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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 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 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 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 picks I write about in these articles
Puck Record. The month of January #30dayhandicappingchalenge (33-33) article picks (5-7) (2-4 Thursday night)
Interesting night last night and took some bad beats. Buffalo and Minnesota were surprising victories and we were unlucky Driedger got hurt.
Pork’s Puck Pick- Pittsburgh Penguins -195
Let’s face it, Detroit isn’t a good hockey club, nor does it help that one of their stars are injured in future superstar (my opinion) Anthony Mantha. Detroit’s projected starter Jimmy Howard has a solid vertical L line on Newsday sports, losing his last 10 starts. Every part of me wants to take this game at -1.5, but let’s take the money and run after 2 tough days!
Rib’s Puck Pick- Hurricanes-235
Very likely to be a puck stopping the battle between Petr Mrazek and Ryan Miller. Neither has been doing their puck stopping duties overly well as of late both losing 4 of their last 5. The edge in this matchup is because Mrazek has losses to much better teams and has only allowed 11 goals in that 5 game stretch compared to Miller’s 15. But enough about guys pulling the biscuit it of the basket. The top-end skill on Carolina’s top two lines is far superior to that of Anaheim and should take home the W in their own barn.
Bean’s Puck Pick- TB vs Jets OVER/ UNDER: Take the over 6.5
Let’s try something new here. Winnipeg has a pieced together defense with 3 of their big pieces leaving or partially retiring this summer. With the four of that last five games going for seven or more goals and both team’s ability to fire pucks in twine, I see this game following that trend.
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