Hartman	C,RW	MIN	28	2	0.8
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	13	1	0.8
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	1	1	0.7
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	26	2	0.7
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	27	3	0.6
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	5	3	0.6
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	3	2	0.6
Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	10	1	0.6
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	52	1	0.5
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	15	2	0.5
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	3	1	0.5
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	47	1	0.5
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	9	1	0.5
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	14	2	0.5
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	22	2	0.4
Erik Gustafsson	D	WSH	43	2	0.4
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	14	1	0.3
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	3	2	0.3
Phillip Danault	C	LA	30	2	0.3
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	31	1	0.3
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	18	2	0.2
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	1	0.2
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	9	2	0.2
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	19	2	0.2
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	DET	24	1	0.2
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	1	2	0.2
Ryan Johansen	C	NSH	13	1	0.2
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	3	1	0.1
Scott Laughton	C,LW	PHI	26	2	0.1
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	32	1	0.1
Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	18	2	0.1
Dylan Cozens	C	BUF	59	2	0.1
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	25	1	0.1
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	44	2	0.0
Nicolas Roy	C,RW	VGK	5	2	0.0
Nick Foligno	LW,RW	BOS	4	1	0.0
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	CHI	4	1	-0.1
Nick Bonino	C,LW	SJ	1	0	-0.1
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	21	1	-0.1
Adam Henrique	C,LW	ANA	10	2	-0.1
Philip Tomasino	RW	NSH	2	1	-0.1
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	4	2	-0.1
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	11	1	-0.2
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	3	2	-0.2
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	NSH	8	1	-0.2
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	1	1	-0.2
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	WSH	3	2	-0.2
Tyler Seguin	C,RW	DAL	52	2	-0.2
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	STL	14	0	-0.3
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	10	1	-0.3
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	16	2	-0.3
Zach Parise	LW,RW	NYI	10	2	-0.3
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	50	1	-0.3
Juuso Parssinen	C	NSH	2	1	-0.3
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	7	1	-0.4
Evan Rodrigues	C,LW,RW	COL	13	3	-0.4
Robert Thomas	C,RW	STL	54	0	-0.4
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	4	1	-0.4
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	7	1	-0.4
Sean Durzi	D	LA	33	2	-0.5
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	PIT	1	1	-0.5
Trevor Moore	LW,RW	LA	9	2	-0.5
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	31	2	-0.5
Yanni Gourde	C	SEA	12	1	-0.5
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	25	1	-0.5
David Perron	RW	DET	45	1	-0.5
Frederick Gaudreau	C,LW,RW	MIN	3	2	-0.5
Nino Niederreiter	LW	NSH	12	1	-0.6
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	3	2	-0.6
Taylor Hall	LW	BOS	50	1	-0.6
Samuel Girard	D	COL	26	3	-0.6
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	4	1	-0.7
Nick Bjugstad	C,RW	ARI	5	2	-0.7
Charlie Coyle	C	BOS	7	1	-0.7
K’Andre Miller	D	NYR	59	2	-0.7
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	22	1	-0.7
Brady Skjei	D	CAR	38	2	-0.9
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	10	1	-1.0
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	5	2	-1.0
Christian Dvorak	C	MTL	1	1	-1.0
Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	8	1	-1.0
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C,LW	CAR	4	2	-1.0
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	2	-1.0
Conor Sheary	LW,RW	WSH	6	2	-1.1
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	2	1	-1.1
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	2	1	-1.1
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	1	1	-1.2
Damon Severson	D	NJ	18	1	-1.2
Kyle Okposo	RW	BUF	1	2	-1.2
Owen Power	D	BUF	46	2	-1.2
Jonatan Berggren	LW,RW	DET	1	1	-1.2
Miles Wood	LW	NJ	2	1	-1.3
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	27	2	-1.3
Mason Marchment	LW,RW	DAL	15	2	-1.6
Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	20	2	-1.6
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	49	2	-1.6
Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	4	3	-1.7
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	23	2	-1.7
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	4	1	-1.8
Colton Parayko	D	STL	9	0	-1.9
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	50	2	-2.1
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	2	-2.3

