Cnotes 2022-2023 nhl trends, news, best bets and opinions thru the playoffs !

Search

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
Armadillo Sports

Monday’s 6-pack

NHL leaders in goals scored:
40— McDavid, Oilers
35— Pastrnak, Bruins
32— Thompson, Sabres/Rantanen, Avalanche
31— Robertson, Stars
30— Ovechkin, Capitals/Horvat, Canucks
29— Hughes, Devils

Quote of the Day
“Ben Simmons is stealing money, ski mask and gloves, as a matter of fact.”
ESPN’s Jalen Rose

Monday’s quiz
Who was the Tennessee Titans’ QB in their one Super Bowl appearance?

Sunday’s quiz
The old TV show Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer was set in Seattle.

Saturday’s quiz
Steve Kerr played his college basketball at Arizona.

******************************

Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend……..

49ers 19, Cowboys 12
Game was 9-9 after three quarters.
Prescott threw INT in red zone just before halftime, when they trailed 9-6.
Rookie QB Purdy is 7-0 in his first seven NFL starts.
49ers visit Philadelphia next week in the NFC title game.

Bengals 27, Bills 10
Bengals’ first two drives: 16 plays, 151 yards, 14 points.
Mixon ran 20 times for 105 yards and a TD.
Bengals ran ball for 172 yards (5.1 yards/carry)
Cincinnati @ Kansas City is next week’s AFC title game.

— Joe Burrow is now 5-1 in NFL playoff games; all the other QB’s in Bengals’ history are a combined 5-14 in playoff games.

— Chiefs’ backup QB Chad Henne led a 98-yard TD drive Saturday, while Patrick Mahomes was getting his sprained ankle looked at. Henne was 5-7 passing for 23 yards in his brief stint; all season long, he had taken a total of 18 snaps.

The 37-year old Henne is 18-36 as an NFL starter, earning around $40M in his career. He’s started one game since 2014, but he was ready when needed Saturday.

— Odds for the conference championship games next week:
49ers @ Eagles (-2.5, 45.5)
Bengals @ Chiefs (-1.5, 47.5)

— If you’re a Jaguars’ fan, you have to be fired up about this season, going 10-9 and winning a playoff game, especially since they went 4-29 the last two seasons. With Trevor Lawrence at QB and a Super Bowl-winning coach in Doug Pederson, things are looking up.

— Here are the nine teams who passed on Patrick Mahomes in the 2017 Draft, the player they took instead, and their records since then:
1) Cleveland- Myles Garrett 39-58-1
2) Chicago- QB Mitch Trubisky 42-56- they traded up to get here
3) San Francisco- Solomon Thomas 53-46
4) Jacksonville- Leonard Fournette 34-65
5) Tennessee- Corey Davis 57-41
6) NJ Jets- Jamal Adams 29-69
7) LA Chargers- Mike Williams 52-46
8) Carolina- Christian McCaffrey 40-58
9) Cincinnati- John Ross 41-55-1

Chiefs are 82-25 since they drafted Mahomes.

Temple 56, Houston 55— #1 team in the country loses as a 20.5-point home favorite; Cougars were 11-21 on foul line, Temple 20-22.

Fairfield 62, Siena 52— Visiting Stags scored 15 points in first half, 47 in second half to pull the upset. Siena led 16-4 early on, but had only one player score more than 7 points.

Fairfield has won three in row, is now in 5th place in the 11-team MAAC. Siena’s loss drops them into a tie for first with Iona in the loss column.

Furman 96, Wofford 82— Paladins scored 1.35 points/possession; they’re shooting 59.6% inside the arc, #3 in country, while getting 36.5% of their points on the arc, #46 in country.

Last eight years, Furman is 83-30 in SoCon games, but they haven’t made the NCAA tourney since 1980. Could this be the year they break their drought?

— Finally found this year’s college basketball referee stuff; figure the season is 77 days old, there are seven officials who’ve worked 56+ games this season, which means they’re working five games a week. Not a lot of load management for referees.

— One of the amusing things about college basketball is when coaches who don’t like each other shake hands after a game; they blow by each other, barely touching hands as they scoot by.

— Arizona Wildcats have players on their roster from seven different countries. Their coach has three different passports; they showed them on TV Saturday night.

