Cnotes 2021-2022 nhl trends, news, best bets and opinions thru the playoffs !

[CNOTES]

APRIL NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

04/03/2022...........8-10-0............44.44%...........-33.10
04/02/2022............9-7-0............56.25%...........+4.10
04/01/2022............7-7-0............50.00%............-9.45


TOTALS...............24-24-0............50.00%...........-38.45



BEST BETS:

04/03/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.50
04/02/2022.............5-6-0............45.45%...........- 0.55
04/01/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.05


TOTALS................13-16-0............44.82%..........-15.10


UPDATED ON 04/03/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Monday’s 6-pack
NFL teams who are furthest under the salary cap:
$30,016,170— Carolina
$22,042,564— Indianapolis
$22,003,364— Houston
$21,356,303— Cleveland
$21,249,689— New Orleans
$20,015,450— Detroit

Quote of the Day
“Catchers like to call pitches they can’t hit.”
Lou Brock

Monday’s quiz
Who was the basketball coach at Kansas before Bill Self?

Sunday’s quiz
Chicago Bulls have had a player score 50+ points in a game 36 times; Michael Jordan had 30 of those 36 games.

Jimmy Butler is the only other player with more than one (2).

Friday’s quiz
Shannon Sharpe caught the longest TD pass in NFL postseason history, 96 yards in 2020.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….

13) Why I care more about my fantasy baseball team than the A’s:

There are 11 PLAYERS in the major leagues who are making more $$$ this year than the A’s ENTIRE TEAM!!!

You think I’m kidding?

Max Scherzer: $43.3M
Mike Trout: $37.1M
Anthony Rendon: $36.5M
Gerrit Cole: $36M
Jacob deGrom: $36M
Trevor Bauer: $35.3M
Carlos Correa: $35.1M
Stephen Strasburg: $35M
Nolan Arenado: $35M
Francisco Lindor: $34.1M
Corey Seager: $33M
all the Oakland A’s: $32.5M

By the way, A’s traded ace pitcher Sean Manaea to San Diego Sunday, for two minor leaguers, a pitcher and a middle infielder who is supposedly a good hitting prospect. Thrilling.

If you’re not going to try to win, sell the team. Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, some really rich guy who likes baseball (or making $$$) would buy it. This is ridiculous.

12) April figures to be an interesting month………
— Opening Day of baseball season
— NFL schedule comes out
— NFL Draft
— NBA playoffs
— NHL playoffs
— USFL starts in two weeks
— Masters is next week

11) This season when there are replay reviews, the umpire will have a mike and will tell the crowd what is going on, which is a good move by MLB.

10) Blue Jays reliever Jordan Romero sprained his ankle this week while walking his dog; football players must go nuts when they hear stuff like that. Who gets hurt walking their dog?

9) Sunday afternoon, Mets led Miami 8-4 in top of 9th, Marlins’ hitter has a full count, takes ball four, only he doesn’t know it. He stands there; the ump takes his mask off and tells the guy he can go to first base.

These stadiums have large scoreboards in the outfield, with the count displayed on them. Oy.

8) White Sox P Lance Lynn hurt his knee, is out at least four weeks.

7) Quote of the Day, part 2:
“Part of me was excited to coach Blaine Gabbert as the quarterback and prove to everybody, ‘Kiss my ass. He’s good.’ You know?”
Bruce Arians, who said he wouldn’t have retired had Tom Brady not come back to play

6) Tomas Satoransky plays for the Washington Wizards, his third team this season; he is scoring 3.3 ppg in 16 minutes/game. A role player who has lasted six years in the NBA.

Wednesday night against Orlando, Satoransky played 27:00, didn’t score a point, going 0-2 from the floor, but he had a hell of a game, grabbing 10 rebounds, passing out 13 assists, as Wizards whacked Orlando, 127-110. Not often a guy has a double/double, but no points.

You don’t have to score a lot to be a valuable player.

5) Watching Golden State play at home the other night, there are 12 seats between the Warriors’ bench and the scorers’ table, another 12 seats between the scorers’ table and the visitors’ bench.

Wonder what those 24 seats sell for, with the two coaches standing right in front of them? Has to be $2,500 or so a ticket. It is fairly amazing that there has never been an incident of some kind in those seats, and a lot of arenas are set up that way.

4) New England Patriots traded a 3rd-round draft pick to Miami for WR Davante Parker and a 5th-round pick. Interesting trade between division rivals; Patriots have been dreadful drafting receivers, so they traded for a WR they know is a good one.

3) Last two years, Tampa Bay is +18 in turnovers; the two years before that, they were minus-31. I’m told that quarterback is an important position.

