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 (40-40) article picks (12-14) (2-1 Monday)
We were under 4 minutes away from being perfect yesterday, but 2 goals (one in the last 5.3 seconds of the game) robbed us of going a perfect 3 for 3. Oh well, I will take 2-1 any day!
Pork’s Puck Pick- Pittsburgh -137
The injury bug has bitten these two franchises quite extensively this season. The Penguins have managed to keep on the winning tracks with 7 victories in their last 10 games. The Flyers have been playing better of late with 3 wins in their last 5, however, I think the injury to pick stopper Carter Hart is going to hurt this team in this contest. Look for Malkin and Brian Rust to continue their point streaks as well as Crosby to continue being a force to be reckoned with.
Rib’s Puck Pick–Chicago-112
Coming off a hard-fought victory against Minnesota, where it took 59 minutes and 54.7 seconds to determine a winner I don’t see Florida flowing on all cylinders for 60 minutes here. Puck stopping for the Blackhawks appears not to be Cory Crawford, who in his last two starts looks like the guy that took this Chicago team to the cup in 2015 with a.6-2 win over the Leafs, and a 4-1 win over the Habs. Chicago has won 3 of the last 5 between the two clubs.
Bean’s Puck Pick- Boston -173
Not much of a stretch I suppose but this should be a tight game. Boston’s 16-2-9 record is what has me most believing that the Bruins will go into the all-star break on a high. In the 5 game history between Vegas and Boston, the Bruins hold a 4-1 record. Newsday.sports.gracenote.com ranks Boston 7th in the league in pucks in goal and 3rd in the league in keeping pucks out compared to Vegas who sit 16th and 15th respectively.
I am very excited to join this team of highly skilled people at Win Daily. If you have any further questions, please feel free to find me on the Win Daily Discord chat (@Zak PRB) or on Twitter (@PRBpuckpicks) Thank you to you all for reading, let’s go make some