Lakers 121, Portland 112— Trailblazers outscored LA 45-13 in the second quarter……and they lost!!! They’re only NBA team since 1955 to win a quarter by 32+ points and still lose the game.
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
NY ISLANDERS are 104-111 ATS (-18.1 Units) in road games after scoring 2 goals or less in 2 straight games since 1996.

FLORIDA is 8-1 Over (6.9 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in 2 straight games in the current season.

BUFFALO is 7-2 ATS (4.8 Units) in road games after a non-conference game in the current season.

CALGARY is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a road favorite in the current season.




NHL

Monday, January 23


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Florida @ NY Rangers
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing NY Rangers
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games when playing Florida

NY Islanders @ Toronto
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Islanders

Buffalo @ Dallas
Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games on the road
Buffalo is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Dallas
Dallas is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Columbus @ Calgary
Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Columbus's last 8 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Columbus is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games at home


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
NHL
Dunkel

Monday, January 23


v9bjPAf.png
 

Active member
Joined
Sep 26, 2005
Messages
104,056
Tokens

MONDAY, JANUARY 23​

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
FLA at NYR07:00 PMFLA +115
O 6.5
+500 +500
NYI at TOR07:00 PMTOR -245
O 6.0
+500 +500
BUF at DAL08:30 PMBUF +160
O 6.5
+500 +500
CLB at CAL09:30 PMCLB +300
O 6.5
+500 +500
 

Active member
Joined
Sep 26, 2005
Messages
104,056
Tokens

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks
DateW-L-T%UnitsRecord
01/23/20235-3-062.50%+1250Detail
01/22/20236-4-060.00%+1275Detail
01/21/202311-16-141.07%-3500Detail
01/20/20232-2-050.00%-50Detail
01/19/202318-8-069.23%+4800Detail
01/18/20236-3-165.00%+1700Detail
01/17/20237-8-146.88%-600Detail
01/16/20238-10-044.44%-1175Detail
01/15/20233-3-050.00%-575Detail
01/14/202318-10-064.29%+3425Detail
01/13/20232-4-033.33%-875Detail
01/12/202311-13-045.83%-250Detail
01/11/20235-3-062.50%+675Detail
01/10/202313-6-068.42%+3625Detail
01/09/20234-4-050.00%-800Detail
01/08/20236-10-037.50%-1850Detail
01/07/20238-9-147.22%-350Detail
01/06/20233-8-129.17%-2550Detail
01/05/202311-8-157.50%+1975Detail
01/04/20233-2-158.33%+850Detail
01/03/202316-6-072.73%+5425Detail
01/02/20232-2-050.00%-300Detail
01/01/20237-3-070.00%+1975Detail
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack

Baylor 75, Kansas 69— Jayhawks have lost three games in a row.
Virginia Tech 78, Duke 75— Duke is an ordinary 5-4 in ACC games.
Nevada 97, New Mexico 94, 2OT— Lobos led by 5 in the first OT.
Northwestern 66, Wisconsin 63— Badgers were only 9-16 on foul line.
Oakland 76, Detroit 67— Grizzlies held Antoine Davis to 14 points.
Kings 133, Grizzlies 100— Sacramento scored 47 points in first quarter.

Quote of the Day
“I don’t need to go into all the pluses or minuses, but I’ve got a lot more to evaluate Mike McCarthy on than this playoff game.”
Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones

Tuesday’s quiz
Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl with Green Bay 12 years ago; how many playoff games has he won since then?

Monday’s quiz
Steve McNair was the Tennessee Titans’ QB in their one Super Bowl appearance.

Sunday’s quiz
The old TV show Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer was set in Seattle.

********************************

Tuesday’s Den: Early looks at the NCAA Tournament field……

— Big X— How good is the Big X this season? Bracketology has West Virginia listed as one of the last four teams in the Field of 68; they’re 1-6 in Big X play. Right now, Bracketology has eight of the ten Big X teams in the NCAA’s.

— Big 14— Bracketology has 10 of the 14 teams in the Field of 68:
1-seed– Purdue
5— Rutgers
6– Illinois
7— Iowa, Michigan State
9— Indiana
10— Maryland, Wisconsin
11— Ohio State
12— Northwestern

— SEC— Bracketology has five SEC teams in the field, with fading Arkansas as a 7-seed; they’re 2-5 in SEC games and have injury issues. Alabama/Tennessee are far and away the two best SEC teams this season.

