Speaker 1: Happy Monday, guys.
Speaker 2: Welcome two puck Time Wager Talk TV Andrew and Carmine
with you. We got a handful of games to break
down here in the NHL for today and I am
in bounce back mode. Yesterday two plays I felt pretty
great about, especially the Montreal team total needed one goal
in the third period.
Speaker 1: We do not get that one.
Speaker 2: Serves me right, I guess for betting on my favorite
team here, guys, But I hope you guys all had
a fantastic weekend. Hope you catch some big bets, whether
it's college basketball, NHL, UFC, soccer, whatever it was. Looking
at the schedule for this week, we got a handful
of guests ready to come on and we've got games
every single day, karm Last week we had I think
one or two days where there were just two games
or three games. Looking at the schedule for this week,
we've got a handful of games Monday through Friday, and
that feels like for the next ten to fifteen games
for each team, it's a busy slate on the board.
Speaker 1: So look forward to breaking things down with you. Man.
It's just the two of us to kick off the week.
Speaker 3: How are you a miserable. Man. No, I'm I'm fine,
but my weekend was miserable. Man, it is everything from
the weather to sports. I couldn't. It's one of those ones,
you mean, like it's the ebbs and flows, you know,
or the law of large numbers where you have such
a great run and then you wonder when is the
other shoe gonna fall? And man, it fell on the
on the weekend. Just a rough weekend. The six and
sixty did well, only Colorado lost to Winnipeg. Six and
sixty goes five and one. I had guaranteed a six
to no. I wish I'd come up with a guarantee
on my plays yesterday. Just a miserable sun Sunday. But
you have to own it. It's a long term game.
But man, it was miserable. But my first, my first,
the first thing I did this morning after going through
the show and set up the show, and then I'm
and stuff is you know, I got in touch with
Melissa and I'm like, I need you to do me
a favor. And this isn't this isn't a wager talk thing.
This is a carmine thing because we get it. It's
a business. Sometimes we're gonna sweep the board. Sometimes we're
gonna get swept. I got swept, man, and it felt
so crappy on games that I liked. So I reached
out to her and I said anyone that that was
part of the Sunday in buying plays, Let's reach out
to them and get them something and give them another chance,
which gives me another chance. With that said, man, Andrew,
some of these games are unbelievable. This week's contests, uh
are gonna shake the NHL guys. We're gonna do a
new feature today. We're gonna start. We're gonna talk about Calgary, Detroit,
the ELI Kings, and the Rangers, Utah and Dallas. Andrew's
got a same game parlay. No pod today. I'm gonna
weight on the pod. Need to heat up and maybe
if we heat up today, we'll have a pod tomorrow.
But we have a new segment called Make or Miss
the Playoffs, and you guys will see who the first
team I selected for the Make or Miss of Playoffs,
and Andrew and I will go We're either going to agree, Andrew,
or we're gonna go mano a mano.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that'd be fun because there's gonna be a handful
of teams that are either in a spot right now
that we're gonna look to stay in or go away,
or teams looking to punch their ticket.
Speaker 1: You're not out of it. You're not out of it.
Speaker 2: And for all of you guys that love to to
say that the Maple Leafs live rent free in my head,
here's your thirty seconds on the Maple Leafs. That team
does not know how to lose. This is the one
time they're supposed to be tanking karm and they got
five of the six points over the weekend. They beat
the Minnesota while yes.
Speaker 3: In Yes, then they burned me twice, Andrew they burned
me twice. I had the Sabers in regulation, even I
have minnesot in regulation. What looked like a bad schedule
really looked like a bad scheduling spot. But you know
what I mean. They somehow, the Sabers played fantastic the Leafs.
Their goaltending kept them in the game. The goaltending kept
them in the game in both games. It's only a
matter of time. But these guys can't even tank. And
with those with those three points they've picked up in
I was doing a points a points matrix for forecasting
the rest of the season. They pretty much they lit
their first round draft pick on fire because it's going
to go to Boston as part of the Carlo trade.
They are not going to finish bottom five. It is
not going to happen. They would have to lose of
the remaining fifteen games. I think it is they would
have to lose twelve of fifteen games in order to
save their pick and then still stuff go their way.
I don't get it. You had a chance to really
with even with Matthews on LTI R. You had a
chance to call up some guys. But what I heard
is they've used all their call ups Andrew, so they
can't even call anybody else up from the miners. So
I'm not sure if there's a limit on call ups
or what have you, But man, I don't get it.
