Cnotes 2020/2021 NHL Season Long Trends, News, Notes, Picks !

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1BOSTON -2 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

3CAROLINA -4 TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY is 27-10 ATS (13.9 Units) against good possession teams-averaging 3+ more shots on goal than opp over the last 2 seasons.




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Thursday, June 3






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Thursday, June 3

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Boston @ NY Islanders
Boston
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Islanders
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Carolina @ Tampa Bay
Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing Carolina


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Thursday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the Memorial golf tournament:
9-1— Jon Rahm
14-1— Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy
16-1— Hovland, Morikawa, Spieth, Thomas
20-1— Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele
22-1— Hideki Matsuyama, Tony Finau
31-1— Shane Lowry

Quote of the Day
“He’s feeling really good on the mound right now. Pitchers go through stretches where everything lines up for them. All the pitches are working and are kind of at the top of his game. Right now, he’s featuring his best weapons of the season so far, and he’s been able to string it together.”
Rays’ manager Kevin Cash, on 41-year old pitcher Rich Hill

Thursday’s quiz
Who replaced John Wooden as UCLA’s basketball coach?

Wednesday’s quiz
Cleveland Indians won 22 games in a row in 2017, the American League record for most consecutive wins.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the last 20 years, the ’06 Kansas City Royals have the longest losing streak, dropping 19 games in a row.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

13) 10-12 years ago, I read a book about college football called Meat Market, written by Bruce Feldman. It was mostly all about the recruiting period from December to Signing Day a few weeks later, and it dealt with the Ole Miss football program, then coached by Ed Orgeron.

After reading that book 10-12 years ago, if you had told me that Orgeron would making $8M a year coaching LSU in 2021, I’d have laughed at you, laughed loudly. I came away with two main questions after reading the book:

— Why would this guy give any outsider access to his program?
— Why would anyone, anyone hire this guy to be a head coach????

12) But, 10-12 years later, Orgeron has won a national title at LSU and now makes $8M a year. Go figure. He is a GREAT recruiter, and the Brady/Burrow OC/QB combination hit the jackpot for him in 2019- they’re both in the NFL now.

This week, LSU fired its offensive line coach; this fall, they’ll have two new coordinators, a new passing game coordinator, and now a new OL coach, after last year’s 5-5 disappointment.

We will see if LSU’s success is sustainable; will they land Arch Manning, the prize recruit in Louisiana? I’ve heard the kid has some relatives who were good quarterbacks, but they all played at either Ole Miss or Tennessee.

11) Dodgers 14, Cardinals 3— St Louis starter Carlos Martinez faced 12 batters; 10 of them scored. This was the most runs the Dodgers scored in the first inning of any game since May 21, 1952, when they whacked the Reds 19-1, in front of 11,580 fans at Ebbets Field.

Some notes from that game:
— Brooklyn’s pitcher Chris Van Cuyk went 4-5 in the game.
— Gil Hodges, manager of the ’69 Mets, batted 7th for the Dodgers.
— Rube Walker was the Dodgers’ catcher, and the ’69 Mets’ pitching coach.
— Guy named Dick Williams subbed in for Duke Snider late in the game; he is better known as the manager who won two World Series for the A’s in the 70’s.

10) Speaking of Dick Williams, my Mt Rushmore of Oakland A’s managers:
— Dick Williams— Only 3 years, but 3 division titles, 2 World Series titles.
— Bob Melvin— The current skipper is totally underrated, a great manager.
— Tony LaRussa— Won three straight AL titles from 1988-90.
— Art Howe— The movie Moneyball did him a huge disservice; he was an excellent skipper.

9) My Mt Rushmore of Rams head coaches:
— Dick Vermeil— Won Super Bowl XXXIV, the greatest football game ever.
— Sean McVay— Four winning seasons, three playoff spots, hopefully lot more to come.
— John Robinson— Restored team from dumpster fire status in the 80’s, had misfortune of coaching at same time that the 49ers had their great teams.
— Chuck Knox— His Rams were perennial playoff teams in the 70’s.

8) Mike Krzyzewski is going to retire as Duke’s basketball coach after this coming season; he’s been Duke’s coach since 1980, has won five national titles at Duke. Assistant coach Jon Scheyer has been named the next coach— good luck there.

