Morning Gents and Jules. Hope those of us in the US had a great holiday. I had 3 surprise guests show up an hour before our scheduled dinner, so my household was a buzzing. Thankfully had enough food and beverages to go around. On to today’s slate…
Early games:
Boston Carolina. First meeting since that dramatic 7 game playoff series last May. Canes struggling, and B’s are humming. This could get ugly. Put me down for at least a unit on B’s. COL @ NSH both teams have game on deck Saturday, so check out Goalies. Nashville took 3 of 4 Regular season games last year, but got swept in SC Playoffs. Line is short as well, as I am seeing -130 Avs ML.
Blackhawks go to Montreal for a ho-hum matchup. How will Hawks rebound after that epic collapse to Dallas? Hawks have won all 4 meetings back to 2020 Covid season, with Montreal scoring 0,1,2 respectively. Loafs travel to Minny off their win over the streaking Devils. I just can’t pick Loafs games, and both teams have been somewhat erratic. Both teams combined are 14-25 to the Under so far.
Flames head into DC to take on Caps. Are the Caps done? Maybe they turn it around when Wilson and Backstrom are back. Flames on a long East Coast Roadie, and return to face Carolina at home tomorrow. Ottowa hits the Pond in Anaheim for an early West Coast game. Ottowa is still struggling and boasts a 1-6-1 Road record, vs 4-4 for the Ducks at home. Can Anaheim string two W’s together?
Last early game – battle of the Keystone State. Both teams on front end of a B2B. Philly mired in an 0-8 slump, and Pens have found a little swagger ripping off 4 straight with Jarry looking pretty good last two games. Pens took 3 of 4 from Gritties last year as well. If Hart vs Jarry, might take a stab at the Under.
Working on the late games, but wanted to get the convo going. What do you want to talk about?