It's just this team can't get out of their own way.
Speaker 2: Apparently today is the day March sixteenth, the next time
people can call There's like a little bit of quadrants.
I guess days that you can call people up. So
we'll see and what ends up happening. But yeah, it's
like the players that are playing well for them, you
almost want to send them back down. Hey, you're playing
too well for us. We can't have you doing well.
We need a draft pick. So at least the NHL
is not too much like that. We know other sports
can really become like that, but you know, you do
start to think about it, and of course, you know,
if you're a Vancouver Canucks fan, or you know, if
you're a bottom team, you're thinking about that type of stuff.
And it's just you know, some teams didn't think they
were going to be in that boat. Speaking of teams
that are probably thinking about draft lottery stuff, Karm, the
Calby Flames, they're probably thinking about that a little bit here.
You know, you and I we were fading them last
week together last Thursday, and this team continues to give
up goals here in Detroit. The big talking point around
Detroit was that, you know, you had the top two
centermen go down, both Andrew Kopp and Dylan Larkin. So
that's a big loss for them. But the thing is
with this team, Karm, they're giving up so many chances.
Average number here around minus one eighty ballpark total at
five and a half. This seems to me like it's
one of those under the radar situations where I understand
there were some injuries for Detroit, but KRM, I don't
really want to look towards any type of low event
game involving the Calgary Flames right now. It's almost like
they're going out there and playing pond hockey right now.
They're they're not playing a full physical, defensive effort right now.
Teams are doing whatever they want in the ozone against them.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Andrew, you, I mean when they got rid of weaker,
you know they Cadri on that team. They're in perfect
shape right now to not screw it up. And we
talk about the tanking. I get it, we use the
word tanking, but we're not using it in the context
off go out there and give us fifty percent guys
because you're going to get injured. It's more so of
maybe you don't start your your best goalie. Maybe you
reduced the minutes on the guys who are on your
your first couple of lines, and you give the guys
on the third and fourth lines try. Maybe you call
up some guys, or maybe you're just not a good
team and you take some dumb penalties that turn into
power play goals. There's no way I'm putting money on
Calgary at any price for the rest of the season,
because I think you could flat bet against Calgary the
rest of the season. If they're sixteen games, they're likely
going to lose eleven to twelve of those games. So
if you're betting minus two hundred or less on a favorite,
you're going to cash. I think you're going to make
some money. You can find different ways of playing. It's
splitting either a reg or a puck line. But even
reg do they want to a game to go to
overtime where they can pick up a point or not?
The New York Rangers are picking up points at the
wrong time, Andrew. So it is the Vancouver Canucks and
the Calgary Flames who likely have the are going to
have the highest percentage to win the draft lottery and
get Gavin McKenna on their rosters. So for me, it's
the Wings. I think in this spot. Don't like the
loss that they had when they played in Florida and
then they get a Tampa Bay team that it was
a bad spot I think for Detroit because Tampa was
coming home off of losing a few games on the
road and not looking very good, and you knew that
they were going to burn somebody, and they did. They
played a lot better against the Dallas Stars, though, losing
in overtime three to two. So the Stars are playing
some phenomenal hockey. So maybe that is the sign that
this Wings team is ready to turn it around. And
who better to turn it around against the Calgary Flames?
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly. I mean it's like, hey, look who are
we playing today again? Oh yeah, this team that gives
up what is it here, karm four point four goals
a game in their last five games on average. So
it just makes me laugh because we're seeing five and
a half as totals in these Flames games. But as mentioned,
they're giving up over four goals per game in their
last handful of games, So there's certainly a team worth fading.
The only issue is when you have a favorite this
big is that they're really not producing much offense. And
you said it like they look pretty good in their
previous game obviously played a powerhouse opponent.
Speaker 1: But that's the only kind of worrisome is that? Is it?
Speaker 2: Do we fade Calgary or are we betting on Detroit?
Because if we're betting on Detroit, they haven't really done
much to make us feel good about them. But there's
a lot of situations that would tell us to fade
Calgary at this point, Carl, I'm interested and more so
just looking towards the over because right now, Detroit, look,
they're holding teams and doing okay defensively, But I really
think that Calgary's.
Speaker 1: Going to string a lot of teams into overs.
Speaker 2: Everything I look at when involves this game just tells
me that five and a half does not make sense
for the totals.
