Javier Prellezo 
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 the picks mentioned in these articles.
Puck Record for February (11-9) last night (1-4).
Pork’s Puck Pick- New York Rangers +129
Newsday Sports reports that 7 of the last 10 matchups, the road team has come away with the victory, including 3 of the last 3. My opinion on this game may change however depending on if puck stopper Freddie Anderson is good to go or not. He suffered a potential concussion after a collision with Franky Vatrano of the Panthers Monday night, however, all reports post-game stated that Anderson passed concussion protocol and was feeling much better. If the Leafs go to Hutchison in net, I feel the Rangers could have enough firepower to pull off the upset. Stay tuned to Twitter and Discord for the final call on this game!
*Update* Anderson is not traveling with the team to New York. Hutchinson has not been stellar and has had trouble stopping the puck. Igor Shesterkin is listed to start on Newsday sports and has been great posting 3 wins out of 5 and an above .900 save percentage in all of his starts. Again I think the Rangers have enough firepower to beat the Leafs at home.
Rib’s Puck Pick- Boston -152
A fantastic original 6 matchup this one should be! With both teams coming off of a game last night so that shouldn’t be something to look at. It is projected that both teams will start their “1b” puck stoppers in Halak and Lehner. Both have won 3 of their last 5 games. The Boston pick comes from the fact that I believe that they are the more complete team. Chicago is a great offensive team and has been scoring on the regular, however, they aren’t the greatest keeping the puck out of the net. Boston’s top line has been one of the best in the NHL scoring goals. The Bruins also rank 1st in the league at goals against according to Newsday sports.com.
Bean’s Puck Pick – FA CUP Soccer- Tottenham -159
Soccer is my other love. Played it for the better part of 15 years and have followed the English league since I could afford the internet to see what was going on. The FA Cup is tricky to bet on because a lot of the top teams put out a young line up of guys that don’t usually see game action in the EPL or Champions League action. However, Tottenham has just come off of a huge 2-0 victory over Manchester City on the weekend and I believe will ride that momentum into this match.
There are a few other matchups I may like, however it depends who the puck stopper is. Stay tuned to the #nhl and # sports betting tabs on Discord, as well as Twitter for any changes or more potential matchups as more news unfolds!
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 bacon.