7) I won’t mention the guy’s name, because it is today’s trivia question on this site, but the poor bastard who replaced John Wooden at UCLA went 52-9 in two seasons, but it wasn’t close to being good enough— he left after two seasons, and started up a brand new program halfway across the country. Guy was a hell of a coach, though, but Wooden, just like Krzyzewski will be, was an impossible act to follow.

Some casino should run a prop bet: who replaces Jon Scheyer as Duke’s coach in 2024?

6) There will be scapegoats; Danny Ainge is out as the head of basketball operations with the Celtics- Brad Stevens replaces him. Stevens will help choose his successor as head coach.

Random fact: Celtics have won one NBA title since 1986.

5) Mavericks 105, Clippers 100:
— Road team has won all five series games.
— Luke Doncic had 42 points, 14 assists.
— Dallas was minus-10 in the 5:00 Doncic sat out.

4) Knicks, Wizards, Grizzlies all got eliminated Wednesday night.

3) Two baseball games went over the total in the first inning Wednesday; Cards-Dodgers, and Mets-Arizona.

2) Now there is a story that Colorado Rockies might be hesitant to deal free agent-t0 be Trevor Story, figuring they won’t get that much for him anyway, since the team will only have him for half a season or so.

Not sure the Rockies’ front office has any idea what they’re doing- they already fired the GM earlier this season. Bud Black is a very good manager, but players win games, managers put the players in position to win the games, but if the players aren’t good enough, forget about it.

Losing Story this winter without getting anything in return would be baseball malpractice.

1) How baseball has changed; Game 1 of the 1974 World Series, A’s @ Dodgers. A’s lead 2-1 in the 5th inning, but starter Ken Holtzman struggles, and the A’s replace him with Rollie Fingers, their closer. They put their closer in the game in the fifth inning!!!!

Fingers threw 4.1 innings, gave up one run, before Catfish Hunter got the last out in a 3-2 win. The freakin’ closer got 13 outs in one game, so when you hear people say how modern closers are the best ever, consider that one for a second. Rollie Fingers was bleeping awesome.

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/02/2021 2-2-0 50.00% +0.50 Detail
06/01/2021 1-1-0 50.00% -0.60 Detail

Totals...............3-3-0........50.00%......-0.10


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BEST BETS:

06/02/2021..........2-2-0.............+0.50
06/01/2021..........1-1-0..............-0.60

Totals...................3-3-0..............-0.10

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MON at WIN 07:30 PM
MON +120
O 5.5
+500 +500

VEG at COL 10:00 PM
VEG +158
O 5.5
+500 +500



DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/01/2021 1-1-0 50.00% -60 Detail


BEST BETS:

06/01/2021..........1-1-0.............-60

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NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, June 2

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79VEGAS -80 COLORADO
VEGAS are 12-0 ATS (12 Units) revenging a road blowout loss versus opponent by 3 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.

81MONTREAL -82 WINNIPEG
MONTREAL is 1-13 ATS (-13.3 Units) after successfully covering the spread in 3 or more consecutive games in the last 3 seasons.




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Wednesday, June 2

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Montreal @ Winnipeg
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing Winnipeg
Montreal is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Winnipeg is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Vegas @ Colorado
Vegas
Vegas is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games
Vegas is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games


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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in RBI:
46— Jose Abreu, CWS
45— Vladimir Guerrero Tor
44—Trey Mancini, Balt
43— Rafael Devers, Bos
41— Adolis Garcia, Tex
40— Shohei Ohtani, LAA

Quote of the Day
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
Confucius

Wednesday’s quiz
Which team holds the American League record for most consecutive wins?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the last 20 years, the ’06 Kansas City Royals have the longest losing streak, dropping 19 games in a row.

Monday’s quiz
Jeff Van Gundy was the Knicks’ coach, last time they played in the NBA Finals.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) If you live in the Embassy Gardens apartments in London, you have access to a swimming pool that is elevated 115 feet in the air. The 82-foot-long heated pool, which stretches across two flat roofs of the Embassy Gardens’ Legacy buildings, has a clear floor— there is no freakin’ way I could stay in there very long. Looks like it is going to crash to the street any second now.

