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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. The month of January #30dayhandicappingchalenge (46-45) article picks (19-21) (0-2 Tuesday (one game pending but I’m sick and going to bed))
Pork’s Puck Pick- Arizona -112
Arizona is just the better team here. If I had faith picking the Sharks with their trouble scoring goals and stopping the puck against Anaheim, I have more faith in Arizona. After losing his last 2 starts, I believe Antti Raanta returns to his winning ways after mending his injuries during the all-star break. John Gibson has lost 4 of his last 5 starts, although I don’t think many are blaming him. I am actually surprised this line is as high as it is. Anaheim does have a respectable 11-9-3 home record, however, with Arizona sitting in 4 in the Pacific Division, they need wins and have to beat teams they should beat. This is one of those games.
Rib’s Puck Pick- Washington-162
Nashville is struggling right now. They are a team full of talent, that just doesn’t seem to gel right. Washington is coming off a victory in Montreal. Holtby looked like he had found his Grove again and is slated to start this game. They also get their leading puck slapper back in Alexander Ovechkin, after serving his slap on the wrist for abandoning the all-star festivities. Nashville has actually won the last 8 meetings between these clubs. But I see that trend ending tonight.
Bean’s Puck Pick – Vancouver+107
Vancouver has been playing some great hockey as of late. Markstrom has been especially good puck stopping his way to 8 wins in his last 10 games. Martin Jones has done the exact opposite winning 2 of his last 10 starts. Vancouver put out a real balanced attacking effort with a 3-1 win on Monday night against the Blues, who in my opinion are a much better team than the Sharks. As I said earlier the Sharks have had trouble with goaltending and goal-scoring consistency, where Vancouver holds a 10th ranked offense and 14th in goals against per game. Vancouver is just too deep and to balanced to let this one slip
There are a few other matchups I 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.
