CNOTES 2024 2025 NHL NEWS BEST BETS AND OPINION !

[CNOTES]

NHL STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP BEST BETS !

06/14/2025......................1 - 1 - 0................50.00%..............- 0.65
06/12/2025......................0 - 2 - 0................00.00%..............- 12.80
06/09/2025......................2 - 0 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,100.00%.............+ 10.00
06/06/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..............100.00%.............+ 10.00
06/04/2025......................1 - 1 - 0...............50.00%...............- 0.50

TOTALS..............................6 - 4 - 0...............60.00%................+ 6.05

 

[CNOTES]

Sunday’s 5-pack:
Baseball teams with the best average attendance so far this year:
50,275— Dodgers
42,491— Bronx
42,325— Padres
41,252— Phillies
37,858— Mets

Quote of the Day
“We don’t take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator…..we take an oath to the Constitution……and we’re willing to die to protect it.”
US Army General Mark Milley, 2023

Sunday’s quiz
Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan was in the major leagues for 27 years, but only pitched in one World Series; who was he pitching for that year?

Saturday’s quiz
Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly played for the Houston Gamblers in the USFL.

Friday’s quiz
Slick Leonard was the Indiana Pacers’ coach when they won their three ABA titles.

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Sunday’s Den: Happy Armadillo Day!!!!​

— Happy Armadillo Day; started this blog 24 years ago this week. Hope you enjoy reading it every day- you DO read it every day, right?

The world has changed a lot since 2001; some for the better, some not so much, but hopefully things will get better again soon.
I try to focus on the positive here, but mostly aim for being realistic.
Thanks for reading, even if you read it only because it helps you sleep better

— Panthers 4, Oilers 2
Panthers led 2-0 after the first period.
Florida scored their five goals on only 19 shots.
Brad Marchand scored twice for Florida.
Game 6 is in Florida Tuesday night.
Panthers’ star Marchand has scored six goals for Florida in this year’s Final.
He scored five goals for the Bruins in the 2011 Finals.
He is the first player in NHL history to score 5+ goals in a Stanley Cup Final with two different teams.

— Was watching Tigers-Orioles game the other night, and the great actor JK Simmons showed up in the Orioles’ TV booth, unannounced. Simmons is a big-time Tigers’ fan; he was also the manager of the Tigers in the excellent Kevin Costner movie For Love of the Game.
He has 245 acting credits on IMDB; he was Dr Skoda in 45 episodes of Law and Order, just a tremendous career.

— Atlanta Braves were minus-350 favorites over Colorado Saturday, huge favorites. Remember reading something a long time ago advising you to never lay more than -150 on baseball.
My cousin KL Wheat, who is smart with his bets, never lays more than -120.

— Pirates P Paul Skenes has a 1.78 ERA in 15 starts this year, but he is 4-6 in those start; Pirates have scored 3 or fewer runs in 10 of his 15 starts. Under is 8-3 in his last 11 starts.

— Cardinals 8, Brewers 5
Willson/William Contreras became the first brothers since 1933 to homer in the same inning in the same game, when they were on opposing sides in that game.
Last year, Cleveland’s Josh/Bo Naylor did it as teammates.

— Heading into this weekend, the average OPS in the major leagues was .712; in 2019 it was .758, in 2020 it was .740. Getting harder and harder to hit.
— Famous birthdays, June 15th:
Dusty Baker, 76
Jim Belushi, 71
Wade Boggs, 67
Helen Hunt, 62
Courteney Cox, 61
Kerwin Bell, 60
O’Shea Jackson Sr., 56 (Ice Cube)
Andy Pettitte, 53
Michael Doleac, 48
Derek Anderson, 42
Tim Lincecum, 41
Trevor Plouffe, 39
Jake Locker, 37
Cooper Kupp, 32
Dom Smith, 30
Happy birthday to the Big Dawg, whose birthday is this weekend. He’s been a good friend for many years, he’s a good NFL handicapper.

— When Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points off the bench the other night, it was the most points a sub scored in an NBA Finals game since Jason Terry scored 27 in 2011.
Both players were coached in those games by Rick Carlisle.
Pacers’ star Tyrese Halliburton has scored 71 points in the first four games of the series vs Oklahoma City; he’s taken a total of only three foul shots in the four games, all of them in the Game 4 loss.

— Diamondbacks 8, Padres 7
Arizona led 3-1 after the sixth inning.
San Diego led 7-3 in the middle of the ninth.
Diamondbacks scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth; Geraldo Perdomo’s bases loaded triple was the big blow in the inning.

— It was a good week for a couple of NFL punters:
Monday, Jaguars gave P Logan Cooke a 4-year, $16M contract, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL.
Tuesday, Seahawks gave P Michael Dickson a 4-year, $16.2M contract, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL.