The pool utilizes an eight-inch-thick acrylic frame with a nearly 12-inch-thick base that’s just shy of 10 feet deep and weighs a whopping 50 tons- it ain’t crashing to the street.

And it looks really cool. Would still make me queasy though.

12) Denver 147, Portland 140, 2OT:
— Denver’s Jokic scored 38 points, had 9 assists, 11 rebounds.
— Portland’s Lillard was 12-17 on arc, scored 55 points in an amazing losing effort.
— Rest of the Trailblazers were 9-31 on the arc.
— Portland’s Powell was +11 in 51:00; they were minus-18 in 7:00 he sat out.
— Its not who starts, its who finishes: Denver’s Morris didn’t start, but scored 28 points in 41:00.

11) Quote of the Day, part 2:
“They’re trying to play tough, push our guys around, talk shit, but we can do that too. We show them as soon as we came back here. We can push guys around too. ……..we can be physical, but we can win games as well. Now we’re coming to your home to win this game again. We’ll send you on vacation.”
Clint Capela, Atlanta Hawks, who lead the Knicks 3-1.

Memo to Clint Capela; don’t wake the sleeping bear. Series ain’t over. Its been five years since the Hawks won a playoff series.

The great football coach Paul Brown once said: “When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.” Sound advice.

10) Monday night in Arizona, not only did Jacob deGrom throw six shutout innings, he also knocked in a run with a single, after Arizona walked the batter ahead of him intentionally to load the bases.

Before that hit, deGrom was 8-18 batting this season; he played shortstop in college, the guy can hit. Sketchy strategy loading the bases to pitch to him.

9) Speaking of Mets-Diamondbacks series, Wednesday afternoon’s game isn’t on TV, it is on YouTube. Just put your phone/laptop on, and it is there for free.

8) Quote of the Day, part 3:
“It’s only cheating if you get caught.”
Bill Cowher, talking about the Patriots’ SpyGate debacle.

7) Padres’ SS Fernando Tatis left Tuesday’s game with an oblique issue; they say Tatis is day-to-day, but oblique injuries tend to linger.

6) Florida Gators football coach Dan Mullen has a new contract extension; he will now get paid an average of $7.6M per season through 2026.

In the SEC, only Alabama’s Nick Saban ($9.1M) and LSU’s Ed Orgeron ($8.7M) make more.

5) Phoenix 115, Lakers 85— Daytime talkshows will be buzzing after this beating; Lakers aren’t so good without Anthony Davis. Suns lead the series 3-2.

By the way, you can bet on almost anything; one prop bet was Lebron James’ total of points, rebounds and assists was 44.5 for this game.

James scored 24 points, had 5 rebounds, 7 assists— the under hit.

4) Baltimore 7, Minnesota 4:
— Orioles snap their 14-game losing streak.
— Orioles snap an 0-16 skid against Minnesota.

3) Colorado 3, Texas 2 (11):
— Winning run scored on a wild pitch.
— Texas has lost 13 consecutive road games.

2) Time flies; Roger Goodell has been the NFL commissioner for 15 years already. Guy banks about $40M a year, so he ain’t going anywhere anytime soon.

1) Went to a Wendy’s drive-thru the other day, for first time in 20 months or so; prices have gone way up, like 30% up. Burgers were still good, but fast food is supposed to be relatively cheap, and this wasn’t. It also wasn’t very fast.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 1
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

TB at CAR 07:30 PM
CAR -112
U 5.5
+500 +500

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71TAMPA BAY -72 CAROLINA
CAROLINA is 13-3 ATS (10.3 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.




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Tuesday, June 1






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Tuesday, June 1

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Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
Carolina is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home


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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in runs scored:
43— Bo Bichette, Tor
42— Mark Canha, A’s
40— Vladimir Guerrero Tor/Chris Taylor LA
39— Ronald Acuna Atl/JD Martinez Bos
38— Max Muncy LA/Fernando Tatis SD
37— Jesse Winker, Cin

Quote of the Day
“It’s been tough last couple weeks, but we’re trying to keep our head up and trying to keep playing hard. We’ve been in a lot of close games and we’ve just got to try to turn the page and move on to the next one and hopefully win tomorrow.”
Orioles’ OF Ryan Mountcastle

Tuesday’s quiz
In the last 20 years, which major league team had the longest losing streak?

