Betting this time of the year is extremely difficult. You cant predict the effort level of teams guaranteed a spot that are playing against teams fighting for a bottom seed, or even those who are out of the playoffs.

Even a bottom feeder has a chance to beat a top tier team this time of year. I stay away from it down the stretch.

Tough loss for the Oilers.

Feel bad for Koskinen. He was outstanding.

Oilers had like 5 shots during the first half of the game. He gave them a chance to win.

Vegas is surprising me tbh. I expected them to regress when Galant was fired. It has been the opposite.

This post was edited by Killingyouall on Mar 10 2020 07:52am

Also he bet on Piitsbugh who are in a huge funk and curently one of the worst teams in the league.
Washington has also been very meh I’m the last couple weeks.

I think I'm just gullible to all the hype and the money lines throw me off when it comes to hockey. For example, the main reason I bet on the Capitals last night at Buffalo besides the inviting -160 line. I had read an article earlier in the day from the Washington Post that discussed how stacked and loaded the Capitals were talent wise. Discussing their new acquisitions and how much depth they had. They made mention of how well their third and fourth lines were playing. So I figured they'd at least show up hungry to win that game. Fighting for a top seed I also read somewhere in that article.

Even the betting sites I looked at all predicted a 5-3 Capitals win at Buffalo against a disappointing Sabres team as they put it. I was shocked when the Capitals were trailing 2-0 going into the 3rd period. When they scored two goals to tie it 2-2 in the third it was more in line with the pace of the game I wanted to see. They couldn't generate much shots on goal during the first two periods. I think it was 17-17 SOG for both teams going into the final period.

If I do bet on hockey again I'll just bet with my heart and not my mind. For example. I love to watch the Arizona Coyotes play. In my opinion they're so young and talented, but let's face it the Coyotes are a disappointing team record wise. The 'Yotes have more losing streaks than winning ones. But anyway the Coyotes were hosting a hot Tampa Bay Lightning team back on February 22. That's the game my heart wanted to bet on, and I should've taken the amazing money line. Coyotes were something like +160 at home. I don't remember how tempting the closing line was. But I was like, "I better not, the Bolts are the best team in the game right now." And sure enough the Coyotes won that game 7-3! And the game I had bet on that same day was the Capitals -200 at New Jersey against a weak Devils team. And the Devils won 3-2. The money line made me think it was a lock.

It's like I can't catch a break. That's how you lose 11 NHL bets in a row. My type of OCD thinking and foolish logic. On the plus side I nearly bet on the Coyotes at Winnipeg last night instead of the Capitals at Sabres. Looks like the Coyotes lost 4-2 so I can take some comfort in knowing I'd have lost on that game as well. This time it didn't backfire when I bet on the Capitals instead of the Coyotes.

I'm going to absolutely love the NHL one day when Houston, Texas lands a franchise. I sure hope it's the Arizona Coyotes!

Honestly, I don't even think I'd do well betting on the 2020 NHL Playoffs. I'd probably keep the massive losing streak going! It would just go from 11 losses in a row to 15 and eventually 20. I'm taking the gigantic L's left and right, and even up the middle right now. I'm struggling with hockey so much right now that even the ice girls would outplay me.

Even if I knew for certain that powerhouse team I bet on would give it their all. So will the team they're playing. Wouldn't you get the best possible effort out of both teams in a playoff series? That seems more risky to me than these late-season games when I've been believing in those so called top contenders like the Penguins and Capitals. You have multiple superstars on both teams and to be honest Crosby and Ovechkin let me down in those four games. I got one goal total in the four games. The 700th goal by Ovechkin. Sid the kid didn't show me anything other than some fancy skating. Not even an assist.

I remember watching every playoff game between the Stars and Blues last year. It was one of the most epic playoffs series I've seen in ages. I couldn't remember a playoff series that I had enjoyed more except for maybe the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals when Mike Modano and Brett Hull (probably my two favorite NHL players of all time) won that OT thriller at Buffalo against a legendary goalie like Hasek. The Blues took it in 7 games, 2-1 in 2 OTs, but the Stars had some amazing chances to knock out the eventual Stanley Cup champions last year. In fact, I felt like the Stars were better than the Blues but they came up short.

TL:DR - I don't know what's good anymore. I love hockey. I've fallen in love with it. It's going to replace baseball for me if Houston lands a team.

We do we have here

Its a great sport, id recommend keep watching it, follow the coyotes they have a bright future, IF houston gets a team maybe switch or maybe it will be the yotes. But dont stop watching just cuz the betting isnt working out. Hcokey is the greatest sport on the planet, any team can win on any night regardless of the season they are having. Its not like basketball, no sissy shit, no super teams, it has great elements from every sport all in one.

Love you Rask

Damn we haven't been dominated like this is a really long time

Where TF is our neutral zone defense

Krejci with Pastrnak is sexy

flyers are 9-0 for a reason
over the 9-0 streak they have averaged like 4+ goals/game

this games tough though rasks playing really good

tbh with you though not many teams were able to keep up like this during this streak except for that game vs the sabers where philly played like ass
bruins are a good team hoping we dont gotta play them til conference finals or at all you guys are keeping up without carlo and krug in this game even

This post was edited by dragoneth on Mar 10 2020 07:09pm