— Kentucky is a bubble team; they’ve won three games in a row, and play Kansas Saturday in the Big X/SEC Challenge, so a win there would likely get them off the bubble.Their loss to #244 South Carolina, just before they upset Tennessee, is a red flag on their resume.

— ACC— Bracketology has seven ACC teams in NCAA’s, but none higher than a 3-seed:
3-seed— Virginia
5— Miami, NC State
6— Duke
8— Clemson
9— North Carolina, Pittsburgh

— #1-seeds, to this point: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue— the last Bracketology was done before Houston lost at home to Temple Sunday. We’ll see if losing as a 20-point favorite knocks them out of a #1-seed, for now.

Only one #1-seed has ever lost in the first round of the tournament; after that, there isn’t much difference between play the 8-9 seed winner and the 7-10 winner in the second round.

— #2-seeds, to this point: Arizona, Iowa State, Tennessee, UCLA— Tennessee/UCLA are best of this group. I’m thinking that UCLA will wind up as a #1-seed.

— Last four teams in; the two play-in games would be:
Ohio State-West Virginia and Northwestern-Oklahoma.

Northwestern had their last two games postponed by COVID-related issues, which complicates their situation.

— Mountain West— San Diego State/Boise State seem like they’re headed to the NCAA’s, with surging New Mexico listed as an 11-seed, which means they don’t have much margin for error.

This league is improved; their #7-rating this year (and last year) is highest league has been rated since 2013. UNLV is 1-6 in Mountain West, tied for last with Wyoming; they’re 11-1 in their non-conference games.

— Big East— Bracketology has five Big East teams in:
3-seed— Xavier
4— UConn, Marquette
6— Providence
8— Creighton

Doesn’t seem to be much bubble activity here; none of the other six Big East teams have a shot at an at-large bid- they’ll need to win the Big East Tournament to get in the NCAA’s.

— Pac-12— Bill Walton won’t like this, but Bracketology has three teams in: UCLA, Arizona and 10-seed Arizona State. They list the first eight teams outside the Field of 68; none of them are Pac-12 teams. Can USC/Utah get hot and out themselves on the bubble?

— AAC— Houston is a big fish in a small pond; they’ll either be a #1 or a #2-seed. Memphis is the only other AAC team that Bracketology has in the Field of 68, and they’re listed as an 11-seed, a bubble team. There are two Houston-Memphis games between now and the AAC tournament; Tigers would be well-served to at least split the pair.

Central Florida is listed as one of the last four out of the field.

— Atlantic 15— Last time this league had only one team in the NCAA’s? 2002, but they appear headed that way this season.

Bracketology has VCU as the lone A-15 team, but as a 12-seed, barely avoiding a play-in game. Dayton just lost to George Washington, the kind of loss that sends you to the NIT, unless you win the conference tournament.

— Championship Week is so much fun because all the other leagues are one-bid leagues, so their conference tournaments are essentially play-in events for the NCAA’s.

KenPom.com has Florida Atlantic ranked as #36, Charleston as #73; they would be the two fascinating teams to watch if they got upset in their conference tournament. Would they get at-large spots, and knock power conference teams out of the field?
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens

TAMPA BAY
is 6-0 Over (6 Units) after 3 consecutive non-conference games in the current season.

PITTSBURGH is 8-1 Over (6.9 Units) off a close loss by 1 goal to a division rival over the last 2 seasons.

PHILADELPHIA is 9-32 ATS (-26.2 Units) when playing their 3rd game in 4 days in the last 3 seasons.

MONTREAL is 132-137 ATS (-18.7 Units) in home games off a home win since 1996.

SAN JOSE is 7-2 ATS (4.8 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more 2 straight games in the current season.

NEW JERSEY is 10-1 Over (8.9 Units) off a close home win by 1 goal over the last 2 seasons.

BUFFALO is 8-2 ATS (5.8 Units) in road games after a non-conference game in the current season.

NASHVILLE is 46-31 Over (11.9 Units) after covering 2 of their last 3 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

ANAHEIM is 15-52 ATS (-42.2 Units) when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days in the last 3 seasons.

WASHINGTON is 8-1 Over (6.9 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent of 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.

