Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Zak’s Puck Picks!! I started in Cash with Flash Handicapping Challenge and have been heating up. I am super excited to keep the momentum going and win some serious money with all of you!
A big part of my life is my 3 kids. Each one of them holds a different attribute that I would personally use to aid me in deciding what picks to make. My twins Pork and Ribs and their little brother Bean (not their real names but very appropriate nicknames).
Pork is a doer. He is one to dive into a situation and figure it out as it unfolds, usually with great success. In terms of the puck pick, it will be a gut feeling pick and be backed with some stats to explain the feeling.
Ribs, he likes to observe the situation, take in all the information, and then make an educated decision on what his next step will be. His puck pick will be focused around teams that are on hot streaks, either against a team in a matchup or on a winning streak.
Now Bean may sound cute and innocent, but he is a wild man. Not a lot of thought goes into actions and if there is some thought, its geared towards “how can I push Dad’s buttons”. His puck pick will be a little more on the risky side. There will be reasons why I think we should go this way.
As cook by trade and hockey as a passion since I was 3 years old, let’s get some puck picks in the oven and make some dough shall we?
All odds are referenced from vegasinsider.com. I will play ALL of the puck picks I write about in these articles
Puck Record. The month of January #30dayhandicappingchalenge (37-37) article picks (9-11) (2-3 Saturday night)
Pork’s Puck Pick- Chicago Blackhawks -113
The Chicago Blackhawks have been one of the hottest teams in the league over their past 10 games. Johnathan Toews and Dominic Kubalik have formed an incredible goal-scoring tandem and Patrick Kane continues to be a menace with the puck. Winnipeg has been quite up and down losing 6 of their last 10. Even though the Jets seem to have Chicago’s number in the past. I see this hot streak continuing for the Blackhawks. Take them on the money line
Rib’s Puck Pick- New York Rangers -127
The Rangers are coming off of a home and home battle against a very similar defensive-minded team as the Blue Jackets. The results of those two games was a 6-2 victory at home and 3-2 away against the Islanders. CBJ are also on their second game in as many nights, although they walloped the Devils 5-0 and seemed to have an easy time of it, the Devils did have 41 pucks on net. With how well rookie goaltender Igor Shesterkin has looked and the fatigue of Columbus, I believe the Rangers have the edge in this one.
Bean’s Puck Pick- Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islander: Over 5.5 goals.
For a defensive-minded group in the Islanders, they have sure been allowing a lot of goals in lately letting 6 goals in, in 2 of their last 3 starts. Thomas Greis who is projected to start tomorrow has been less than stellar in the puck stopping department as of late letting in 16 goals in his last 5 games. With the loss of Dougie Hamilton, the Hurricanes did not look great against a dismal Anaheim team, however, they have a lot of firepower on their top two lines capable of putting the puck in the net. In their last 5 home games, they have scored 16 goals. With both of these team’s ability to score goals and struggles to keep the puck out of their nets, I see this going over the 5.5 marks.
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