Speaker 1: So do I play something on Detroit?
Speaker 2: Sure, but Calgary seems to be in one of the
Like think back to the game that you know, you
and I were both both rooting on the Devils. I mean,
you know, Calgary shure a couple of guys showed up
and scored for them, but they, like you and I
both know, they probably should have given up six or
seven goals that game, right, I mean, this defense is
so leaky.
Speaker 3: Yeah, the listen. New Jersey completely outplayed them on Thursday.
Every single metric and analytic number were in New Jersey's favor,
but the goaltending and Mark Strum was miserable. And this
is the thing in games is everything can go your way.
But the if one key component doesn't and and that
let's say that component is the goaltending, you're in trouble. Detroit.
Just showing up isn't going to get them two points tonight.
They are going to have to treat the Calgary Flames
the same way they went into the game against the
Dallas Stars and played them absolutely tough for sixty minutes.
It's plus. You've got to do that. You can't just
look at a team and say, okay, well, these guys
are second from the bottom, they're playing out the string.
We're going to pick up two points here. No, that
is the worst thing you can you can think about
when you're going on the ice. And that's the coach
that reminds these guys that, guys, these are a big
two points for us. Doesn't matter who or what the
what jersey they have on. We need to go out
and get two points and the Red Wings need the points.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So I would expect Andrew, and it's a narrative. It's
a narrative. I would expect this to be at least
over the last week, week and a half. This is
going to be probably the best game the Red Wings
play tonight. It's a narrative. I'm just going off of.
I think the turnaround came against Dallas and picking up
a point instead of losing that game, and and and
being like on a three game skid. You pick up
a point, it's an important point, and now you go out,
you get another victory against a Calgary team, and then
all of a sudden it's like, hey, we're back, and
then you get some of those bodies in there as
well too. So yeah, that said, I'm not a big
puck line guy. Ily the puck line here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry about that, Car.
Speaker 2: I was gonna say, like you said, a team losing
does not always mean they didn't play well. And as
you mentioned, they lost against Dallas, but they still looked good, right,
so yeah you can still you can still lose a
game but look good in defeat, you know.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, a lot of teams look good in defeat.
It just happens, you know what I mean. It's like,
how many times have we seen a team Andrew where
and You've talked about it on shows previous times where
their only lead was when they scored in overtime. It's
just it's one of those things you can look good
but never have a lead in a game, it goes
to ot tide and then you win it, and that's
the first lead, and it's not really a lead that
you had. You just won the game. You never actually
led for a second because when the clock stops once
that goal goes in. So it's pretty crazy.
Speaker 2: I look, if we're going strictly off analytics, how do
we not fade cal Green? I don't want to end
up getting clipped by somebody in our chat right now
with all of these obvious statements. But again, four point
four goals per game worst. This is the worst defensive
metric team on the entire slate here today. And the
thing is Detroit's been pretty good defensively. The lack of
offense for Detroit, they're making up for it with their
defensive play right now. And I respect that because they're saying, hey,
look we're not able to score, we're going to play
pretty good defensively. So maybe we'll take a look at that.
And I think that, you know, maybe Karm, that narrative
you're saying, we don't always approach that every game, but
this one's like it fits really well.
Speaker 1: So I'm with you on the Red Wings.
Speaker 2: We'll try and find a way to play them here today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, go Wings. I can say go Wings tonight because
on March the twenty seventh, when I am at the
game in Buffalo at key Bank Center, I will be
cheering for the Buffalo Sabers. I will be walking around.
I have to get a new jersey. I have to
get a brand new jersey because the jersey I have
and I don't like buying jerseys. I like, I'm past that.
I have so many jerseys. I started giving them away
and stuff, and I have like jerseys that are autographed.
But I have a Jack Eichel Buffalo Sabers jersey. How
do you wear that in an arena where they despise
Jack Eichel? Now after he left, they even booed him.
When Vegas returned and played the Sabers in Buffalo after
he won a gold medal with TVUSA, they boot them.
Speaker 1: They still don't like.
Speaker 3: I don't get it. Listen, I I just don't get it.
I don't get it. But with that said, man, uh,
let's talk about another interesting game, and that that's this
Elie Kings Andrew this Elie Kings New York Rangers one.
It is the Rangers. They they continue to just blow
my mind on how this team as they were dead,
they were cooked, and then they're going on a bit
of a heater and they're beating teams uh and gaining points.
