Bettahs Hockey Picks

[Bettahs]

Early likes,
St.Louis (not much value here though)
Minnesota (NYR are a kind of a mess, Lundqvist will not start)
LA Kings (red hot, versus a Leafs team on at the end of their TOUGH California road trip)

Maybe San Jose
Not sure about Boston, back to back...

Starting goalies unannounced other than Minny NY game, Talbot vs Kuemper.

Busy day for myself, may or may not be able to answer questions, but shoot them anyways, everyone in here seems to help each other anyways.

[genks]

Wow Blues are a huge odds favorite. Probably parlay material.

I would think Minnesota could NYR, they lost to Carolina even with Lundvqist. But MAN did Minne drop the ball against the Oilers. That was painful.

Today my MMA parlay team was Boston, I'm thinking tomorrow LA and/or St Louis.

I'm thinking San Jose "should" be able to beat Columbus?

[shaggydog88]

sorry about the Hawks.. thought they were going to tie it there at the end! damn

san jose -130.. jumping on that for sure
Under 5 1/2 st louis
kings

... and what do you guys think about phoenix +1.5?? it was my gut instinct at first then when i started looking into it, looked even better. i think phoenix has a chance to win outright. and +1.5 at -165 seems pretty solid to me.

im staying the hell away from rangers minny. Talbot plays pretty well as a backup and i dont like kuemper at all 6 foot 5 garbage can. both teams really need the W.

need to look at everything tomorrow.

[shaggydog88]

i like to throw in your strong picks in my parlays bettah

[Bettahs]

They SHOULD be able to, but it comes down to if Bobrovsky plays well, or if Niemi flops as he's done many times.

San Jose is a much better team though.

[genks]

[QUOTE=shaggydog88;21375298]sorry about the Hawks.. thought they were going to tie it there at the end! damn

san jose -130.. jumping on that for sure
Under 5 1/2 st louis
kings

... and what do you guys think about phoenix +1.5?? it was my gut instinct at first then when i started looking into it, looked even better. i think phoenix has a chance to win outright. and +1.5 at -165 seems pretty solid to me.

No worries man, gambling is gambling. Colorado just seems to have the Hawks's number.

looking at Boston & Phoenix's records, they both beat Tampa 4-3 SO within 2 days of each other. Nit very useful info but I thought that was interesting lol.

[blerpblerp]

I don't know dick about hockey but Looking at cappers from other sites Columbus seems to be a hot pick

La kings and leafs under?

Also anyone familiar with the hockey crusher system? They've lost two in a row but Idk if they double up after two losses or three losses. That double up system is like 72-2 methinks. Fwiw it has sharks ML.

[Bettahs]

While Columbus has been hot the last 10 games... San Jose has been hotter, much much better team offensively as well, only thing shakey is goaltending.

San Jose tears through Eastern teams, 18-6-3, but 9-4-0 on the road vs the East.
Columbus 10-10-2 vs Western teams, 5-4-1 at home vs the West.

San Jose in their last 5 games has beat 4/5 East teams, and Columbus in their last 5 has beat 2/3 West teams.

So take your pick, could go either way, but I'm on San Jose's side (pending starter announcement, Bobrovsky for Columbus confirmed)

[Eman69]

For the value i like phoenix and toronto... Boston playing back to back against a team that needs 2 points and this could be a revenge game for Bernier and the redemption for the Leafs especially after they looked shit against the Sharks. Other possible leans.. Wild, Tampa and maybe the over on SJ/CLB

The blues games worries me because now all these young kids on the Oilers have no pressure and can play loose and spoiler against the top teams

Thoughts?

[Bettahs]

Will reply later when I get home, but a copy and paste from my other thread that didn't get replies...



To win the conference:
Penguins 2.80
Boston 2.90
Toronto 12.50


Those are the 3 highest odds.


Pittsburgh 92 points 65 GP
Boston 91 points 65 GP
Toronto 78 points 67 GP


Does it not make sense to pound out a even amount on Pittsburgh and Boston? The X2 covers both your bets, and the 0.8 or 0.9 is profit.


It really only is a 2 team race, it would be a miracle for anything else to happen, and if it does, well goodbye money.


Tampa 16% chance of Eastern Conference Champs (3rd best in East, Pens & Bruins above 50%)

http://www.playoffstatus.com/nhl/nhlpostseasonprob.html

Thoughts?

[Bettahs]

Chad Johnson starts for Boston
Stalock for San Jose

Ugh not really sure what I want to play anymore tonight.

Miller for St.Louis... But theres no value there today.
Still like Minnesota and LA

On the Tampa note, Tampas been ehhh, but they play Florida who is starting Dan Ellis instead of Luongo. Tampa's screwed me lately but... This makes me tempted to throw down a little on them, not quite ready to trust them fully yet.

[Eman69]

I agree Tampa looks good but im iffy because they have hurt me as well but thinking of parlaying

Tampa, Minny, Phx, Sj and maybe Toronto

[Bettahs]

Taking
San Jose ML
LA ML
St.Louis ML (parlaying, not much value in them)
Minnesota ML
Boston ML

No value in Tampa versus the way they have been playing, too risky so I'm not taking them, threw it in a random parlay though.