New England was +10 in turnovers the last two years; they were +31 the two years before that, so in Tom Brady’s last four years in the NFL, his team is +49 in turnovers. In 65 games.

2) Butler hired Thad Matta as its new coach; Matta went 24-8 coaching Butler in 2000-01, then bolted to Xavier, and later to Ohio State. The man he replaced at Butler is Barry Collier, who is now the AD at Butler.

1) Kansas-Villanova game Saturday was 58 possessions, Jayhawks’ slowest-paced game in six years. Kansas still scored 1.4 points/possession, despite scoring zero points in transition.

 

[Udog]

COLUMBUS are 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in home games after failing to cover the spread in 3 or more consecutive games over the last 2 seasons.

TORONTO is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) off a road blowout win by 3 goals or more in the current season.

ARIZONA is 6-3 ATS (10.4 Units) in road games against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

LOS ANGELES are 6-2 ATS (8.7 Units) against good teams - outscoring their opponents by 0.3+ goals/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Monday, April 4

NHL

Monday, April 4

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Trend Report
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Boston @ Columbus
Boston
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Columbus's last 9 games at home
Columbus is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home

Toronto @ Tampa Bay
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games on the road
Toronto is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games

Arizona @ St. Louis
Arizona
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
Arizona is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 7 of St. Louis's last 8 games
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Calgary @ Los Angeles
Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 7 games on the road
Calgary is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Calgary
Los Angeles is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games


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Maple Leafs are 5-1 in the past six vs. winning teams.
Maple Leafs are 14-6 in the past 20 vs. Atlantic Division teams.
Maple Leafs are 23-8 in the past 31 vs. Eastern Conference teams.
Maple Leafs are 1-4 in the past five as a road underdog.
Lightning are 4-1 in the past five games overall.
Lightning are 38-14 in the past 52 as a favorite.
OVER is 20-6-1 in the past 27 road games for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 31-12-3 in the past 46 games overall for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 13-5-3 in the past 21 vs. winning teams for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 4-1 in the past five as an underdog for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 11-5-2 in the past 18 vs. Eastern Conference teams for the Maple Leafs.
UNDER is 9-3 in the past 12 games overall for the Lightning.
UNDER is 6-2-1 in the past nine vs. Eastern Conference teams for the Lightning.
OVER is 5-2-1 in the past eight home games for the Lightning.
UNDER is 7-3 in the past 10 as a favorite for the Lightning.
The road team is 6-2 in the past eight meetings.
The UNDER is 9-4 in the past 13 meetings in Tampa.


Flames are 20-9 in the past 29 games overall.
Flames are 5-2 in the past seven road games.
Flames are 7-3 in the past 10 Pacific Division games.
Flames are 14-6 in the past 20 vs. Western Conference teams.
Flames are 5-1 in the past six as a road favorite.
Flames are 1-4 in the past five vs. winning teams.
Kings are 1-4 in the past five as a home underdog.
OVER is 10-3-3 in the past 16 road games for the Flames.
OVER is 8-1-2 in the past 11 as a road favorite for the Flames.
OVER is 22-10-2 in the past 34 Pacific Division games for the Flames.
OVER is 5-2-1 in the past eight games for the Kings.
OVER is 3-0-1 in the past four home games for the Kings.
OVER is 3-1-1 in the past five Pacific Division games for the Kings.
OVER is 9-4 in the past 13 vs. winning teams for the Kings.
UNDER is 18-7-1 in the past 26 meetings in Los Angeles.

 

[CNOTES]

MONDAY, APRIL 4
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

BOS at CLB 07:00 PM
BOS -226
O 6.5
+500 +500

TOR at TB 07:30 PM
TB -128
O 6.5
+500 +500

ARI at STL 08:00 PM
STL -424
O 6.5
+500 +500

CAL at LA 10:30 PM
CAL -165
O 6.0
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

APRIL NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

04/04/2022.............4-4-0............50.00%...........-2.90
04/03/2022...........8-10-0............44.44%..........-33.10
04/02/2022............9-7-0............56.25%...........+4.10
04/01/2022............7-7-0............50.00%............-9.45


TOTALS...............28-28-0............50.00%...........-41.35



BEST BETS:

04/04/2022.............2-2-0............50.00%............-1.00
04/03/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.50
04/02/2022.............5-6-0............45.45%...........- 0.55
04/01/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.05


TOTALS................15-18-0............45.45%..........-16.10


UPDATED ON 04/04/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack
NFL teams who have the worst salary cap situation:
$738,607 under cap— Giants
$1,093,459— Buffalo
$1,485,010— San Francisco
$2,272,456— Tennessee
$4,557,165— Atlanta
$5,026,680— New England

Quote of the Day
“I’ll get to the bottom of this, if I have to go all the way to the top.”
Colonel Flagg, M*A*S*H

Tuesday’s quiz
Who was manager of the Seattle Mariners, last time they made the playoffs?

