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Saturday: San Jose Sharks -140. - 5/18
Friday: Passing! - 5/17
Thursday NHL Playoffs Prediction: NY Rangers +120. - 5/16
Wednesday: PASSING. - 5/15
Tuesday Hockey Pick: San Jose Sharks +150. - 5/14
Monday NHL Playoffs Predictions: Toronto Maple Leafs +160 and NY Rangers +125. - 5/13
Sunday NHL Playoffs: Toronto Maple Leafs +125. - 5/12
Saturday: PASSING. - 5/11
Friday National Hockey League Playoffs; New York Rangers +130 and St. Louis Blues +145. - 5/10
Thursday Hockey Plays: NY Islanders +210 and Ottawa Senators +114. - 5/9
Wednesday NHL Playoffs Predictions: Brutal loss yesterday with Montreal, up 2-0 in the 3rd. Gave up 2 goals in the final period and lost in OT. YUCK! Todays pick is the Toronto Maple Leafs at +125. - 5/8
Tuesday Hockey Bets: Montreal Canadiens +129. - 5/7
Monday NHL Predictions: Toronto Maple Leafs +120 and Washington Capitals +135. - 5/6
Sunday Hockey Playoffs Picks: Vancouver Canucks +132 and Montreal Canadiens +123. - 5/5
Saturday NHL Playoffs Picks: Toronto Maple Leafs +164 and St. Louis Blues +128. - 5/4
Friday NHL: We couldn't find any wagering value in today's games so we're passing. - 5/3
Thursday Hockey Picks: Ottawa Senators +137 and L.A./St. Louis UNDER 5 goals. - 5/2
Wednesday NHL Play: San Jose Sharks/Vancouver Canucks UNDER 5 goals. - 5/1
Tuesday NHL Playoffs Pick: Los Angeles Kings +107. - 4/30
Sunday: Passing! - 4/28
Saturday NHL Picks: San Jose Sharks +136 and Edmonton Oilers +120. - 4/27
Friday Hockey Prediction: Colorado Avalanche/Phoenix Coyotes OVER 5 goals. - 4/26
Thursday Hockey Wager: Ottawa Senators +120. - 4/25
Wednesday Hockey Predictions: Toronto Maple Leafs -102 and San Jose Sharks +105. - 4/24
Tuesday NHL Plays: Calgary Flames +130, Philadelphia Flyers +127, New Jersey Devils +118 and Minnesota Wild -103. - 4/23
Monday NHL Bets: Buffalo Sabres +108, Edmonton Oilers +120 and Chicago Blackhawks -110. - 4/22
Sunday NHL Selections: Carolina Hurricanes +142 and Edmonton Oilers +108. - 4/21
Saturday NHL Wager: Washington Capitals +133. - 4/20
Friday NHL Picks: Edmonton Oilers +108 and Calgary Flames +150. - 4/19
Thursday NHL Prediction: Washington Capitals +102. - 4/18
Wednesday Hockey Play: Columbua Blue Jackets +141. - 4/17
Tuesday Hockey Picks: Toronto Maple Leafs +140 and Vancouver Canucks +125. - 4/16
Monday Hockey Bets: Philadelphia Flyers +174 and Calgary Flames +120. - 4/15
Sunday NHL Play: St. Louis Blues -116. - 4/14
Saturday Hockey Bet Recommendation: Toronto Maple Leafs +102. - 4/13
Friday NHL Picks: Ottawa Senators +136 and Columbus Blue Jackets +101. - 4/12
Thursday Hockey Plays: We like quite a few plays today. The idea here is to go 2-2 or better to shore up a tidy profit. NY Islanders +142, Ottawa Senators +117, Buffalo Sabres +119, Colorado Avalanche +232. - 4/11
Wednesday HHL: Calgary Flames +160. - 4/10
Tuesday Hockey Picks: Columbus Blue Jackets +111 and Nashville Predators +112. - 4/9
Monday NHL Bet: Calgary Flames/Colorado Avalanche UNDER 5.5 goals. - 4/8
Sunday Hockey Pick: New Jersey Devils +106. We know a few sharp cappers that are taking Dallas at +190 today as well. Might be worth a lunch money bet! - 4/7
Saturday NHL Bet Recommendation: Tampa Bay Lightning +114. - 4/6
Friday National Hockey League Bets: New York Rangers +123, Buffalo Sabres +111 and a rare huge underdog play Calgary Flames +214. - 4/5
Thursday's Hockey Prediction: Columbus Blue Jackets +115. - 4/4
Wednesday NHL Pick: NY Rangers -108. - 4/3
Tuesday Hockey Plays: Winnipeg Jets +114. - 4/2
Monday NHL Selection; NY Islanders +121. - 4/1
Sunday: We've replaced our NHL capper with hopes of having some better results. His first play is Buffalo Sabres +145. - 3/31
Saturday: Our hockey capper has hit an ice cold streak so he's passing today to regroup. - 3/30
Friday Prediction: Chicago Blackhawks (1st 60 min)* -0.5 +104 - 3/29
Thursday Total Play: Carolina Hurricanes/Toronto Maple Leafs Under 5.5 -106 - 3/28
Wednesday Ice Hockey Prediction: Boston Bruins (1st 60 min) -0.5 -104 - 3/27
Tuesday NHL Pick: Washington Capitals (1st 60 min)* 0.5 +114 - 3/26
Monday NHL Pick: Phoenix Coyotes (1st 60 min) -0.5 +117 - 3/25
Sunday: Anaheim Ducks (1st 60 min) -0.5 +108 - 3/24
Saturday: Passing. - 3/23
Friday NHL Prediction: Winnipeg Jets (1st 60 min)* -0.5 +116 - 3/22
Thursday NHL Prediction: Toronto Maple Leafs (1st 60 min)* -103 - 3/21
Wednesday Hockey Puck Line: Edmonton Oilers (1st 60 min)* -1/2 +160 - 3/20
The Buffalo Sabres minute chance to make the playoffs may have ended with an upper body injury to their leading scorer Thomas Vanek -3/20.