— Houston Texans WR Nico Collins had 142 receiving yards negated by Houston penalties last year, more than any other player.

— White Sox traded 1B/OF Andrew Vaughn to Milwaukee for P Aaron Civale, who the Brewers had demoted to the bullpen. White Sox had demoted Vaughn to AAA.

— I’m curious if baseball executives who were really good ballplayers look down their noses at the nerdy, non-athletic guys who are often in front offices these days?

I’m guessing they do; John Smoltz was on TV Saturday night, saying how official scorers should consult with former players when they make scoring decisions, to find “how difficult a play that really was”

— Baseball seriously needs to promote itself better; a good reality show would include current players watching fantasy baseball podcasts on YouTube, where nerdy types criticize players, as they add/drop or trade these players.

 

[Udog]

No game today. Game 5 is Tuesday.

 

[CNOTES]

Monday’s 5-pack:
Interesting matchups in ACC-SEC basketball challenge this fall:
— North Carolina @ Kentucky
— Louisville @ Arkansas
— Florida @ Duke
— Tennessee @ Syracuse
— NC State @ Auburn
— Clemson @ Alabama

Quote of the Day
“Putting out a fire you purposely start doesn’t make you a firefighter, it makes you an arsonist with a hose.”
Jimmy Kimmel

Monday’s quiz
In the Odd Couple episode where Felix/Oscar play as partners on the game show Password, what well-known celebrity did they play against?

Sunday’s quiz
Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan was in the major leagues for 27 years, but only pitched in one World Series, in 1969 for the Mets.

Saturday’s quiz
Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly played for the Houston Gamblers in the USFL.

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

— Blockbuster trade Sunday night; Red Sox unloaded DH Rafael Devers and the $270M or so he is still owed thru 2033, to San Francisco, in exchange for two pitchers, two other prospects.
Pitchers Boston got are Kyle Harrison, Jordan Hicks.
Minor league prospects are OF James Tibbs, P Jose Bello
Consensus from the people I listened to Sunday night said this is mostly a salary dump- the players the Red Sox got don’t match up to trading an elite hitter, even if he is only a DH.

— San Francisco is a way worse hitters’ ballpark than Fenway; Giants haven’t had a player hit 30+ home runs since 2004.
Where will Devers play in the field? 1B? 3B? Will he even play in the field?
Interesting questions to follow over the next week or so, especially when you realize that the Red Sox visit San Francisco this coming weekend.
Would make sense if the Red Sox use the $31.8M/year they just got out from under to add another potent bat, to hit between Jarren Duran, Alex Bregman, when Bregman gets healthy.
It also figures that Boston is way more likely to sign Bregman to a longer-term deal now that Devers is gone.

— Around 6:45 Sunday night, Kyle Harrison was headed to the dugout in Los Angeles, so he could stay warming up for the Giants-Dodgers game, when he was pulled back and told he was traded to Boston. Giants had a bullpen game in their 5-4 loss to the Dodgers Sunday night.

— Shohei Ohtani makes his return to the mound Monday night, when the Dodgers play San Diego, but apparently he’s just going to be an opener, throwing 1-2 innings, as he builds his workload up.

— Giants’ ace Logan Webb has had seven starts this season where he’s thrown 7+ innings; the entire Dodger pitching staff has had three games where their starter lasted 7+ innings.

— Major League Baseball has to be happy with the pitch clock/rule change.
%age of MLB games that have lasted 3+ hours:
2021- 67%
2022- 60%
2023- 17%
2024- 12%
2025- 15%

— Cubs beat Detroit 6-1 in a game last week, despite not having any at-bats with a runner in scoring position, the first team since the 2016 Twins to win a game by 5+ runs without having an at-bat with a runner at second or third base.

— Famous birthdays, June 16th:
Joan Van Ark, 82
Rick Adelman, 79
Al Cowlings, 78
Ron LeFlore, 77
Al Skinner, 73
Frank Corral, 70
Tree Rollins, 70
Laurie Metcalf, 70
Darrell Griffith, 67
Wally Joyner, 63
Calvin Schiraldi, 63
Kerry Wood, 48
Austin Blythe, 33
Will Benson, 27
Justin Jefferson, 26

— Obscure Stat of the Day, part 1:
Rangers’ SS Corey Seager has drawn a walk in 10 consecutive games; the all-time MLB record for most consecutive games drawing a walk is 22, set by Detroit’s Roy Cullenbine in 1947.
Cullenbine was a 1B/OF who played for six different teams in his 10-year career. 1947 was the last year he played; he had a career .408 on-base %age.

