LET'S GO KINGS...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today the Kings make it official... They will be in the Stanley Cup Finals this season... and they'll be "In It To Win It"...
Elimination games can be tricky to put it mildly. I expect the Kings defense and netminding to be in top form and I expect the Yotes to give it thier last, best shot also. I can see this being a close 2-1 kind of game until the end where your guess is as good as mine. Could end 2-1... could end 4-1... but I am confident in one thing for sure... This series ends today...period.
I like the Kings in RegTime today and will use the ML... PL and RegTime lines also in parlays.
Yesterday morning was smokin for me with LIVE wagering but the smoke turned into fire as the day progressed and consumed every parlay I played yesterday... Still... It was a good day... Back at 'em today... ... with... ... and maybe some ... but I have not looked at those yet.
2012 - IIHF Medal Games
Bronze Medal Game - Czech Republic vs Finland
Finland is a large juice favorite at home vs the Czech's today in the Bronze Medal game... I like the Czech's here and that selection is based on 50% confidence in how they have performed and 50% against the Fins who have been a very flakey team in this tourney. The Czech's rank above the Fin's in every stat category of this tourney and have shown the ability to score while the Fins have discipline problems and can quickly get themselves into penality problems where I expect them to pay the price in defeat.
You'll find some good info here...
https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/272/IHM272000_84_14_0.pdf
https://www.iihf.com/competition/272/statistics.html
Give me the Czech Republic-ML (+140)... RegTime (+210)... and I've also used the Czech's +1 1/2 PL (-208) for parlay action. My Best Guesstimate is Czech-4 Finland-3 in RegTime... however I'm staying away from the total since they have not been kind to me during the entire tourney.
Gold Medal Game - Russia vs Slovakia
The Russian have been on fire during these 2012 IIHF games and have only improved the longer they have played together. They have played some yawners but have survived each game victorious. In this Golden Game they face a Slovakia team that has beaten some of the big boys... Canada, USA and the Czech Republic.
I like the way the Slovakia team has played but with Malkin on fire and the Russian seemingly highly motivated, I don't think that Slovakia can outscore the Russians. Whatever Slovakia can score... The Russian will get AT LEAST one more than them. Russia comes into this game on a 9-0 streak and has won every game by at least TWO goals, although they were not always PL winners since the PL lines were high spreads. Russia has only allowed more than 2 goals ONCE in a 7-3 stomping of team Sweden. They held 4 teams to just 2 goals... one team to just 1 goal... and have 2 shutouts in thier 9 wins. Russia has a +26 GDF in those 9 games while Slovakia has a +10 GDF in thier 9 games (7-2). Team Slovakia won 3 games by 1 goal... 2 games by 2 goals... has 1 shutout... and a 4 goal win over Belarus. Thier 2 losses were by one goal each (2-3 to Canada and 0-1 to Finland).
I like Russia-ML (-556)... RegTime (-333)... and -1 1/2 PL (-141) but ONLY in parlay plays since the juice is extremely high. My Best Guesstimate is Russia-4 Slovakia-2 in a hard fought game with a potential for a blowout once the Russian start scoring since they can get them in bunches. Again... I'm skipping the total play since they have failed me to many times in these IIHF games.
How fun would it be to see this Team Russia play either the LAKings right about now... Both teams are smoking hot.
Good Luck To All