Tuesday NHL Pick: New Jersey Devils (1st 60 min)* -1/2 +137 - 3/19
Monday Ice Play: Minnesota Wild (1st 60 min) +145 - 3/18
Sunday Hockey Prediction: Edmonton Oilers (1st 60 min) -0.5 +138 - 3/17
Saturday Best Bet: Carolina Hurricanes -110 - 3/16
Friday Hockey: Limited games so we're passing today. - 3/15
Thursday 60 min. Play: Carolina Hurricanes (1st 60 min) -0.5 -101 - 3/14
Wednesday Puck Line Play: New Jersey Devils (1st 60 min) -0.5 +132 - 3/13
Tuesday Total Play: Toronto Maple Leafs/Winnipeg Jets Under 5.5 -107 - 3/12
Monday NHL Hockey: No value today so we're passing. - 3/11
Sunday NHL Predictions: Anaheim Ducks (1st 60 min) -0.5 +115 - 3/10
Philadelphia Flyers (1st 60 min) -0.5 +114 - 3/10
Vancouver Canucks (1st 60 min) -0.5 +127 - 3/10
Saturday Afternoon Game: Washington Capitals -105 - 3/9
Friday Hockey Prediction: Anaheim Ducks (1st 60 min) -0.5 +101 - 3/8
Thursday NHL Play: Washington Capitals (1st 60 min) -0.5 +102 - 3/7
Wednesday Hockey Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs (1st 60 min) -0.5 +115 - 3/6
NY Rangers Defenceman Marc Stall will be out indefinitely after taking a shot to the face.
Tuesday Underdog: Minnesota Wild +165 - 3/5
Monday Puckline Pick: Pittsburgh Penguins -1.5 +178 - 3/4
Sunday NHL Prediction: Carolina Hurricanes (1st 60 min) -.5 +146 - 3/3
Saturday Hockey Pick: Carolina Hurricanes (1st 60 min) -.5 +103 - 3/2
Friday: Passing! - 3/1
Thursday Puckline Pick: Boston Bruins -1.5 +142 - 2/28
Wednesday NHL Selection: Nashville Predators +110 - 2/27
Tuesday Hockey Prediction: Minnesota Wild (1st 60 min) -.5 +109 - 2/26
Monday NHL Total Play: Anaheim Ducks/Los Angeles Kings Over 5 -110 - 2/25
Sunday Bounce Back: New York Islanders -117 - 2/24
Saturday NHL Best Bet: Toronto Maple Leafs -115 - 2/23
Friday Puck Line Pick: Pittsburgh Penguins -1.5 +125 - 2/22
Thursday West Coast Play: Edmonton Oilers -120 - 2/21
Wednesday Total Prediction: Philadelphia Flyers/Pittsburgh Penguins Over 5.5 -120 - 2/20
Tuesday Hockey Play: New York Rangers (1st 60 min) -.5 +107 - 2/19
Monday Puckline Pick: New Jersey Devils -1.5 +160 - 2/18
Note: Our NHL handicapper is out of action for approximately a week. Picks should resume sometime around 2/18. - 2/11
Sunday: Passing! - 2/10
Saturday Puckline Play: Toronto Maple Leafs (1st 60 min) +.5 -120 - 2/9
Friday Pick: Passing - 2/8
Thursday 2/7 Three Pack:
Wednesday Hockey Play: Edmonton Oilers -121 - 2/6
Tuesday NHL Pick: Chicago Blackhawks +105 - 2/5
Monday NHL Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs -115 - 2/4
Sunday Prediction: Passing - 2/3
Saturday Puck Line Pick: Pittsburgh Penguins -.5 -105 (60 mins) - 2/2
Friday NHL Prediction: Carolina Hurricanes -122 - 2/1
Thursday Puck Pick: St. Louis -1.5 +185 - 1/31
Wednesday: Passing - 1/30
Tuesday PuckLine Play: Minnesota Wild -1.5 +165 - 1/29
Monday NHL Pick: Dallas Stars -115 - 1/28
Sunday Over/Under Play: Detroit/Chicago Total Over 5.5 -107 - 1/27
Saturday Puckline Pick: SJ Sharks -1.5 - 1/26
Friday Prediction: Minnesota +100 - 1/25
Thursday NHL Pick: Philadelphia -107 - 1/24
Wednesday Underdog Play: Columbus +145 - 1/23
Tuesday Bounce Back Pick: Carolina -128 - 1/22
Monday Over/Under Prediction: Red Wings/Blue Jackets OVER 5.5 - 1/21
Sunday Total Pick: Oilers/Canucks UNDER 5.5 - 1/20
Saturday Selection: Toronto +125 - 1/19
NHL Lockout: The NHL lockout has officially ended. The new regular season schedule will start on January 19th and end on April 27th - 1/12