VANCOUVER is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) after scoring 2 goals or less in 3 straight games over the last 2 seasons.
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
NHL

Tuesday, January 24


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Boston @ Montreal
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Montreal
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games

Los Angeles @ Philadelphia
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Los Angeles is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

Florida @ Pittsburgh
Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Florida is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing at home against Florida

Minnesota @ Tampa Bay
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games at home

San Jose @ Detroit
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games on the road
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose

Vegas @ New Jersey
Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas's last 5 games on the road
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New Jersey's last 8 games
New Jersey is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

Winnipeg @ Nashville
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Nashville
Winnipeg is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Nashville
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Nashville is 13-4 ATS in its last 17 games

Buffalo @ St. Louis
Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Buffalo is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing Buffalo

Anaheim @ Arizona
Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games
Arizona is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Anaheim

Washington @ Colorado
Washington
Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Chicago @ Vancouver
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 8 games on the road
Chicago is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Vancouver
Vancouver is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Chicago
Vancouver is 11-2 ATS in its last 13 games when playing Chicago


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Active member
Joined
Sep 26, 2005
Messages
104,056
Tokens

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24​

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
FLA at PIT07:00 PMFLA +120
O 6.5
+500 +500
BOS at MON07:00 PMMON +290
O 6.0
+500 +500
LA at PHI07:00 PMLA -140
U 6.0
+500 +500
MIN at TB07:00 PMTB -160
O 6.0
+500 +500
SJ at DET07:00 PMSJ +130
O 6.5
+500 +500
VEG at NJ07:30 PMNJ -170
O 6.5
+500 +500
BUF at STL08:00 PMSTL -135
O 6.5
+500 +500
WIN at NAS08:00 PMWIN -115
U 5.5
+500 +500
ANA at ARI09:00 PMARI -135
O 6.5
+500 +500
WAS at COL09:00 PMWAS +140
O 6.0
+500 +500
CHI at VAN10:00 PMVAN -225
U 6.0
+500 +500
 

Active member
Joined
Sep 26, 2005
Messages
104,056
Tokens

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks
DateW-L-T%UnitsRecord
01/24/20238-12-240.91%-2675Detail
01/23/20235-3-062.50%+1250Detail
01/22/20236-4-060.00%+1275Detail
01/21/202311-16-141.07%-3500Detail
01/20/20232-2-050.00%-50Detail
01/19/202318-8-069.23%+4800Detail
01/18/20236-3-165.00%+1700Detail
01/17/20237-8-146.88%-600Detail
01/16/20238-10-044.44%-1175Detail
01/15/20233-3-050.00%-575Detail
01/14/202318-10-064.29%+3425Detail
01/13/20232-4-033.33%-875Detail
01/12/202311-13-045.83%-250Detail
01/11/20235-3-062.50%+675Detail
01/10/202313-6-068.42%+3625Detail
01/09/20234-4-050.00%-800Detail
01/08/20236-10-037.50%-1850Detail
01/07/20238-9-147.22%-350Detail
01/06/20233-8-129.17%-2550Detail
01/05/202311-8-157.50%+1975Detail
01/04/20233-2-158.33%+850Detail
01/03/202316-6-072.73%+5425Detail
01/02/20232-2-050.00%-300Detail
01/01/20237-3-070.00%+1975Detail
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack

College basketball teams getting highest % of their points on 3’s:
3) Chattanooga 45.2%
4) Penn State 43.5%
6) San Francisco 41.4%
7) Detroit Mercy 41.4%
8) Belmont 41.4%
9) VMI 41.1%

Quote of the Day
“If he’s a good hitter, why doesn’t he hit good?”
Billy Beane, in Moneyball

Wednesday’s quiz
The first time Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, who was their QB?

Tuesday’s quiz
Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl with Green Bay 12 years ago; he is 6-8 in playoff games since then.

Monday’s quiz
Steve McNair was the Tennessee Titans’ QB in their one Super Bowl appearance.

**************************************

Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Here’s a question to start the day with:
If you were a Division I college basketball coach, would you try and recruit Bronny James to play for your team?

Plusses:
He is a 6-3 G who is a good shooter, an unselfish player.
He’s played at a high level in high school, against good competition.
He is Lebron James’ son; he’ll increase your visibility. Maybe by a lot.

Minuses:
He isn’t his father, who is one of the 2-3 best basketball players ever.
He’s only going to play one year in college, then go to the NBA to play on the same team as his father, before Lebron Sr retires.

Is it worth all the effort to recruit the kid? It is an interesting question.