I think they're what two wins from being out of
the cellar in the Eastern Conference. Like, stay there, guys,
stay there, there's there's nothing upstairs for you. Stay in
the cellar. How are you playing this one?
Speaker 1: Hek arm.
Speaker 2: I don't wanna uh, I don't want to pat myself
on the back, but somebody said the Rangers are going
to go on a run.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, uh.
Speaker 2: But it's it's always funny when there's these team teams
that it doesn't matter anymore for them, and then they
all of a sudden start to look good again, like
it's too late, like you already are bad, like you
don't have to win anymore.
Speaker 1: So they kind of ruined it for their team a
little bit here.
Speaker 2: But yeah, when it looks at this game, let's take
a look at the splits first and foremost, Like this
is a home game for the New York Rangers, and
you take a look at the numbers, the LA Kings
are a better road team. Carve than they are at home.
As far as goals four get this. They've got ninety
two goals on the road and eighty goals at home
this year. And you take a look at the New
York Rangers. For them, at home they are a minus
twenty nine goal differential and on the road they are
a plus ten goal differential. How does that make sense?
We literally have a really good road team going up
against a really bad home team here. And look if
we look at the numbers here and we use the
actual eye test, if you've been able to watch some
New York Rangers games, this is an example of a
team that is overachieving based on opportunities. This team is
not getting that many shots on goal per game, this
team is not getting that many high danger chances per game.
They're pretty much capitalizing on every high danger chance that
they're able to get. And I think when you look
at the LA Kings in this position, you want to
talk about teams that need points. I think this is
an important game for them here, karm and I think
that they have more depth than the New York Rangers
will be able to carry. So honestly, this one is
minus one eighteen. The Red Wings number is minus one
eighty three. I might be more confident in this one
at minus one eighteen because just looking at this spot here,
one strong road team, one bad home team. I feel
like this sets up pretty well for the La King.
So as much as I'm saying, oh, you know, the
Rangers are playing a little bit better, the reality is,
as Brian likes to remind us, sometimes a team winning
does not mean they're playing good hockey. And the Rangers,
despite getting some goals as of late, they're still not
playing great hockey car.
Speaker 3: No, they're they're not, but they are playing better at home.
You know, you look at since the postal uh post
Olympic break andrew the Rangers, They've lost one game in regulation,
that's it. They've lost only three games since the post
Olympic break to them being obviously an ot and at home,
but those two ot ones that's where those occurred. But
they're they They've picked up points in every single game
at home. The five games, they have three wins and
a couple of losses. One of them I think come
into Carolina, and I'm not sure who the other one is.
Maybe they can bring it up real quick. Sorry, they
lose at home to Columbus, and they lose to the
Flyers three to two and five to four. Their next
couple of games, they beat non playoff teams much like themselves.
You know, six two over the Leafs and four nothing
over the Calgary Flames. So they're winning games. This is different.
This is a team they're playing a team that is
scrapping for a playoffs pot. Right now. You mentioned the
Kings are playing better, a bit of a you know,
a step back for them losing in New Jersey six
to four last time out. But this is not a
handicapping tool. But you look at the you look at please,
it's not a handicapping tool. Look at the last nine
games for the LA Kings Andrew and it is the
ultimate zig zag. Zigzag might work in the NBA during
the playoffs, but not during the regular season in NHL,
But the last nine games it's basically win one, lose one,
win one, lose one, win one, lose one nine games
in a row, which would set them up for a
win one tonight. So if you leave in it, knock
yourself out. I believe the Kings are a better team
than the Rangers, even though the Rangers are in heater.
I believe that the Rangers are playing their numbers. Andrew,
and I think that this is a game in which
Kings pick up a couple of points and there's there's
still smack dabbing this playoff playoff race. So we shall
see what happens tonight. But I'm good with laying a
buck eighteen here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just think it is.
Speaker 2: It is one of those funny things though, Karen, is
that you know, as as we've talked about, and we
had kind of a long episode with me and Brian
last week when it's just us talking about analytics versus
the eye test, and and one of the things we
talked about was, you know, riding a team when they're
playing well versus hey, trying to get off them when
they're when they're kind of being phonies. I guess is
the word I'm looking for a little bit. And and
you know this this Rangers team. I talked about how
in the previous game Calgary is giving up over four
goals a game. Well, right now the Rangers are averaging
close to four goals per game and they're creating chances.