Monday’s quiz
Roy Williams was the basketball coach at Kansas before Bill Self; he was also the hoop coach at North Carolina before Hubert Davis.

Sunday’s quiz
Chicago Bulls have had a player score 50+ points in a game 36 times; Michael Jordan had 30 of those 36 games.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Kansas 72, North Carolina 69:
— Tar Heels led 40-25 at halftime.
— For Kansas:
Braun and Wilson in first half: 1-13, two points.
Braun and Wilson in second half, 10-14, 25 points.
— UNC shot only 36% inside the arc.
— Carolina outrebounded Kansas 55-35

12) Last four years, Starling Marte played 449 games in the outfield, 448 of them in centerfield. Last year, Marte played 56 games in centerfield for Oakland, where one of his teammates was Mark Canha. Marte/Canha are now teammates with the Mets.

Canha played 134 games for Oakland LY, 23 of them in CF, which were before Marte came to the A’s.

In spring training this weekend, Marte was playing rightfield, Canha centerfield. Different people see things different ways, which makes the world a more interesting place.

11) Eight NFL teams don’t have a first round draft pick this year, so now the league is worried that ratings for the first night of the draft won’t be so good, since 25% of the league isn’t invested in the first round.

I root for the Rams, who never have a first round pick (last one was Jared Goff in 2016) but I’ll be watching the first round, if that makes anyone in New York City feel better.

10) NFL Draft is in Las Vegas this year; Raiders don’t have a pick until late in the third round, which could also tone down the excitement of the first night.

9) Saints/Eagles made a trade Monday, dealing seven draft picks, no actual players; Saints get the 16th/19th picks this year, Eagles get the 18th pick this year, plus a first round pick next year, a 2nd round pick in 2024.

8) Duke basketball assistant Nolan Smith bolts the Blue Devils to become Kenny Payne’s top assistant at Louisville, where Smith’s late father played ball.

7) Mike Trout got traded in my fantasy league over the weekend, second time in three years he got dealt. I’m curious how that will work out.

6) Want to win a bar bet? Who was the first major leaguer to hit three home runs on Opening Day?

Toronto’s George Bell, in 1988.

5) Last five defending champs in NCAA Tournament all lost on the first weekend:
2023— Kansas ??????
2022— Baylor lost in 2nd round
2020— Virginia lost in first round
2019— Villanova lost in 2nd round
2018— North Carolina lost in 2nd round
2017— Villanova lost in 2nd round

4) Here is what Washington will be paying QB Carson Wentz:
2022— $22M salary, $6.294 roster bonus
2023— $20M salary, $6.176 roster bonus
2024— $21M salary, $6.235 roster bonus

3) Detroit Tigers acquired OF Austin Meadows from Tampa Bay, for IF Isaac Paredes and a pick in July’s draft.

2) Is Hank Aaron the most underrated baseball player ever? You take away his 755 career home runs and he still had more hits than Wade Boggs.

1) Jim Nantz calls the Kansas-North Carolina game on national TV, now goes to Augusta and calls The Masters golf tournament this week, starting Thursday. Pretty good week for him.

 

[Udog]

COLUMBUS are 12-3 Over (8.7 Units) after failing to cover 8 or more of their last 10 against the spread over the last 2 seasons.

OTTAWA is 28-39 ATS (-14.9 Units) after scoring 5 goals or more in 2 straight games since 1996.

NY RANGERS are 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a road favorite in the current season.

TORONTO is 11-0 ATS (11 Units) off a road blowout win by 3 goals or more in the current season.

COLORADO is 11-3 Over (7.7 Units) in road games in non-conference games in the current season.

BUFFALO is 19-63 ATS (-50.3 Units) revenging a same season loss vs opponent in the last 3 seasons.

DETROIT is 8-1 Over (6.9 Units) in home games revenging a loss where opponent scored 4 or more goals in the current season.

NASHVILLE is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) after 3 consecutive non-conference games in the current season.

NY ISLANDERS are 8-2 Over (5.8 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights in the current season.