Illinois 69, Ohio State 60— Buckeyes lost six of their last seven games; they’re shooting 43.4% inside the arc in conference games, which isn’t good.

North Carolina 72, Syracuse 68— Tar Heels were 14-23 on the foul line, Syracuse 2-3. North Carolina scored the last five points of the game, after blowing a 10-point lead.

Iowa State 80, Kansas State 76— Cyclones shot 69.7% inside the arc in a high-level game between two teams who will be fashionable picks for the Final 4 in March.

Kentucky 69, Vanderbilt 53— Wildcats won their last four games, have Kansas visiting Rupp Arena Saturday. They win that game, they’re off the proverbial bubble.

Rutgers 65, Penn State 45— Scarlet Knights have won 8 of their last 10 games; they’re forcing turnovers 23.2% of the time, are tied for 2nd place in the Big 14.

TCU 79, Oklahoma 52— Horned Frogs are 14-3 in their last 17 games; they’re #3 in the nation in continuity, and they pounded Oklahoma in this game, up 44-27 at halftime.

Drake 70, Indiana State 68— Drake led 44-26 at halftime, blew the lead, then won the game on a 3-pointer with 0:02 left. Drake has won five of its last six games; the Sycamores have lost five in a row.

Georgetown 81, DePaul 76— Hoyas ended their 29-game Big East losing streak. Since 2008, DePaul is now 52-227 in Big East Conference games.

San Jose State 82, Air Force 52— Spartans improve to 13-8, 4-4 in Mountain West; as Tim Miles is doing a great rebuilding job. How great?

Since joining the Mountain West ten years ago, San Jose is 73-224, 25-143 in conference games. Their last winning season was 1993-94. Miles is doing a miraculous job in San Jose.

Toledo 84, Eastern Michigan 79— Rockets were down 11 with 6:46 left; they survived a 43-point explosion from EMU star Emoni Bates, who had scored a total of 34 points in his previous three games. At one point, Bates scored 29 straight points for the Eagles.

Northern Illinois 86, Kent State 76— Huskies were a 13-point home underdog; they handed Kent State their first MAC loss, dropping them into a first-place tie with Akron.

In non-basketball stuff……….
— Scott Rolen got 76.3% of the votes, joins Fred McGriff as 2023 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Todd Helton missed getting voted in by 11 votes, which is disappointing.

Here are Helton’s career home/away splits:
Home: .345 batting average, 1.048 OPS, with 227 home runs
Away: .287 batting average, .855 OPS, with 142 home runs

It all adds up; Helton hit .316 with 369 career home runs. Does it really matter where he hit them? He is getting penalized for playing for the Rockies.

— Arte Moreno took his Los Angeles Angels off the market; be bought the team 20 years ago for $180M, was asking $2.5B to sell them this year.

Angels haven’t had a winning record since 2015; they last made the playoffs in 2014, but not because they don’t try. It’ll be interesting to see if they can re-sign Shohei Ohtani next year.

— By the way, in 1980, the Mets were sold for $21.1M; wonder what they’re worth now?
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
NY RANGERS are 7-1 Under (5.9 Units) in road games after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game in the current season.

OTTAWA is 19-13 ATS (4.7 Units) after scoring 2 goals or less in 2 straight games in the last 3 seasons.

CAROLINA is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) off a win against a division rival in the current season.

EDMONTON is 15-2 ATS (12.8 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in 2 straight games over the last 2 seasons.

SEATTLE is 9-3 ATS (5.7 Units) in January games in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, January 25


1xSoPWT.png

tUMEv6W.png





NHL

Wednesday, January 25


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NY Islanders @ Ottawa
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Ottawa
NY Islanders is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Ottawa
Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Ottawa's last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ottawa's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Islanders

NY Rangers @ Toronto
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Toronto's last 14 games when playing at home against NY Rangers

Carolina @ Dallas
Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Carolina's last 10 games
Dallas
Dallas is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Dallas's last 11 games

Columbus @ Edmonton
Columbus
Columbus is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Columbus's last 8 games
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Vancouver @ Seattle
Vancouver
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Seattle
Vancouver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Seattle
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Seattle is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Active member
Joined
Sep 26, 2005
Messages
104,056
Tokens