But the thing is they're not actually like generating a
ton of shots and a ton of ozone time. They're
just capitalizing on all chances, and that stuff can't be sustained.
So this could be an opportunity where people look at
the Rangers and say, hey, look we're seeing progression out
of them.
Speaker 1: But I'll be on the LA Kings in this one.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't talk anybody out of just playing the team
total in this one, like just completely forget about what
the New York Rangers do because car let's be honest here.
I know you said they're playing better at home, but
there's times where I've played team totals and you know,
I'm upset because the game is two to one or
three to one, And here I am with a bet
where they have to they have to score four goals
to win. But this, to me is one of those
games where if the LA Kings win this game, I've
strongly believe though, they're likely going to score four goals.
So maybe this is one of those games that you
don't even have to worry about who wins, you just
take that team total play. So we'll see if this
ends up being one of those. But I think this
is one of those spots. The more I look at it,
the more I break it down. You know, let's say
the New York Rangers go up one or they go
up to to one or something. We do not care
about what the result of the game is as long
as LA gets to that magic number for us. So
it could be something worth looking at for today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, go Kings. I just want to see some
playoff races and to make the last couple of weeks
of the NHL season things. So you know, when I
toss out the you know, go Wings or go Kings,
which kind of rhymes, it is because it's great for
the playoff race. We don't want meaningless games in the
last week of the NHL season, which I won't be
on puck time for the last week of the NHL season.
I will be here for the playoffs. I'm going to
be on a beach, yes, regenerating turks and caicos and
enjoining Sun for seven days and then getting ready for
the playoffs and then the World Cup where then I'll
be going away and then for like eighteen days, eighteen sorry,
eighteen hours a day, I'm either studying or watching games
and getting very little sleep. Andrew, you know, I used
to have the graphic for make Me understand. Make me
understand this next game and the line on it. I
get it. The Utah Mammoth are in a playoff race.
I get that they're in a spot right now. But
the Dallas Stars are at home. They are fourteen oh
and one their last fifteen games, they have not lost
a game in regulation. They lost to the Colorado Avalanche
in ot that's the only loss on their docket the
last fifteen games, and they are only minus one fifty
five tonight. Make me understand this game.
Speaker 2: Well, I think that based on the numbers, this is
the best underdog play on the card tonight. Based on
how this team is playing, They're creating offense, but their
defense looks better. And one thing about this Dallas Stars
team that a lot of people aren't giving enough credit
to is that a lot of as much as their
offense is electric, their defense is pretty good too. So
in games their offense doesn't show up, their defense is
able to make up for it a little bit.
Speaker 1: Here plus one thirty three.
Speaker 2: I'm interested in Utah here, karm and even more so
if you know that I like the team totals, I'm
going to go team total under for Dallas because I
equally believe that this is a mammoth team that's controlling
possession right now, that's you know, heavily creating opportunities in
the ozone. They're not really a team that I think
is gonna want to trade chances against the Dallas Stars.
So when you look at team totals right now, you
can go under three and a half at minus one
forty five, under two and a half at plus one
sixty and then of course, as you see on the
screen the plus one thirty three on the underdog here
for them. But I'm looking for the mammoth here. I mean,
carl must win, does not mean will win, because these
teams put themselves in these positions for a reason. If
you take every single team that needs to win every night,
you're not gonna make money because these teams put themselves
in these spots. But I do think the Utah is
playing some pretty good hockey right now. And you take
a look at, uh, you know, the couple underdogs on
the board for today and one of them being at Pittsburgh.
You know, this is a team that is in a
playoff spot, but they're gonna want to play well down
the stretch. Colorado stacked with talent, and they're pretty much
locked into a top spot. So every single day we're
going to have teams that are solidified in their playoff spots.
Going up against desperate teams doesn't necessarily mean that they're
going to have more success. But I do think Utah
has a good effort here tonight. Dallas is a good
over team car, but people are sleeping on their defensive ability.
I'll say under five and a half is a play
I like here. But I do think there's some value
on the Utah Mammoth plus one thirty three.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I agree with you on the five
and a halves. We're going to see a lot of
five and a halfs. I think that's why we'd be
leaning here. We'll see where the price eventually settles. I
mean it was at one sixty two, you know, earlier today,
earlier this morning when I was working on the graphics.