Another Update: The league has cancelled it's games through January 14th. 50.8% of the 2012-2013 NHL schedule has now been cancelled. - 12/20
Lockout Update: The NHL has cancelled games through December 30th. - 12/10
Stanley Cup Game 6: The Devils definitely have the momentum, but we don't feel confident enough to back them on the road. We're going to take a pass on tonight's game. - 6/11
Stanley Cup Game 5: Passed. - 6/9
Stanley Cup Game 4 Lean: The Kings have been dominant throughout the entire Stanley Cup playoffs and contrary to popular belief the team on the verge of elimination usually folds in this situation. That being said we're still not comfortable laying -180 on the Kings. We do think that they'll probably win tonight, but the line goes against our betting philosophy of never laying more than -125. - 6/6
Stanley Cup Game 3 Lean: No value in tonight's game, but if you twisted our arm we'd side with the Kings -155 - 6/4
Stanley Cup Game 2 Total: Kings/Devils Over 4.5 -110 - 6/2
Stanley Cup Picks: No games scheduled until Saturday June 2nd.
Stanley Cup Game 1 Wager: Kings/Devils Under 4.5 +110 - 5/30
Surprisingly the sportsbooks have the Los Angeles Kings as a large -175 favorite to win the 2012 Stanley Cup. While we do agree that the Kings should be the bettng odds favorite, we figured to see a line closer to -125. There definitely is some value on the Devils at +155.
No games scheduled until Wednesday May 30th.
Friday Selection: NY Rangers +102 - 5/25
Thursday: No games are scheduled today. - 5/24
Wednesday Total: Devils/Rangers Over 4.5 -115 - 5/23
Tuesday: LA Kings -130 - 5/22
Monday: Passing today. - 5/21
Sunday Sweep Pick: L.A. Kings -1.5 +142 - 5/20
Saturday Selection: NY Rangers -110 - 5/19
Friday: NO GAMES SCHEDULED. - 5/18
Thursday Pick: Phoenix/Los Angeles Over 4.5 -120 5/17
Wednesday Pick: NY Rangers -0.5 +134 (60 minutes) 5/16
Tuesday: LA Kings -130 5/15
Monday: Passing today. 5/14
Sunday Pick: LA Kings -0.5 +151 5/13
Saturday Bet Washington +132 5/12
Thursday/Friday: No games scheduled. - 5/10 and 5/11
Wednesday: Passing 5/9
Tuesday: New Jersey -110 5/8
Monday: Washington +0.5 -130 (60 minutes) 5/7
Sunday: Los Angeles -0.5 +130 (60 minutes) 5/6
Saturday: Passing
Friday Best Bet: Nashville -0.5 +102 (60 Minutes)
Thursday Play: New Jersey -110
We really think that Nashville won't be effected by the team suspensions of forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn and will bounce back big time tonight. We're even going to make a series wager on Nashville +240.
Wednesday Bounce Back: Nashville -0.5 +110 (60 Minutes) 5/2
Tuesday NHL Playoff Selection: Philadelphia -0.5 +110 (60 Minutes) 5/1
Monday Puck Pick: LA Kings +0.5 -126 (60 Minutes) 4/30
Sunday Selection: Nashville -122 4/29
Saturday's Total: LA/St. Louis Under 4.5 +105 - 4/28
Friday: Passing. - 4/27
Thursday: Florida +110. - 4/26
Tuesday/Wednesday: Only one game each day on the schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday and neither game appeals to us, so we'll be taking a pass. - 4/24 and 4/25
Monday's' Top Play: Ottawa +105 - 4/23
Sunday NHL Selection: Pittsburgh -120 - 4/22
Saturday Puck Pick : Washington +167 - 4/21
Friday NHL Parlay : Penguins -185 and Rangers -175 (Sat) - 4/20
We rarely play NHL parlays, but we feel today's hockey card with Pittsburgh being a prohibitive -185 favorite and tomorrow with New York being -175 that a 1 unit wager to win 1.42 is justified.