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25​

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
NYR at TOR07:00 PMTOR -155
U 6.0
+500 +500
NYI at OTT07:00 PMNYI +110
O 6.0
+500 +500
CAR at DAL08:30 PMCAR -115
U 6.0
+500 +500
CLB at EDM09:30 PMCLB +320
O 6.5
+500 +500
VAN at SEA10:00 PMSEA -180
U 6.5
+500 +500
 

Active member
Joined
Sep 26, 2005
Messages
104,056
Tokens

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks
DateW-L-T%UnitsRecord
01/25/20236-4-060.00%+1950Detail
01/24/20238-12-240.91%-2675Detail
01/23/20235-3-062.50%+1250Detail
01/22/20236-4-060.00%+1275Detail
01/21/202311-16-141.07%-3500Detail
01/20/20232-2-050.00%-50Detail
01/19/202318-8-069.23%+4800Detail
01/18/20236-3-165.00%+1700Detail
01/17/20237-8-146.88%-600Detail
01/16/20238-10-044.44%-1175Detail
01/15/20233-3-050.00%-575Detail
01/14/202318-10-064.29%+3425Detail
01/13/20232-4-033.33%-875Detail
01/12/202311-13-045.83%-250Detail
01/11/20235-3-062.50%+675Detail
01/10/202313-6-068.42%+3625Detail
01/09/20234-4-050.00%-800Detail
01/08/20236-10-037.50%-1850Detail
01/07/20238-9-147.22%-350Detail
01/06/20233-8-129.17%-2550Detail
01/05/202311-8-157.50%+1975Detail
01/04/20233-2-158.33%+850Detail
01/03/202316-6-072.73%+5425Detail
01/02/20232-2-050.00%-300Detail
01/01/20237-3-070.00%+1975Detail
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack

Pre-season top 6 in college baseball this season:
1) LSU
2) Tennessee
3) Florida
4) Stanford
5) Louisville
6) Vanderbilt

Quote of the Day
“……here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.”
Mike McDermott, Rounders

Thursday’s quiz
Since 2000, UConn has won four national titles in basketball; Jim Calhoun was coach for three of those titles. Who was the coach of UConn’s 2014 championship team?

Wednesday’s quiz
First time Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, Brad Johnson was their QB.

Tuesday’s quiz
Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl with Green Bay 12 years ago; he is 6-8 in playoff games since then.

*********************************

Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

Xavier 82, UConn 79
Xavier played seven guys; they led by 17 early in second half.
UConn was 1-13 on arc in first half, 9-15 in second half.
Huskies are 2-6 in last eight games, after a 14-0 start.

Pitt 81, Wake Forest 79— Pitt was 18-37 on arc, 10-21 inside arc; their two leading scorers were 14-23 from the floor, with every shot a 3-pointer.

Tulane 95, Wichita State 90 OT
Shockers led by 18 in first half, by 8 with 2:42 left in game.
Tulane has won six of its last eight games.

Alabama 66, Mississippi State 63
Miss State led by 10 with 16:19 left in game.
Teams combined to shoot 8-43 on the arc.
Alabama has won nine in a row; Bulldogs have lost 8 of last 9.

Texas A&M 79, Auburn 63
Aggies snapped Auburn’s 28-game home winning streak, which had been the longest in the country.
Texas A&M won eight of its last nine games.

Furman 91, Samford 84 OT
Paladins were 27-34 on foul line, Samford 13-19
Samford led by 5 with 2:00 left in regulation.
Samford slips into a tie for first in SoCon with NC-Greensboro

Rhode Island 75, Dayton 70
Scores like this are why the Atlantic 15 will be a one-bid league for first time since 2002.
URI coach Miller went 139-63 as Dayton’s coach from 2011-17.

George Washington 92, St Joe’s 91 OT— Colonials have their first 3-game winning streak in five years.

— Odds to win the Super Bowl:
+260— Bengals, Eagles
+280— Chiefs
+320— 49ers

First time in 40 years that none of the final four teams is 4-1 or better to win the Super Bowl.

— Last time the spread for both conference championship games was less than 3 points was 1997, when Denver-Pittsburgh, Green Bay-San Francisco were the matchups.

— Last nine times the conference championship game was a #1-#2 seed game, like 49ers-Eagles this weekend, the #1-seed was 7-2 SU, 5-4 ATS.

Since 2003, when a #1-seed is playing a #3 or lower seed in the conference title game, the #1-seed is 6-4 ATS in those games.