It's still a one sixty two right now. You know,
the opener was one fifty seven, So there hasn't been
much vig. There has been a little bit of viig
coming in or a little bit of money on the
over opened that five and a half eleven cents to
the over it's now twenty four cents to the over,
so they're betting there and it maybe it has a
lot to do with the Stars and scoring, but as
you mentioned, the Stars play some pretty good defense. I
think the Utah Mammoth don't want to get into a
game with the Stars or it's a wide open game.
They need a you know, they're in a playoff spot
right now, but it's all still about picking up points.
So you try and play your best defensive game. You know,
I've said it over the years, the best way to
get out of a slump is to play a kick ass,
strong defensive game, support your goalie, pick up a point
or two. Four game losing stricts for them. You would
think that they're going to turn that around at some
point before they fall below that that playoff line. So
we shall see. Because there's a lot of teams there.
San Jose Sharks still in the race, the La Kings
still in the race, the Winnipeg Jet are suddenly still
in our back into the race. So there's a lot
of teams there. Seattle kracking with a couple easy wins
over Florida and Vancouver, a couple non compete teams, and
now the Kraken are suddenly healthy again, Andrews, so we
shall see not a good time to go on a slump.
The Utah Jazz, sorry Utah Jazz, the Utah Mabbath, the
Utah Jazz on the ice wouldn't do very well. I
think they'd get run out of the building. So I'll
go with the under here. I think a low scoring
game three to two, three two sounds good. I think
that was the score of the last time they played
was three to two, So why not let's go for it.
I think for the last six have gone under the total,
so we'll see if that is if that happens, Andrew.
Before we get into the same game, partly for you
and some player props, let's do a new feature here.
Let's get this thing off the screen. One second here,
let's get that one off the screen. Let's add this
this is the and I know I'm gonna get the
HAPs chats one oh one over there, just on my
case for this one. But it is time for the
make or miss the playoffs. Okay, I'm gonna make my
case for the Montreal Canadians missing the NHL playoffs this
season and not gonna take them at plus five hundred andrew.
They still have to play the Boston Bruins, who always
play them tough and or in a playoff spot at
the moment, the Red Wings in Detroit. Then they play
the Islanders at home, another playoff team, Carolina at home,
another playoff team Columbus who are trying to get into
the playoffs, Nashville who have not given it up yet.
In the West, Carolina, Tampa Bay. They might get a
breather against the Range, New Jersey home and away. You
figure maybe a split between those two unless they can
pull off the double like they did to the Sabers
last year. Tampa Bay, Columbus again, New York Hoditors, and
the Philadelphia Flyers. Sixteen games. If the Canadians lose nine
of those, there are the playoffs.
Speaker 2: But the big thing case, it's the similar thing to
what the Ottawa Senators are going through right now tonight.
Speaker 1: They need the Red Wings to lose.
Speaker 2: They need teams, like you know, they need everybody around them. Well,
they need everybody around them to lose pretty much. And
I think that when you look at the Montreal Canadians,
they control their own destiny. Last year when they were
in this similar spot, they did not control their own destiny.
They needed other teams to lose while they were trying
to win. I think that if they can have a
zero point six point fifty record seven hundred record the
rest of the year, even if they went five hundred,
you know, they there would be other teams that would
still have to remain hot. And do we think that
the Ottawa Senators are just not gonna lose any more
games the rest of the year. Are the Bruins not
gonna lose any more games the rest of the year.
Are the Blue Jackets gonna just keep winning every single game?
Because that's that's my It's not a strong rebuttal, but
that's my rebuttal. Here is that the Montreal Canadians are
in a situation. Obviously, they're minus seven hundred for a reason,
but compared to last year, they're in a situation where
they control their own destiny and they don't have to
worry about what other teams are doing. So every single
time a team below them loses, it's a huge hit
for them and a big win for the Montreal Canadians. So,
but I'll tell you what, not getting one single point
this past weekend Saturday and Sunday is a massive blow
for this team, especially when you're up three to two
yesterday against the Anaheim Ducks. That is a brutal for them.
We'll find out. I think the biggest games that I
find intriguing aren't even the divisional games. I'm looking at
the New York Rangers game, the New Jersey Devils game,
looking at the Columbus Blue Jackets game, the Philadelphia Flyers game,
some of those games against teams that MABE people don't
have as playoff teams or don't really respect them. Because
you and I both know that Boston game is always
a rivalry. The Detroit game is going to be fantastic.