Streamers Arranged By Team

Skater	Position	Team	Roster %	Off Days	Score
Cam Fowler	D	ANA	15	2	0.8
Mason McTavish	C,LW	ANA	14	2	0.5
Adam Henrique	C,LW	ANA	10	2	-0.1
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	ANA	4	2	-0.1
Frank Vatrano	LW,RW	ANA	16	2	-0.3
Ryan Strome	C	ANA	5	2	-1.0
Matias Maccelli	LW	ARI	2	2	2.4
Nick Schmaltz	C,RW	ARI	35	2	1.8
Lawson Crouse	LW,RW	ARI	18	2	0.2
Nick Bjugstad	C,RW	ARI	5	2	-0.7
J.J. Moser	D	ARI	3	2	-2.3
David Krejci	C	BOS	28	1	1.3
Nick Foligno	LW,RW	BOS	4	1	0.0
Pavel Zacha	C,LW,RW	BOS	21	1	-0.1
Taylor Hall	LW	BOS	50	1	-0.6
Charlie Coyle	C	BOS	7	1	-0.7
Casey Mittelstadt	C	BUF	3	2	0.6
Victor Olofsson	RW	BUF	15	2	0.5
Dylan Cozens	C	BUF	59	2	0.1
Kyle Okposo	RW	BUF	1	2	-1.2
Owen Power	D	BUF	46	2	-1.2
Seth Jarvis	LW,RW	CAR	25	2	1.0
Stefan Noesen	LW,RW	CAR	3	2	0.3
Brady Skjei	D	CAR	38	2	-0.9
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C,LW	CAR	4	2	-1.0
Boone Jenner	C	CBJ	39	1	1.7
Adam Boqvist	D	CBJ	10	1	0.6
Kirill Marchenko	RW	CBJ	2	1	0.2
Jack Roslovic	C	CBJ	4	1	-0.7
Nick Blankenburg	D	CBJ	1	1	-1.2
Mikael Backlund	C	CGY	40	0	2.4
Andrew Mangiapane	LW,RW	CGY	41	0	1.4
Dillon Dube	LW,RW	CGY	32	0	1.2
Max Domi	C,LW,RW	CHI	36	1	2.6
Tyler Johnson	LW,RW	CHI	1	1	0.7
Sam Lafferty	C,RW	CHI	4	1	-0.1
Taylor Raddysh	LW,RW	CHI	2	1	-1.1
J.T. Compher	C,RW	COL	27	3	0.6
Evan Rodrigues	C,LW,RW	COL	13	3	-0.4
Samuel Girard	D	COL	26	3	-0.6
Tyler Seguin	C,RW	DAL	52	2	-0.2
Mason Marchment	LW,RW	DAL	15	2	-1.6
Robby Fabbri	LW,RW	DET	19	1	1.0
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW,RW	DET	24	1	0.2
Dominik Kubalik	LW,RW	DET	25	1	-0.5
David Perron	RW	DET	45	1	-0.5
Jonatan Berggren	LW,RW	DET	1	1	-1.2
Evan Bouchard	D	EDM	49	2	-1.6
Viktor Arvidsson	LW,RW	LA	26	2	0.7
Phillip Danault	C	LA	30	2	0.3
Sean Durzi	D	LA	33	2	-0.5
Trevor Moore	LW,RW	LA	9	2	-0.5
Ryan Hartman	C,RW	MIN	28	2	0.8
Frederick Gaudreau	C,LW,RW	MIN	3	2	-0.5
Nick Suzuki	C	MTL	54	1	1.1
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	MTL	10	1	1.0
Mike Hoffman	LW,RW	MTL	3	1	0.5
Josh Anderson	RW	MTL	7	1	-0.4
Christian Dvorak	C	MTL	1	1	-1.0
Dawson Mercer	C,RW	NJ	20	1	1.3
Erik Haula	C,LW	NJ	14	1	0.3
Ondrej Palat	LW	NJ	31	1	0.3
Tomas Tatar	LW,RW	NJ	10	1	-1.0
Damon Severson	D	NJ	18	1	-1.2
Miles Wood	LW	NJ	2	1	-1.3
Ryan Johansen	C	NSH	13	1	0.2