— Obscure Stat of the Day, part 2:
2020 San Diego Padres hold an odd record; they hit a grand slam in four consecutive games, which no one else has ever done. Would’ve thought someone had a longer streak, but no,

— Reds 8, Tigers 4
Elly De La Cruz scored 3 runs, homered and had 3 RBI.
De La Cruz has now homered in four consecutive games.
Three Detroit errors led to five unearned runs for the Reds.

— Marlins 3, Nationals 1
Eric Wagaman had two RBI as the Marlins swept this series.
Washington has lost eight games in a row; manager Dave Martinez called out his players over the weekend, rarely a good thing for the manager.

— Rangers 2, White Sox 1
Kumar Rocker threw five scoreless IP, while fighting cramps; he drank couple of small bottles of pickle juice on the mound— wasn’t sure that was legal.
Rangers have quietly won seven of their last eight games.
White Sox manager Will Venable got tossed in the bottom of the first inning, after his pitcher had thrown only 13 pitches. It turns out Venable was thrown out of games on both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day this year.

— A’s 3, Royals 2
A’s swept this 3-game series; before Friday, A’s had lost their last 14 road games.
Nick Kurtz hit the game-winning home run in the ninth inning.
Royals went 0-6 on their homestand, scoring total of 11 runs.
Kansas City has lost its last six home series.

— Rockies 10, Braves 1
This game was 1-1 after the sixth inning.
Braves P Grant Holmes struck out 15 guys in 6.1 IP, but took the loss.
Colorado improved to 7-30 on the road.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Giants, Padres
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: Rays, Blue Jays, Mariners

 

[Udog]

No game today. Game 6 is tomorrow.

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 5-pack:
— Thunder 120, Pacers 109— Oklahoma City leads NBA Finals, 3-2.
— Thunder led 59-45 at halftime; Indiana got within 2 points in 2nd half.
— Jalen Williams scored 40 points; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 31.
— 10th game this season where those two combined for 70+ points.
— Game 6 is Thursday night in Indiana.
— In previous 31 NBA Finals that were tied 2-2, the team that won Game 5 has won 23 of the 31 series.

Quote of the Day
“It wasn’t a perfect game at all and there’s a lot of room for growth, but our improvement from Game 4 to Game 5 was critical.”
Thunder coach Mark Daigneault

Tuesday’s quiz
When the Seattle SuperSonics won their only NBA title in 1979, who was their coach?

Monday’s quiz
In the Odd Couple episode where Felix/Oscar play as partners on the game show Password, they played against Betty White, whose husband was Allen Ludden, the host of Password.

Sunday’s quiz
Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan was in the major leagues for 27 years, but only pitched in one World Series, in 1969 for the Mets.

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Tuesday’s Den: Trends for every major league team​

Trends for major league teams (thru Monday’s games)

— Arizona (36-35)
Arizona won nine of its last 12 games.
Over is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
Arizona is 6-13 in last 19 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Braves (31-39)
Atlanta lost 16 of its last 23 games.
Braves are 19-15 at home, 12-24 on the road.
Under is 15-6 in their last 21 home games.

— Cubs (44-28)
Chicago is 13-3 of its last 16 home games.
Under is 16-4 in their last 20 games.
Cubs are 9-3 vs American League teams.

— Reds (37-35)
Cincinnati is 12-8 in its last 20 games.
Reds are 7-2 in last nine series openers.
Reds are 28-21 vs righty starters, 9-14 vs lefties.

— Rockies (15-57)
Colorado is 3-2 in its last five games.
Over is 7-1 in Rockies’ last eight games.
Rockies are 1-19 vs lefty starters, 14-38 vs righties.

— Dodgers (44-29)
Dodgers are 21-19 in their last 40 games,
Dodgers are 25-12 at home, 18-17 on the road.
Dodgers are 34-18 vs righty starters, 10-11 vs lefties.
Over is 20-5 in their last 25 home games.

— Marlins (28-42) )
Marlins are 5-4 in their last nine games.
Miami is 14-21 at home, 14-21 on the road.
Marlins are 2-10 in road series openers.

— Brewers (39-34)
Brewers are 11-6 in their last 17 home games.
Brewers are 23-15 at home, 16-19 on the road.
Under is 17-7 in their last 24 home games.

— Mets (45-27)
Mets lost their last three games.
Mets are 27-10 at home, 18-17 on the road.
Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Phillies (43-29)
Phillies won their last five games.
Phillies are 34-17 vs righty starters, 9-12 vs lefties.
Phillies are 9-3 in home series openers.

— Pirates (29-44)
Pirates are 7-3 in last 10 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Pittsburgh is 19-19 at home, 10-25 on the road.
Under is 14-4 in their last 18 road games.