EDMONTON is 8-1 Over (6.9 Units) after allowing 1 goal or less in their previous game in the current season.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 5

 

[Udog]

NHL

Tuesday, April 5

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Trend Report
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Carolina @ Buffalo
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Buffalo's last 7 games

Toronto @ Florida
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Florida
Florida is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Ottawa @ Montreal
Ottawa
Ottawa is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games
Montreal
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Montreal is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games

NY Rangers @ New Jersey
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing New Jersey
NY Rangers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 14 of New Jersey's last 17 games when playing at home against NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing NY Rangers

Columbus @ Philadelphia
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Columbus's last 10 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing at home against Columbus

Colorado @ Pittsburgh
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Boston @ Detroit
Boston
Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit's last 11 games at home
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Boston

Minnesota @ Nashville
Minnesota
Minnesota is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Nashville
Nashville is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Nashville is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Minnesota

NY Islanders @ Dallas
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games

Edmonton @ San Jose
Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 7 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing at home against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 12 of San Jose's last 14 games when playing Edmonton


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[Udog]

Avalanche are 13-5 in the past 18 road games.
Avalanche are 5-1 in the past six vs. winning teams.
Avalanche are 2-5 in the past seven as an underdog.
Avalanche are 2-5 in the past seven as a road 'dog.
Penguins are 14-6 in the past 20 vs. Western Conference teams.
Penguins are 19-7 in the past 26 vs. Central Division teams.
UNDER is 4-0 in the past four games overall for the Avalanche.
UNDER is 12-2-2 in the past 16 vs. winning teams for the Avs.
UNDER is 4-1 in the past five road games for the Avalanche.
OVER is 6-2-1 in the past nine vs. Eastern Conference teams for the Avs.
OVER is 9-3 in the past 12 vs. Metropolitan Division teams for the Avs.
OVER is 8-3-1 in the past 12 home games for the Penguins.
UNDER is 4-1 in the past five vs. Central Division teams for the Pens.
UNDER is 4-1 in the past five vs. Western Conference teams for the Pens.
Avalanche are 3-7 in the past 10 trips to Pittsburgh.
Home team is 5-1 in the past six meetings.


Maple Leafs are 5-1 in the past six vs. winning teams.
Maple Leafs are 1-4 in the past five as a road underdog.
Maple Leafs are 14-6 in the past 20 vs. Atlantic Division teams.
Maple Leafs are 23-8 in the past 31 vs. Eastern Conference teams.
Panthers are 42-10 in the past 52 home games.
Panthers are 43-9 in the past 52 as as home favorite.
Panthers are 22-5 in the past 27 vs. Eastern Conference teams.
Panthers are 20-8 in the past 28 vs. Atlantic Division teams.
OVER is 31-12-3 in the past 46 overall for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 20-6-1 in the past 27 road games for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 4-1 in the past five as an underdog for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 13-5-3 in the past 21 vs. winning teams for the Leafs.
OVER is 2-0-2 in the past four on no rest for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 34-15-3 in the past 52 games overall for the Panthers.
OVER is 21-7-1 in the past 29 home games for the Panthers.
OVER is 9-1-2 in the past 12 vs. Atlantic Division teams for the Panthers.
Panthers are 6-1 in the past seven home games vs. Maple Leafs.
Home team is 14-3 in the past 17 meetings.
OVER is 4-0-1 in past five meetings.


Wild are 9-1 in the past 10 games overall.
Wild are 5-1 in the past six vs. winning teams.
Wild are 4-0 in the past four vs. Western Conference teams.
Predators are 20-8 in the past 28 home games.
Predators are 12-5 in the past 17 vs. Central Division teams.
UNDER is 8-1-1 in the past 10 games overall for the Wild.
UNDER is 5-1-1 in the past seven as a favorite for the Wild.
UNDER is 4-0 in the past four vs. Western Conference teams for the Wild.
UNDER is 4-1-1 in the past six vs. winning teams for the Wild.
OVER is 10-4-2 in the past 16 vs. Central Division teams for the Wild.
OVER is 6-1 in the past seven as a road favorite for the Wild.
OVER is 35-17 in the past 52 overall for the Predators.
UNDER is 7-3 in the past 10 home games for the Predators.
OVER is 5-1 in the past six as an underdog for the Predators.
OVER is 9-2 in the past 11 vs. Central Division teams for the Predators.
OVER is 20-7 in the past 27 vs. Western Conference teams for the Preds.
Predators are 7-0 in the past seven home games vs. Wild.
Predators are 9-1 in the past 10 meetings vs. Wild.
Home team is 12-4 in the past 16 meetings.
Favorite is 8-2 in the past 10 meetings.


Islanders are 4-0 in the past four games overall.
Islanders are 5-21 in the past 26 as an underdog.
Islanders are 4-1 in the past five vs. Western Conference teams.
Islanders are 7-24 in the past 31 vs. winning teams.
Islanders are 4-13 in the past 17 as a road underdog.
Stars are 6-2 in the past eight games overall.
Stars are 20-7 in the past 27 home games.
Stars are 25-9 in the past 34 as a favorite.
Stars are 9-4 in the past 13 vs. Eastern Conference teams.
OVER is 5-2 in the past seven for the Islanders.
OVER is 15-6 in the past 21 road games for the Islanders.
UNDER is 4-1 in the past five overall for the Stars.
UNDER is 4-1 in the past five as a favorite for the Stars.
OVER is 3-1-1 in the past five home games for the Stars.