Carolina's fantastic. How are they going to do in the
games they're favorited? Will they win as favorites is the
big thing, because as you and I both know, they
were favorites over the weekend Saturday and Sunday, they were
both favorited. Yesterday, I laid minus one twenty or one
fifteen to get to four goals. They got stuck on
stupid with three. So how will they do as favorites?
Because last year they were underdogs in like every game
down the stretch. Now, their favorites. So you've got to
be able to show up when you're actually supposed to win.
Speaker 3: Right, and so you know, let's go through it and
those games. How I have them listed is how the
remaining schedule is in that order. So against the Bruins
in Montreal, Montreal will be favored at Detroit. It's going
to be close to a pick them, I would think,
with Detroit as a slight favorite in that one. Home
to the Islanders, close to a pick them, I would think.
And that one because the Islanders are playing well against Carolina,
they're going to be a dog against Columbus. They're going
to be favored against Nashville. They're going to be a
slight dog or a pick them against Carolina again in Carolina,
a dog at Tampa Bay. They're going to be a
dog against the Rangers. In New York. They should be
a favorite in the one to twenty range. The devil's
home and away. Who knows devil's favorite in one or
they could be pick them in both of them. Against
Florida they should be a favorite at home in Montreal,
a favorite against Tampa at home again close to a
pick them. Against Columbus, they should be favored at New York,
they're going to be a dog. And then they play
at Philadelphia to end the season, and Philadelphia is the
bogey Andrew because you normally you look at it all
the Flyers, they'll be done by the time that game
rolls around. Philadelphia is like what six points out of
a playoff spot right now, still have to leave Frog
a lot of teams. Andrew look at their next five
games for Philadelphia, they play against the anim Ducks, the
LA Kings, San Jose, Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks, and
then they play the Detroit Red Wings. That is almost
the end of their march. And then they finished with
Dallas and Washington. That's their march before they hit April.
If they pick up like four wins in five games,
all of a sudden, they start believing that they have
a chance. And there's nothing worse than playing a team
who believes that they can make the playoffs still because
you know that they're going to give it one hundred
percent effort.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I get it, I get it.
Speaker 2: Like I said that, they control their own destiny, But
you've got teams in front of you that really want it.
And how ironic would it be for last year they
were out of the playoffs the whole entire year.
Speaker 1: And they make it.
Speaker 2: Then this year they've been in the playoffs for most
of the year, and then to miss it would be
absolutely horrible. The only thing it would do would probably
save me money and a ten hour drive from going
to Montreal because I have to go see a playoff game.
Carm you know I have to do it. I don't
miss a single game. And I'll tell you it's kind
of funny. I know, we got to get going. But
I never used to record games. I used to laugh
at anybody that would record a sporting event on their TV.
And one of the biggest things for me is that
I just like, I'm always on my phone. I'm like
always on Twitter, I'm always texting whatever on Real Sports app,
on the Score app. And so I was getting ready
to go out somewhere for a birthday thing on Saturday,
and I watched the first period of the Habs game,
and so I recorded the second and third period. But
the worst part is I had to like mute all
my group chats with my friends. I had to turn
off the notifications for Real Sports, for the Score app,
for Sports Net, like it's a whole process. So I
just didn't even I'm at this birthday party. I didn't
even check my phone for like three and a half hours,
which is probably a good thing, if we're honest. But
I get home and I get to watch the rest
of the game, only of course, for the Canadians to lose.
But it's nice because I, as you know, I try
to watch every single game, but sometimes you got to
go out and have a social life.
Speaker 1: So I used to.
Speaker 2: Make fun of people that would record games because how
could you not find out the score already? But as
long as nobody spoils it for you, it's pretty.
Speaker 3: Andrew, listen, wait till you get married. Man, Listen. I'm
an extroverts. I'm an extrovert. My wife is an introvert.
So we get along. You know, I'll watch sports she likes.
She likes watching soccer. She'll watch hockey with me as
well too. She doesn't like basketball, kind of like me,
all the squeaking sneakers on the court. But you know,
there's nights where she just wants to watch her Hallmark
channel and she's like, check your group chat, none of
your friends going to watch the game tonight. At a
bar or something that you might want to join them,
like she's encouraging me to go out to a bar
and stuff. So but with with that said, we got
to move on. Andrew. You got some same game parlays.
Some of these things are hitti man.