[shaggydog88]

got home late so only got sharks, st louis under, and kings in a little parlay from last night.

thinking about putting a good bit on kings -200

whatta you guys think about that

[Bettahs]

Taking
San Jose ML
LA ML
St.Louis ML (parlaying, not much value in them)
Minnesota ML
Boston ML

No value in Tampa versus the way they have been playing, too risky so I'm not taking them, threw it in a random parlay though.

NHL Night 4-1-0

New NHL Record: 40-27-0

LA screwed some parlays, but a profitable day!

[shaggydog88]

good picks again today bettah. i missed the last 2 nights blah. only lost 10$ total though. would be up if i got home in time today to check on here and put some plays in

lets get em tomorrow

[Bettahs]

Thanks!

Not really a fan right now of tomorrows games... Hmmm

Early likes are New Jersey (dont like it a lot, but...)

Chicago (maybe... Been crapping the bed lately, Rinnes back and doing great)

Not sure on San Jose back to back, but most likely will take them

No Lehtonen scares me on taking Dallas, but its against the Flames, but again they whooped Anaheim... However Anaheim's been playin terrible (lots of random thoughts here haha)

Colorado I love (but will Anaheim finally get their crap together??? That scares me)

Vancouver Washington, the tale of two horrible teams that have the potential and assets to win, but end up losing a lot, so much uncertainty with these two teams

Winnipeg and New York, same as Washington and Vancouver, hit/miss, lose when they should win, win when they shouldnt, may show up, may not. Both playing not so great.

Detroit Edmonton, Detroits finally starting to lose with the key guys out, and the young kids not getting the wins anymore, horrible Edmonton team, but could they beat the already beaten Wings?

So much to think about and decide

[genks]

Anyone taking a look at Colorado at +odds?

[Gamblor700]

Over 5.5 in the ducks game and I think panthers vs devils game over 5. everything else seems like such a toss up.

[Bettahs]

Why do you feel those two picks Gamblor? Any particular reason or trends? I find over unders much too difficult to predict.


Anyone got any thoughts on my EARLYYYY AHL picks? Not finalized yet, got questions about certain games,haven't seen lines, or too many trends yet.

St.Johns
Hartford
Manchester
Springfield
Hersey????
Norfolk????
Providence????
Scranton?
Utuca???

[Gamblor700]

In my opinion the ducks either beat teams in high scoring games or lose miserably lol. but theres no long term trend of that to back it up. just my opinion. And the panthers and devils at over 5 just seems too easy to not bet on especially after that Tampa Bay Game and being the away team.

[Eman69]

I agree I'm gonna add the over on those 2 just to tempting to pass up, also thinking Wings (they need a W bad) and Ducks (should be up for the game especially after being embarrassed by the Flames)

Thoughts? Also leaning Sj/nyi over & Jets ML

[Bettahs]

Interesting note on the New Jersey and Florida game, Luongo vs Schneider, neither will want to lose this game especially.

New Jersey still in the hunt for a playoff spot, they ought to play hard tonight... May be a small wager.

[Eman69]

Ya might parlay a few teams that "need" the win but never know.... I'd think jersey, wings, jets all need wins and caps at home with kesler out might be too much but who knows team might play better without him, he wanted out and could be a locker room cancer....

Thought?

[Bettahs]

Ya might parlay a few teams that "need" the win but never know.... I'd think jersey, wings, jets all need wins and caps at home with kesler out might be too much but who knows team might play better without him, he wanted out and could be a locker room cancer....

Thought?

Disagree with your Kesler comments, I believe thats totally inaccurate.

Kesler, his agent, and Bieksa publicly denied Kesler ever wanted out. Also rumoured Kesler said no to some teams. Kesler is the heart of the Canucks, hardest worker, may not be able to distribute the puck equally to his linemates all the time, likes to shoot, but he wants to win more than anybody.

Jets and Wings, too close to call, wont be in on either.

[Bettahs]

Todays AHL Picks:
AHL 20-9-0

St.Johns ML
Hartford ML
Manchester ML
Springfield ML
Norfolk ML
Scranton ML
Utica ML

[Eman69]

What AHL games would you rank as likely in your picks or did you ML parlay those?

[Bettahs]

St.Johns, Hartford, Manchester are probably top 3.

Huge value in Utica if you take the chance on them. Abbotsford's lost something like 6 or 7 straight.

St.Johns getting blown out lol, pulled an Anaheim.

[Bettahs]

NHL Picks:
40-27-0

San Jose ML
New Jersey ML
Dallas ML
Washington ML

[Bettahs]

That feeling when you take an Over... But end up taking a under by accident and losing Double loss on the St.Johns game fml, would have covered half of the loss on St.Johns.

Didn't even realize till after the game I took the wrong one.

[Bettahs]

NHL Picks:
40-27-0

San Jose ML
New Jersey ML
Dallas ML
Washington ML

2-2-0

New NHL Record
42-29-0

Both NJ and Dallas CHOKE with the lead.

Todays AHL Picks:
AHL 20-9-0


St.Johns ML
Hartford ML
Manchester ML
Springfield ML
Norfolk ML
Scranton ML
Utica ML

4-3-0

New AHL Record
24-12-0

SIGHHHH, terrible day.

[Bettahs]

Early game picks:
Bruins ML

I'd stay away from Pittsburgh, James Neal is now out, half the rosters injured.

[Eman69]

Damn Dallas screwed my parlay,
Leaning bruins and over in Pitt/Philly
Thoughts?

[blerpblerp]

Kings today?

[NostraDanUS]

agree with ya on the over pitt/philly