 

[CNOTES]

TUESDAY, APRIL 5
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

COL at PIT 07:00 PM
PIT -109
O 6.5
+500 +500

NYR at NJ 07:00 PM
NYR -155
O 6.5
+500 +500

OTT at MON 07:00 PM
MON +100
O 6.0
+500 +500

CLB at PHI 07:00 PM
PHI -131
U 6.5
+500 +500

CAR at BUF 07:00 PM
CAR -255
O 6.0
+500 +500

TOR at FLA 07:00 PM
TOR +144
O 7.0
+500 +500

BOS at DET 07:30 PM
BOS -194
U 6.0
+500 +500

MIN at NAS 08:00 PM
MIN -107
O 6.0
+500 +500

NYI at DAL 08:30 PM
DAL -128
U 5.5
+500 +500

EDM at SJ 10:30 PM
EDM -173
O 6.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

APRIL NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

04/05/2022...........8-11-1...........42.10%..........-31.30
04/04/2022.............4-4-0............50.00%...........-2.90
04/03/2022...........8-10-0............44.44%..........-33.10
04/02/2022............9-7-0............56.25%...........+4.10
04/01/2022............7-7-0............50.00%............-9.45


TOTALS...............36-39-1............48.00%...........-72.65



BEST BETS:

04/05/2022.............5-6-1............45.45%............-8.00
04/04/2022.............2-2-0............50.00%............-1.00
04/03/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.50
04/02/2022.............5-6-0............45.45%...........- 0.55
04/01/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.05


TOTALS................20-24-1............45.45%..........-24.10


UPDATED ON 04/05/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Odds to win The Masters:
10-1— Jon Rahm
12-1— Justin Thomas
14-1— Cameron Smith
16-1— DJohnson, Morikawa, McIlroy, Scheffler, Spieth
18-1— Viktor Hovland
20-1— Cantlay, Koepka, Schauffle

Quote of the Day
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill

Wednesday’s quiz
What fine actor played A’s manager Art Howe in Moneyball?

Tuesday’s quiz
Lou Piniella was manager of the Seattle Mariners, last time they made the playoffs, in 2001.

Monday’s quiz
Roy Williams was the basketball coach at Kansas before Bill Self; he was also the hoop coach at North Carolina before Hubert Davis.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….

13) Cleveland OF Will Benson hit an inside-park home and a triple in Tuesday’s game against Colorado, which brought up the question: Has anyone ever hit two inside-park home runs in the same game?

Turns out it has happened 10 times, all in the American League. Last time was October 4, 1986 when Twins’ SS Greg Gagne did it. Before that, the great Dick Allen had two inside-park homers in a 1972 game.

12) Because July 31 is a Sunday this year, MLB pushed the trading deadline back to August 2.

11) MLB has OK’d PitchCom, which will reduce the amount of time pitchers take getting signals from the catcher. Early feedback has been positive; it is expected to speed up games some.

10) Saint Peter’s just had a great run, the first 15-seed to make the Elite 8; Jersey City threw the team a freakin’ parade.

Now comes the bad news. As expected, coach Shaheen Holloway is going to coach Seton Hall, his alma mater, but then Tuesday, three Peacocks entered the transfer portal, which wasn’t expected. The new coach is going to have a mess on his hands.

9) There are now 1,165 names in the transfer portal; there are 358 D-I teams.

8) Coaching carousel:
— LaSalle hired 73-year old Fran Dunphy as its new coach; Dunphy has a 580-325 record as a head coach, at Penn/Temple.
— Cleveland State is going to hire Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as its new coach.

7) Elon head coach Mike Schrage quit this week; he is expected to join Jon Scheyer’s staff at Duke.

6) North Carolina lost the national title game Monday night, after leading 40-25 at halftime; they beat Baylor in the second round, after blowing a 25-point lead with 10:20 left in game. Very unusual March run; Armando Bacot had 99 rebounds in six games.

5) Remy Martin scored 14 points in 21:00 off bench for Kansas in the title game; last year he bolted Arizona State and was going to jump to the NBA. ASU coach Bobby Hurley publicly backed Martin’s decision, but then Martin didn’t go to the NBA, he transferred to Kansas instead.

Arizona State went 14-17, Hurley was suspended for a game for going nuts on a ref after one especially hideous loss. Wonder what he thinks about Kansas winning the national title?