Philip Tomasino	RW	NSH	2	1	-0.1
Mikael Granlund	C,RW	NSH	8	1	-0.2
Cody Glass	C,RW	NSH	1	1	-0.2
Juuso Parssinen	C	NSH	2	1	-0.3
Nino Niederreiter	LW	NSH	12	1	-0.6
Mattias Ekholm	D	NSH	8	1	-1.0
Kyle Palmieri	RW	NYI	11	2	1.8
Zach Parise	LW,RW	NYI	10	2	-0.3
Ryan Pulock	D	NYI	23	2	-1.7
Filip Chytil	C,RW	NYR	34	2	0.9
Kaapo Kakko	RW	NYR	6	2	0.8
Alexis Lafreniere	LW,RW	NYR	31	2	-0.5
K’Andre Miller	D	NYR	59	2	-0.7
Shane Pinto	C	OTT	5	2	-1.0
Kevin Hayes	C,LW	PHI	41	2	1.1
Owen Tippett	LW,RW	PHI	9	2	0.2
Noah Cates	C,LW	PHI	1	2	0.2
Scott Laughton	C,LW	PHI	26	2	0.1
James van Riemsdyk	LW,RW	PHI	3	2	-0.2
Morgan Frost	C,LW	PHI	3	2	-0.6
Jeff Petry	D	PIT	52	1	0.5
Bryan Rust	RW	PIT	50	1	-0.3
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	PIT	1	1	-0.5
Jason Zucker	LW	PIT	22	1	-0.7
Jeff Carter	C	PIT	4	1	-1.8
Jordan Eberle	RW	SEA	20	1	1.2
Matty Beniers	C	SEA	38	1	1.2
Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	SEA	9	1	0.5
Jaden Schwartz	LW	SEA	3	1	0.1
Jared McCann	C,LW	SEA	32	1	0.1
Eeli Tolvanen	LW,RW	SEA	11	1	-0.2
Justin Schultz	D	SEA	10	1	-0.3
Yanni Gourde	C	SEA	12	1	-0.5
Alexander Wennberg	C	SEA	2	1	-1.1
Logan Couture	C	SJ	46	0	2.4
Alexander Barabanov	LW,RW	SJ	5	0	1.9
Nick Bonino	C,LW	SJ	1	0	-0.1
Ivan Barbashev	C,LW	STL	14	0	-0.3
Robert Thomas	C,RW	STL	54	0	-0.4
Colton Parayko	D	STL	9	0	-1.9
Alex Killorn	LW,RW	TB	25	1	0.1
Ross Colton	C,LW,RW	TB	4	1	-0.4
Ryan O’Reilly	C	TOR	59	3	1.4
Calle Jarnkrok	C,LW,RW	TOR	5	3	0.6
Timothy Liljegren	D	TOR	4	3	-1.7
Brock Boeser	RW	VAN	44	1	1.3
Anthony Beauvillier	LW,RW	VAN	13	1	0.8
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW,RW	VAN	47	1	0.5
Conor Garland	LW,RW	VAN	7	1	-0.4
William Carrier	LW	VGK	5	2	1.7
Reilly Smith	LW,RW	VGK	44	2	0.0
Nicolas Roy	C,RW	VGK	5	2	0.0
William Karlsson	C,LW	VGK	27	2	-1.3
Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG	54	2	1.3
Neal Pionk	D	WPG	50	2	-2.1
T.J. Oshie	C,RW	WSH	22	2	0.4
Erik Gustafsson	D	WSH	43	2	0.4
Dylan Strome	C,RW	WSH	19	2	0.2
Nicklas Backstrom	C	WSH	18	2	0.1
Marcus Johansson	LW,RW	WSH	3	2	-0.2
Conor Sheary	LW,RW	WSH	6	2	-1.1
Dmitry Orlov	D	WSH	20	2	-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.

Come Back Tomorrow For Updated Streamers!

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Cheers!

Mark (18 Skaters)