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, I got a juicy one here for today.
Reminder for everybody to play these as single bets. Make
sure you lost these in as single bets. Actually four
today here we go karm three picks in the Boston
Bruins game. Morgan Geeky talk about head to head matchups here.
Morgan Geeky has a goal in four straight games against
the New Jersey Devils plus one ninety on Morgan geek
to score a goal. You gotta love that. Bruins plus
one oh five one ten shop round. We're taking them
on the money line here against the New Jersey Devils
team playing well offensively.
Speaker 1: I think it could be a good day here.
Speaker 2: For the Boston Bruins, however, and Fraser Minton to get
one point. He's up there on the top line, so
we will take him. He's been playing extremely well and
I'm sure the Maple Leaves definitely regret getting rid of him.
Speaker 1: That's for sure.
Speaker 2: So Fraser Minton to get a point, Boston Bruins to win,
and Morgan Geeky to get a goal. Make sure we
play these all as singles. Guys, We'll try and cash
some tickets. That comes out to a plus six fifty
price tag. You absolutely have to love that. MLB seasons
getting closer and closer. College basketball March Madness. We got
the bracket already locked in. Instead, I'll have plays throughout
the week, but I got a great package that will
be up tomorrow and that package is going to be
a deal for my CFL football and MLB people might
not realize last year we were up close to twenty
five units with MLB Best Bets.
Speaker 1: The underdogs were really good.
Speaker 2: The first five plays were really good and finished number
one at wager.
Speaker 1: Talk with CFL play.
Speaker 2: Despite it being a down year in the CFL wasn't
the best, we still were number one at wager Talk,
earned a handful of units. Look forward to getting back
on track with Canadian football again. So if you guys
want to jump on board with me, we're gonna have
an MLB plus Canadian Football action package up and available
at wager talk dot com. That will be up for Tuesday.
And what better day to have a package up like that,
carm than five dollars Tuesday? So what do you have
going for today here? Krm, I just got the one
side so far.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I have not put up the NHL yet because
I'm waiting for all the confirmed goalies. They are starting
to come in after the morning skates, and then I'll
have one, maybe two plays up. As I mentioned, guys,
especially anyone who took part in my Saturday Sunday card,
don't bug the office. They'll send an email out. Melissa's
going to send an email out to people who were
my clients yesterday because I had a miserable day and
I just want to make good. It is not a
thing that the company does, but it's something that I
want to do. So we'll make good on it and
get you like a one day all access or something
like that, and then bounce back because it is a marathon,
not a sprint. Fantastic run thirteen one in one, and
then you have a bad Saturday and Sunday, it's a
bound to happen. With that said, no soccer today, I'm
passing today, but Champions League on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
I will have that card up today as well too,
and then that's pretty much it work on the Tuesday
NHL card we have. It's a great time man march madness.
I love watching it, I love betting it. But I
get my place from the guys at wager Talk who
are much better at it and mixing some hockey, mixing
some baseball. Go Team Italy today so they can face
the USA. Andrew, what do you think, Andrew get back
on screen USA versus Italy in the World Baseball Classic.
We have to get by Venezuela first.
Speaker 2: It'd be a rematch too. Yeah, give me the over,
give me the over. That's all I'm gonna say.
Speaker 3: Give you the over.
Speaker 1: I'm taking the easy way out. I'm not giving you
a side.
Speaker 3: Did they seriously want to get rid of like the
espresso machine? There's the Major League Baseball trying to ban
the espresso machine from his.
Speaker 1: In the dugout.
Speaker 3: What is That's horrible? It's terrible. Guys from chew tobacco
and gum and spit seeds all over the place. But
you can't have an espresso in a dugout. I'm sorry,
that's just that is just not right, So we have
the home run jacket. This is the espresso shot, so
don't take that away from the Italians, guys. So if
Philly beats Venezuela tomorrow, we're gonna lay the SmackDown on
the USA. It'll be the Italian Americans versus the American Americans, right,
that's the best, best part of it is they're all
Americans on the field exactly. Anyways, Andrew, Tomorrow Monster Day
for us. We have Don Buster, we have the Press,
we have Brian Leonard, we have another one of the
Make or Miss. We're gonna have a pod. We're gonna
have the same game, parlay Man. We're gonna bleed right
over into Andy Lang's show tomorrow unless we get everybody
in and outs. But that's it, guys, man for myself
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