— Conference championship games are the NFL’s Final Four; Dallas Cowboys haven’t made the Final Four since 1995. Dallas won Super Bowls in 1992, 1993, 1995, but nothing close since.

— New England Patriots did a smart thing and hired former Texans’ coach Bill O’Brien as their offensive coordinator; O’Brien worked for New England from 2007-11- he was most recently an assistant coach at Alabama.

— Tennessee signed football coach Josh Heupel to a contract extension worth $9M a year thru 2028. Heupel is 18-8 in his first two years coaching the Vols.

— There are ten teams in the Ohio Valley Conference; six of them are tied for first place, with 5-3 conference records. No one in the OVC is in the top 200; could be that the winner of the OVC tourney will make an appearance in Dayton, at the play-in games.

— It bothers me a little when people don’t say “thank you”. You do something nice, doesn’t take much to say “thank you”

— Tampa Bay Rays signed P Jeffrey Springs to a 4-year, $31M contract extension; Springs was 9-5, 2.46 in 33 games (25 starts) last year.

— Oakland A’s signed 1B Jesus Aguilar to a one-year, $3M deal; Aguilar had good seasons in 2018 and 2021— he hit .235 for the Marlins/Orioles last year.

— RA Dickey and Mike Napoli each got a vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Go figure.

— Don Mattingly played 14 years in the major leagues; he hit six grand slams, all of them in 1987, which was the most grand slams ever hit in one season. But he never hit a grand slam in any other season.

— Most career touchdown passes by a QB with 0 or 1 career playoff wins:
291- Carson Palmer (1-3 playoff record)
255- Sonny Jurgensen (0-0)
252- Kirk Cousins (1-3)
244— John Hadl (0-2), Andy Dalton (0-4)
227— Jay Cutler (1-1)

— I’m sick of the Manning family; Peyton, Eli, Archie, all of them. They do more commercials than Jennifer Garner and Kevin Hart. Eli Manning never said boo when he was playing; now he is everywhere on TV. Just go away.

— For some misguided reason, West Virginia is in the Big X Conference. Here is how far they are from their nine conference rivals:
Iowa State— 867 miles
Kansas— 903 miles
Kansas State— 984 miles
Oklahoma State— 1,089 miles
Oklahoma— 1,141 miles
TCU— 1,236 miles
Texas— 1,400 miles
Texas Tech— 1,470 miles

What genius thought this was a good idea?
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
TAMPA BAY is 6-0 Over (6 Units) after 3 consecutive non-conference games in the current season.

MONTREAL is 7-2 ATS (4.8 Units) off a home loss against a division rival over the last 2 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 9-19 ATS (-11.9 Units) in road games after playing a game where 8 or more total goals were scored in the last 3 seas...

WINNIPEG is 11-2 ATS (8.8 Units) in home games after covering 2 of their last 3 against the spread in the current season.

NEW JERSEY is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 26-68 ATS (-48.8 Units) when playing their 4th game in 7 days in the last 3 seasons.

CALGARY is 9-0 ATS (9 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a road favorite in the current season.

ARIZONA is 26-29 ATS (-5.9 Units) after playing 2 consecutive home games in the last 3 seasons.

ANAHEIM is 7-31 ATS (-27.1 Units) after covering 2 of their last 3 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.
 

Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2009
Messages
16,432
Tokens
NHL

Thursday, January 26


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Detroit @ Montreal
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games on the road
Montreal
Montreal is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Detroit
Montreal is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Detroit

Boston @ Tampa Bay
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Washington
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

New Jersey @ Nashville
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games on the road
New Jersey is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Nashville
Nashville is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Buffalo @ Winnipeg
Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Buffalo's last 7 games when playing Winnipeg
Buffalo is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games when playing Buffalo

Philadelphia @ Minnesota
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 12-1 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games at home
Minnesota is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home

St. Louis @ Arizona
St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 14 of St. Louis's last 16 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 13-3 ATS in its last 16 games when playing St. Louis
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Chicago @ Calgary
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Calgary
Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing Chicago

Anaheim @ Colorado
Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Anaheim


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Forum statistics

Threads
1,106,765
Messages
13,438,757
Members
99,334
Latest member
mu88forum
The RX is the sports betting industry's leading information portal for bonuses, picks, and sportsbook reviews. Find the best deals offered by a sportsbook in your state and browse our free picks section.FacebookTwitterInstagramContact Usforum@therx.com