— St Louis (37-35)
St Louis lost seven of its last eight games.
Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
St Louis is 22-14 at home, 15-21 on the road.

— Padres (39-32)
Padres lost five of their last seven games.
Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Padres are 11-8 against their NL West rivals.
San Diego starting pitchers have one win/five losses in last 17 road games.

— Giants (41-31)
Giants won their last five home games.
Giants are 33-18 vs righty pitchers, 8-13 vs lefties.
SF is 16-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 5-0 in Giants’ last five games.
Where will they play Devers/bat him in the lineup?

— Washington (30-42)
Nationals lost 12 of their last 14 games.
Under is 13-4 in their last 17 home games.
Washington is 13-5 last 18 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Famous birthdays, June 17th:
Dave Concepción, 77
Mickey Brantley, 64
Greg Kinnear, 62
Mike Magnante, 60
Jason Hanson, 55
Popeye Jones, 55
Andrew Chefin, 35
Yusei Kikuchi, 34
Shane Baz, 26

— Orioles (30-41)
Baltimore is 3-7 in its last ten games.
Orioles are 8-9 vs AL East foes, 22-32 vs everyone else.
Under is 11-3 in their last 14 games.

— Red Sox (38-36)
Red Sox are 8-1 in their last nine games.
Boston is 9-17 in one-run games.
Under is 8-1 in their last nine home games.
Red Sox’ lineup is sketchy, minus Bregman/Devers.

— White Sox (23-49)
Chicago is 12-8 in its last 20 home games.
White Sox are 7-31 on the road.
Under is 7-2 in their last nine road games.

— Cleveland (35-35)
Guardians lost nine of their last 12 games.
Cleveland is 14-5 against its AL Central rivals.
Guardians are 30-22 vs righty starters, 5-13 vs lefties.
Under is 12-3 in their last 15 road games.

— Detroit (46-27)
Detroit is 13-8 vs its AL Central rivals.
Tigers are 6-6 in their last 12 games.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.

— Houston (38-30)
Astros are 27-13 at home, 14-18 on the road.
Houston is 6-3 in its last nine series openers.
Under is 22-10 in their last 32 games.
Astros are 14-7 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Royals (34-38)
Royals are 6-15 in their last 21 games.
Kansas City scored 11 runs in its last six games.
Over is 8-4 in Royals’ last 12 games.

— Angels (34-37)
Angels are 8-5 in their last 13 games.
Over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games.
Halos are 15-7 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Twins (36-35)
Twins are 2-8 in their last ten games.
Minnesota is 20-12 at home, 16-23 on the road.
Over is 11-5 in their last 16 games.

— New York (42-29)
New York lost its last four games, scoring four runs.
Under is 5-0 in their last five games.
New York is 32-22 vs righty starters, 10-7 vs lefties.

— A’s (30-44)
A’s won their last four games.
A’s scored in 1st inning in six of last 12 home games.
Over is 17-3 in their last 10 road games.

— Seattle (36-35)
Mariners lost eight of their last 10 road games.
Seattle is 7-12 in its last 19 home games.
Under is 6-1 in Mariners’ last seven home games.

— Tampa Bay (40-32)
Tampa Bay won 19 of its last 25 games.
Under is 21-9 in their last 30 home games.
Rays are 12-4 in last 16 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Texas (36-36)
Rangers won seven of their last eight games.
Texas is 6-13 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Rangers are 23-13 at home, 13-23 on road.
Under is 19-7 in their last 26 road games.

— Toronto (38-33)
Blue Jays won eight of their last 10 home games.
Over is 13-3 in their last 16 games.
Toronto is 8-3 in last eleven games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Giants, Padres
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: Rays, Blue Jays, Red Sox

 

[Udog]

NHL
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Trend Report
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Edmonton VS Florida
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 6 games.
Edmonton is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games.
Edmonton is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games against Florida.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 6 games.
Florida is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Florida's last 7 games against Edmonton.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Florida's last 10 games at home.


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[CNOTES]

Tuesday, June 17​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
EDM at FLA	08:00 PM	FLA -151 O 6.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP BEST BETS !

06/17/2025.......................1 - 1 - 0...............50.00%..............- 0.50
06/14/2025......................1 - 1 - 0................50.00%..............- 0.65
06/12/2025......................0 - 2 - 0................00.00%..............- 12.80
06/09/2025......................2 - 0 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,100.00%.............+ 10.00
06/06/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..............100.00%.............+ 10.00
06/04/2025......................1 - 1 - 0...............50.00%...............- 0.50

TOTALS............................7 - 5 - 0...............58.33%...............+ 5.55