Monday’s quiz
Jeff Van Gundy was the Knicks’ coach, last time they played in the NBA Finals.

Sunday’s quiz
Hank Aaron has the most RBI’s in baseball history, 2,297.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Genius alert: A fan ran onto the court, jumped up and touched the backboard while the 76ers-Wizards game was going on Monday night. Security tackled the guy and got rid of him.

The whole thing seemed fairly harmless, but this kind of stuff has to stop, before someone runs on the court with more malicious intent; someone is going to get hurt. Players have a right to protect themselves, and players are mostly very large people.

If you go to a game, stay in the stands, but in any event, if you can’t handle your alcohol, just stay at home.

12) Long, long time ago, during a Baltimore Colts game, I think it was a playoff game, guy ran on the field and took the football in between plays. Colts had a linebacker named Mike Curtis who just totally crushed the guy with a tackle. Knocked him flat. Guy was so drunk he bounced right back up- after that, no one ran on the field and took the football.

11) Baltimore Orioles have now lost 14 games in a row; they’re 5 for their last 64 with runners in scoring position.

10) Montreal 3, Toronto 1— Maple Leafs blew a 3-1 series lead, losing Games 5-6 in overtime, then losing Game 7 at home; they haven’t won a playoff series of any kind since 2004.

9) Wizards 122, 76ers 114:
— Philly leads series 3-1, but Joel Embiid (knee) didn’t play the second half.
— Ben Simmons was 5-11 on the foul line. This bothers me.
— Wizards won despite Russell Westbrook going 3-19 from the floor.

8) Ben Simmons is a career 59.7% free throw shooter; I’ve coached high school kids who weren’t any good who shot better than that. Simmons is one of the five best passers I’ve ever seen; he is very, very skilled, but for whatever reason, he doesn’t shoot the ball well.

Few years ago, Showtime ran a 90-minute special on Simmons, about the period in between his year at LSU and his getting drafted by the 76ers. Was very anxious to see the special, wanted to like the kid, but fact of the matter, he wasn’t very likeable.

Shooting is something that can be learned with hours in the gym, just hard work and proper technique. Charles Barkley said it last night “You can’t be considered a superstar if you can’t shoot the ball”.

7) Utah 120, Memphis 113— Jazz take 3-1 series lead, making 17 of 34 3-pointers.

6) Looking ahead to college basketball for a minute, The Spectrum Center in Charlotte will host a pretty good quadruple-header on December 17th:.

St. Bonaventure/Virginia Tech
Richmond/NC State
Wake Forest/Charlotte
East Carolina/Liberty

5) Bad Luck Department: You know you’re going bad when the Mets are coming to town, and they get rained out Sunday, which means Jacob deGrom pitches against you Monday, when he was supposed to pitch Sunday and wasn’t supposed to pitch in this series.

Arizona has now lost 14 of its last 15 games.

4) Cubs’ 1B Anthony Rizzo hasn’t played the last six days because he has a stiff back; not sure why they’re not just putting him on the 10-day injured list. That way, they wouldn’t have to play a man short every single day.

3) Over the last 30 years, pitchers who averaged least pitches per inning in a season:
12.2— Carlos Silva, 2005 Twins
12.3— Greg Maddux, 1997 Braves
12.3— Bob Tewksbury, 1992 Cardinals

2) Since 2019, National League players with most RBI:
203— Freddie Freeman
179— Nolan Arenado
176— Eduardo Escobar

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Cubs-Giants. Wild Card: LA @ San Diego
AL: Rays-White Sox-A’s. Wild Card: Clev/Hst @ Boston

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NHL
Dunkel

Monday, May 31

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61NY ISLANDERS -62 BOSTON
NY ISLANDERS are 20-9 ATS (11.2 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

63MONTREAL -64 TORONTO
MONTREAL is 22-33 ATS (-18.8 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.




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Monday, May 31

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Montreal @ Toronto
Montreal
Montreal is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Montreal is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Montreal
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home

NY Islanders @ Boston
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
NY Islanders is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home


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