Thursday NHL Side: Phoenix +0.5 -126 (60 min) - 4/19
Wednesday Playoff Predictions: Ottawa +105, Pittsburgh +115 - 4/18
Tuesday NHL Predictions: New Jersey -1.5 +185 - 4/17
Monday Puck Selection: NY Rangers -115 - 4/16
Sunday NHL Game Picks: Nashville/Detroit Under 5 +100, Pittsburgh -117 - 4/15
Saturday Dog: San Jose +150 - 4/14
Friday Selection: Passed - 4/13
Thursday Over/Under: Chicago/Phoenix Under 5 +125, - 4/12
Wednesday Playoff Game Total: Detroit/Nashville Under 5 +120, - 4/11
No games scheduled until Wednesday April 11th.
Saturday NHL Picks: Carolina/Florida Under 5 +130, Minnesota +130 - 4/7
There are a few intersting games on the last day of the regular season. In the Southeast the Florida Panthers could find themselves as the 8th seed with a loss and a win by the Capitals. In the Pacific thee division crown is also up for grabs with three teams still having a shot at first place.Friday NHL Over/Under: Phoenix/St. Louis Over 5 +112. - 4/6
Thursday NHL Plays: Toronto -130 and Montreal +153. - 4/5
Wednesday: Passing - 4/4
Tuesday: NY Rangers +100 - 4/3
Monday: Passing - 4/2
Sunday: Passing - 4/1
Saturday Upset : Toronto +135* (corrected line) - 3/31
Friday Selection : Winnipeg/Carolina Over 5.5 +105 - 3/30
Thursday Hockey Picks: Pitt/NYI Over 5.5, Phil/Tor Over 5.5, Phoenix -110 - 3/29
Wednesday NHL Prediction: Winnipeg +100 - 3/28
Tuesday Total: Carolina/Toronto Over 5.5 -105 - 3/27
Monday Puckline Play: Philadelphia Flyers -1.5 +120 - 3/26
The Western Conference playoff race looks like it's going to come down to the wire with 5 teams seperated by one point. Dallas (87), Phoenix (87), Colorado (86), San Jose (86) and Los Angeles (86).
Sunday Under/Over: St. Louis/Phoenix over 5 +105 - 3/25
Saturday Total: NY Rangers/Toronto over 5.5 +125 - 3/24
Friday Pucks: Passing. - 3/23
Thursday Hockey Upset: Washington +145- 3/22
Wednesday: Passing - 3/21
Tuesday Under/Over Pick: Chicago/Columbus Over 5.5 -110 - 3/20
Monday Total Prediction: Buffalo/Tampa Bay Over 5.5 +105 - 3/19
Sunday: We're passing today - 3/18
Saturday Dog Play: Toronto +140 - 3/17
Friday NHL Pick: Chicago +120 - 3/16
Thursday Best Puck Bet: Pittsburgh -120 - 3/15
Wednesday NHL selction: Winnepeg -117 - 3/14
Tuesday's Puck Pick: Washington -120 - 3/13
Monday's Hockey Prediction: Edmonton +126 - 3/12
Crosby Watch: The much anticipated return of Sidney Crosby could happen as early as Sunday. - 3/6
Sunday NHL Pick: Montreal +110 - 2/26
Saturday NHL Best Bet: Winnipeg +122 - 2/25
Trade: The New Jersey Devils aquired defenseman Marek Zidlicky from the Minnesots Wild for Kurtis Foster, forwards Nick Palmieri and Stephane Veilleux, Washington's second-round choice in the 2012 draft and a conditional choice in 2013.
Friday Hockey Selections: Passing - 2/24
Trade: The Los Angeles Kings traded defenseman Jack Johnson and a first round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Jeff Carter.
Thursday Hockey Prediction: Toronto +105 - 2/23
Wednesday Hockey Over/Under: Washington at Ottawa OVER +123 - 2/22
Tuesday NHL Selection: Toronto -110 - 2/21
Monday NHL Total: Washington at Carolina Over 5.5 - 2/20
Sunday NHL Picks: Buffalo Sabres +125, Anaheim Ducks +100 - 2/19
Trade: The Philadelphia Flyers acquired defenceman Pavel Kubina from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday for second-round draft pick in 2012 or 2013, a fourth-round pick in 2013, and minor league centre Jon Kalinski. 2/18
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