4) Baseball happenings:
— P Johnny Cueto signed with the White Sox
— Dodgers signed reliever Dellin Betances
— Bronx signed 1B Greg Bird

3) ESPN’s daytime lineup would be so much better if they went back to showing replays of poker tournaments and stopped with their hideous talk shows, orchestrated yelling with lot of words being exchanged, but nothing substantial being said.

2) Was scrolling thru the movie channels Tuesday and stumbled onto one I left off my best movie lists couple years ago: Searching for Bobby Fischer, a movie about a sportswriter who discovers that his 7-year old son is a chess prodigy.

Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Ben Kingsley; a great cast. Excellent movie.

1) Why would any politician vote against capping the price of insulin? I can think of a reason, but I can’t think of a good reason. How do these people look their constituents in the eye?

 

[Udog]

WASHINGTON is 8-0 Over (8 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent as a favorite in the current season.

DETROIT is 7-37 ATS (-33.7 Units) at home when the total is >=6 in the last 3 seasons.

ST LOUIS are 60-38 Over (18.2 Units) after 1 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

VANCOUVER is 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) in road games after losing their previous game in overtime over the last 2 seasons.

ANAHEIM is 18-44 ATS (-30.4 Units) in home games after playing a home game in the last 3 seasons.




NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 6

NHL

Wednesday, April 6

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Trend Report
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Detroit @ Winnipeg
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit's last 13 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit
Winnipeg is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit

Tampa Bay @ Washington
Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Washington's last 13 games

Seattle @ St. Louis
Seattle
Seattle is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 6 games on the road
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Calgary @ Anaheim
Calgary
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing Anaheim
Anaheim
Anaheim is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing Calgary

Vancouver @ Vegas
Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games
Vancouver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


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Lightning are 38-15 in the past 53 games as a favorite.
Lightning are 26-12 in the past 38 vs. Metropolitan Division teams.
Lightning are 1-7 in the past eight vs. winning teams.
Capitals are 1-4 in the past five home games.
Capitals are 6-1 in the past seven vs. Eastern Conference games.
OVER is 4-0 in the past four games overall for the Lightning.
OVER is 4-0 in the past four as a favorite for the Lightning.
UNDER is 8-0 in the past eight road games for the Lightning.
UNDER is 6-2-1 in the past nine vs. winning teams for the Lightning.
UNDER is 6-0 in the past six games as a road favorite for the Lightning.
OVER is 11-2 in the past 13 games overall for the Capitals.
OVER is is 5-2 in the past seven home games for the Capitals.
OVER is 5-1 in the past six as a home underdog for the Capitals.
OVER is 5-0 in the past five as an underdog for the Capitals.
OVER is 6-0 in the past six vs. Eastern Conference teams for the Capitals.
The favorite is 4-0 in the past four meetings.
Capitals are 14-6 in the past 20 at home vs. Lightning.
UNDER is 4-0 in the past four meetings.
UNDER is 5-2-3 in the past 10 meetings in Washington.


Flames are 21-9 in past 30 games overall.
Flames are 21-8 in past 29 as a favorite.
Flames are 4-1 in past five road games.
Flames are 5-1 in past six as a road favorite.
Flames are 8-3 in past 11 vs. Pacific Division.
Flames are 17-6 in past 23 vs. losing teams.
Ducks are 7-20 in past 27 games overall.
Ducks are 10-43 in past 53 vs. winning teams.
OVER is 10-4-3 in past 17 road games for Flames.
OVER is 8-2-2 in past 12 as road fave for Flames.
UNDER is 4-1-1 in past six overall for Ducks.
UNDER is 4-1-1 in past six vs. Western Conference for Ducks.
Flames are 4-32 in past 36 trips to Anaheim.
UNDER is 7-2-2 in past 11 meetings in Anaheim.

 

[CNOTES]

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

DET at WIN 07:30 PM
WIN -278
O 6.5
+500 +500

TB at WAS 07:30 PM
TB -147
O 6.5
+500 +500

SEA at STL 08:00 PM
STL -228
O 6.0
+500 +500

CAL at ANA 10:00 PM
CAL -260
O 6.0
+500 +500

VAN at VEG 10:00 PM
VAN +162
O 5.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

APRIL NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

04/06/2022.............5-4-1...........55.00%...........-4.15
04/05/2022...........8-11-1...........42.10%..........-31.30
04/04/2022.............4-4-0............50.00%...........-2.90
04/03/2022...........8-10-0............44.44%..........-33.10
04/02/2022............9-7-0............56.25%...........+4.10
04/01/2022............7-7-0............50.00%............-9.45


TOTALS...............41-43-2............48.80%...........-76.80



BEST BETS:

04/06/2022.............3-2-1............60.00%...........+7.10
04/05/2022.............5-6-1............45.45%............-8.00
04/04/2022.............2-2-0............50.00%............-1.00
04/03/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.50
04/02/2022.............5-6-0............45.45%...........- 0.55
04/01/2022.............4-5-0............44.44%............-7.05


TOTALS................23-26-2............46.93%..........-17.00


UPDATED ON 04/06/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack
Long drive leaders on the PGA Tour:
6) Wyndham Clark
T4) Joseph Bramlett
T4) Matthew Wolff
3) Jhonattan Vegas
2) Cameron Young
1) Cameron Champ

Quote of the Day
“Steph Curry’s the one that I wanna play with for sure, in today’s game. … I love everything about that guy. Lethal. When he get out his car, you better guard him right from the moment he pulls up to the arena.”
Lebron James

Thursday’s quiz
Where did Shaquille O’Neal play his college basketball?

Wednesday’s quiz
Philip Seymour Hoffman played A’s manager Art Howe in Moneyball.

Tuesday’s quiz
Lou Piniella was manager of the Seattle Mariners, last time they made the playoffs, in 2001.

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Thursday’s Den: Happy Opening Day…….

13) Two Opening Day games were already postponed until Friday by weather; Boston-New York, Seattle-Minnesota.

12) Cincinnati Reds released OF Shogo Akiyama, eating $8M in process; Akiyama hit .224 for the Reds, with no homers and 21 RBIs in 142 games.

11) Cleveland Guardians signed 3B Jose Ramirez to a 5-year, $124M contract extension.

10) I said the other day the that #7-seed UConn in 2014 was the lowest-seeded team to win the national title in basketball; the 1985 Villanova Wildcats were a #8-seed- they upset Georgetown to win the national title that year.

Since today is Opening Day of baseball season, here is my starting nine of baseball movies:
9) League of Their Own— Tom Hanks manages a team in a female professional baseball league, with Madonna as an outfielder, Geena Davis as the catcher.

Janet Jones is a pitcher for Racine; she is now better known as Mrs Wayne Gretzky. Jon Lovitz is great as a scout for the league. David L Lander is an announcer; he is best known for playing Squiggy in the old Laverne & Shirley TV show.

8) Trouble With the Curve— Clint Eastwood is an aging baseball scout whose old-school ways are at odds with modern thinking. Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Amy Adams are also in this underrated movie.

7) Bad News Bears— Walter Matthau is a Little League coach in California who turns his team around by recruiting an old girlfriend’s daughter to be his team’s pitcher. Tatum O’Neal plays the pitcher; in real-life, her half-brother is Patrick O’Neal, who these days does pregame shows for the Angels and the Anaheim Ducks.

6) The Rookie— True story of a high school baseball coach in Texas who tells his team he’ll try out for the major leagues if the team makes the playoffs. The team makes the playoffs and the coach winds up in the majors; story would be a little sketchy, except it is true.

5) The Natural— An older ballplayer comes out of nowhere to help a struggling team make the playoffs. Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs; Wilford Brimley is great as the manager of the New York Knights. Movie was filmed in Buffalo, where the Bills used to play before they built Rich Stadium.

4) Little Big League— 12-year old kid inherits the Minnesota Twins after his grandfather dies; he then names himself the manager. Shaky premise but a good movie, with several big leaguers in it.

Ashley Crow plays the kid’s mom; in real life, her son is Pete Crow-Armstrong, a first round pick of the Mets in 2020— he is now in the Cubs’ farm system.

T3) Bull Durham— Susan Sarandon is a baseball groupie who has an affair with one player every season; when this movie was made a long time ago, the Durham Bulls were a Class A farm club. These days, they are the Tampa Bay Rays’ AAA farm team, with better pitchers than Tim Robbins.

T3) Major League— Owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely terrible team so they’ll lose and she can move the team to Miami. Movie was made before anyone realized that a baseball team in Miami was a bad idea.

Bob Uecker steals the show as the team’s radio announcer; Charlie Sheen is the relief pitcher, Tom Berenger the veteran catcher.

2) For Love of the Game— A Hall of Fame pitcher at the tail end of his career saves his best game for last. Kevin Costner is the pitcher; JK Simmons is the manager, John C Reilly is the catcher.

1) Moneyball— I’m an A’s fan; what did you expect? Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, GM of a major league team that succeeds despite having a cheap owner. 20 years later and the same stuff is still going on.

 

[Udog]

NY RANGERS are 7-1 Under (5.9 Units) when playing 6 or more games in 10 days in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) in road games after failing to cover 4 of their last 5 against the spread over the last 2 seasons.

OTTAWA is 6-1 ATS (4.9 Units) in home games after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread over the last 2 seasons.

MONTREAL is 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) after playing 2 straight games where 8 or more total goals were scored in the last 3 seasons.

