Friday

AMD Always stop by to check out your thread just not alot of time to post... Love the picks, keep doing what you do. You looking at anything for the late games??

amd...my fellow SJ Sharks friend, great write up on both the games.

Your cap on the Blues is spot on...After the first period I went back and matched what you said and, yes, bow it makes sense.  So far so good.  Anyway, thank you for the tips and keep up the good work.

Regarding my analysis of the teams and, overall, the sport of hockey, there's nothing more valuable than having a "sixth sense" regarding the sport that is being wagered. It's one thing for an avid fan to gamble on games they watch along with being provided the wealth of statistical information but when you've actually played the game, it's easier to make wagers from a players perspective than by actually playing with just numbers. I was fortunate to be able to play a couple of years in the Blackhawks organization on a team equivelant to AA baseball....I played in the ECHL and the Fort Wayne Comets were our top tier minor league team back when Dominik Hasek, Ray LeBlanc and Jimmy Waite were our goaltenders and Eddie Belfour was in Chicago. I played a short time in the ECHL and was invited to Fort Wayne for a brief stint only to be completely undersized and outclassed. At 5'10, 185, my wheels werent good enough. Great experience, however, but I knew I was playing on borrowed time....this was 20 years ago. I never lost my passion for the game which is why I love the brudders in the Covers NHL forum because everyone has passion and a love for the NHL and most of everyone is very intelligent regarding the game. Hockey is a complex game and you have to understand the game to make money at it. Football, for example, is America's pasttime and even if you dont know anything about the X's and O's, the sport is marketed to the point where everyone who talks football may sound like a genious. With hockey, I know in the first 60 seconds whether someone knows the game or whether they're full of shitt.

So, while looking at boxscores or following stats or statistical trends, I try and cap the game on just as much intuition than the time I put in studying a teams recent success/trends in a variety of categories. Hope I've answered your questions...Good luck

OG...Thanks for your post, I'm happy to respond.

Regarding my analysis of the teams and, overall, the sport of hockey, there's nothing more valuable than having a "sixth sense"

time....this was 20 years ago. I never lost my passion for the game which is why I love the brudders in the Covers NHL forum because everyone has passion and a love for the NHL and most of everyone is very intelligent regarding the game. Hockey is a complex game and you have to understand the game to make money

 . With hockey, I know in the first 60 seconds whether someone knows the game or whether they're full of shitt.