BUFFALO is 8-2 Under (5.8 Units) in road games after a game where they covered the spread in the current season.

CHICAGO is 25-21 ATS (1.9 Units) after failing to cover 6 or 7 of their last 8 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

DALLAS are 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in home games revenging a loss where opponent scored 4 or more goals in the current season.

ARIZONA is 27-17 ATS (8.3 Units) in home games off a loss by 2 goals or more to a division rival since 1996.

SAN JOSE is 42-53 ATS (-16.3 Units) in home games off a close loss by 1 goal to a division rival since 1996.

LOS ANGELES are 24-16 ATS (6.4 Units) when playing with 2 days rest in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Thursday, April 7

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia @ Columbus
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games on the road
Columbus
Columbus is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Columbus is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

Montreal @ New Jersey
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Montreal's last 9 games on the road
New Jersey
New Jersey is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Montreal
New Jersey is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Montreal

Nashville @ Ottawa
Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games when playing at home against Nashville
Ottawa is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Buffalo @ Carolina
Buffalo
Buffalo is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
Buffalo is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Carolina is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing Buffalo

Seattle @ Chicago
Seattle
Seattle is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Seattle is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Chicago's last 16 games

Toronto @ Dallas
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Vancouver @ Arizona
Vancouver
Vancouver is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Arizona's last 17 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Edmonton @ Los Angeles
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Edmonton's last 8 games
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Edmonton
Los Angeles is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Calgary @ San Jose
Calgary
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Calgary is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
San Jose
San Jose is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
San Jose is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Calgary


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[Udog]

Penguins are 2-5 in past seven games overall.
Penguins are 17-8 in past 25 road games.
Penguins are 1-4 in past five vs. winning teams.
Penguins are 8-2 in past 10 as a road favorite.
Rangers are 5-2 in past seven games overall.
Rangers are 22-9 in past 31 home games.
Rangers are 5-0 in past five as an underdog.
Rangers are 5-0 in past five vs. winning teams.
Rangers are 6-1 in past seven as a home underdog.
OVER is 5-2 in past seven for the Penguins.
UNDER is 9-3-1 in past 13 road games for the Penguins.
UNDER is 5-2 in past seven as a road fave for the Pens.
UNDER is 5-1-1 in past seven vs. Metropolitan Division teams for Pens.
OVER is 4-1 in past five as a home 'dog for the Rangers.
UNDER is 8-3 in past 11 vs. Metropolitan Division for the Rangers.
UNDER is 12-5 in past 17 vs. Eastern Conference for the Rangers.
Home team is 9-3 in the past 12 meetings.
Favorite is 7-3 in the past 10 meetings.
OVER is 8-2 in past 10 meetings at MSG.
OVER is 21-7-5 in past 33 meetings.


Maple Leafs are 40-16 in the past 56 as a favorite.
Maple Leafs are 6-2 in the past eight vs. winning teams.
Stars are 4-1 in the past five games overall.
Stars are 21-7 in the past 28 home games.
Stars are 5-2 in the past seven as a home 'dog.
Stars are 4-1 in the past five vs. Eastern Conference teams.
OVER is 34-14-3 in the past 51 overall for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 21-5-1 in the past 27 road games for the Maple Leafs.
OVER is 15-5-3 in the past 23 vs. winning teams for the Leafs.
OVER is 18-7-1 in the past 26 vs. Western Conference teams for the Leafs.
UNDER is 5-1 in the past six games overall for the Stars.
OVER is 7-3-1 in the past 11 as a home 'dog for the Stars.
OVER is 5-1-1 in the past seven vs. Atlantic Division teams for the Stars.


Oilers are 5-0 in the past five games overall.
Oilers are 2-5 in the past seven road games.
Oilers are 5-0 in the past five vs. Western Conference teams.
Oilers are 17-5 in the past 22 vs. Pacific Division teams.
Kings are 6-18 in the past 24 as a home underdog.
OVER is 7-1 in the past eight games for the Oilers.
OVER is 11-1 in the past 12 as a favorite for the Oilers.
OVER is 4-0 in the past four vs. winning teams for the Oilers.
OVER is 7-1 in the past eight vs. Western Conference teams for the Oilers.
OVER is 3-1-1 in the past five games for the Kings.
UNDER is 6-2 in the past eight as an underdog for the Kings.
UNDER is 4-1 in the past five as a home 'dog for the Kings.
Oilers are 4-17 in the past 21 trips to Los Angeles.
Home team is 20-7 in the past 27 meetings.
Favorite is 27-9 in the past 36 meetings.
OVER is 7-1-2 in the past 10 meetings in L.A.
OVER is 2-0-2 in the past four meetings.