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

[Udog]

41VEGAS -42 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 10-20 ATS (-12 Units) after covering 4 of their last 5 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.




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Friday, June 18






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Friday, June 18

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Vegas @ Montreal
Vegas
Vegas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Montreal
Montreal is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Vegas


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[StarDust Bum]

FRIDAY, JUNE 18
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

VEG at MON 08:00 PM
VEG -159
U 5.0
+500 +500

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/18/2021......0-1-1.....25.00%.........-7.95
06/17/2021......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/16/2021.......1-0-1.....75.00%.......+11.35
06/15/2021.......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/14/2021.......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/13/2021.......1-1-0......50.00%........+2.65
06/10/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%......+10.00
06/09/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%......+11.10
06/08/2021.......1-3-0.......25.00%.......-13.35
06/06/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% .......- 0.65
06/05/2021...... 2-1-1 ......62.50%...... + 6.70
06/04/2021 ......1-3-0 ......25.00%...... -11.60
06/03/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% .......- 3.25
06/02/2021 ......2-2-0 ......50.00% ......+ 0.50
06/01/2021 ......1-1-0 ......50.00%....... - 0.60

Totals:...........17-22-3......43.58%.........- 27.60


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BEST BETS:

06/18/2021.......0-1-1.......00.00%.......- 7.95
06/17/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%.......-10.50
06/18/2021.......1-0-1.....100.00%.......+11.35
06/15/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%........-10.50
06/14/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%........-10.50
06/13/2021.......1-1-0.......50.00%........+2.65
06/10/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%.......+10.00
06/09/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%.......+11.10
06/08/2021.......1-1-0.......50.00%.........- 0.50
06/06/2021.......2-2-0.......50.00%.........- 0.65
06/05/2021.......2-1-1.......62.50%........+.6.70
06/04/2021 ......1-3-0...... 25.00% ........-11.60
06/02/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% ........+.0.50
06/01/2021 ......1-1-0 .......50.00% ........-.0.60

Totals............15-16-3........48.38%........ - 10.50

[Udog]

Saturday’s 6-pack
MLB leaders in RBI:
56— Rafael Devers, Bos/Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
53— Jose Abreu, CWS
50— Olson, Meadows, Ohtani, Tatis
49— Jesus Aguilar Mia/Trey Mancini Balt
48— Duvall, YGurriel, Walsh
47— Adolis Garcia, Tex

Quote of the Day
“If he’s a good hitter, why doesn’t he hit good?”
Billy Beane, Moneyball

Saturday’s quiz
On which college campus where parts of the famous movie Animal House filmed?

Friday’s quiz
Bob Melvin manages the Oakland A’s; he also managed Seattle and Arizona.

Thursday’s quiz
Nate McMillan played his college basketball at North Carolina State.

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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind…….

13) Clippers 131, Jazz 119:
— Utah led 72-50 at halftime.
— LA outscored Jazz 81-47 in second half.
— Clippers are in NBA’s Final Four for first time ever.

12) 76ers 104, Hawks 99:
— Game 7 is Sunday in Philadelphia.
— Seth Curry, who has a famous brother, scored 24 for the 76ers.
— Atlanta was 13-24 on foul line, lost by five points.

11) Pirates 11, Indians 10— Pittsburgh is just second team in last 100 years to end a losing streak of 10+ games, by winning a game in which they allowed 10+ runs.

’82 Cubs were the other team, if you were wondering.

10) There have been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, last of which was in 2009, by Eric Bruntlett of the Phillies. 8 shortstops, 5 second basemen and 2 first basemen have pulled this off.

In 1968, Washington Senators’ SS Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play; it was the first one in the majors since 1927- there wasn’t another one until 1992.

9) I am told there have been 726 triple plays in major league history.

8) This is just random weirdness.

— Orioles lost their last 19 road games; their last road win was May 5, when John Means threw a no-hitter in Seattle. Means is currently on the IL.

— Diamondbacks lost their last 23 road games; their last road win was April 25, when Madison Bumgarner threw a 7-inning no-hitter in Atlanta. Bumgarner is also currently on the IL.

7) Guy on ESPN’s Daily Wager gave out Brewers-Rockies under 9 runs on Thursday’s show; if you’re getting paid to give out picks, preferably winning picks, why give out an under play for a game at Coors Field, especially when Brandon Woodruff is now 0-1, 9.24 in three career starts vs Colorado, and that ERA actually came down during this game, a 7-3 Colorado win???

6) Giants’ IF Wilmer Flores’ walk-up song is the theme from the old TV show Friends; back when Flores was coming up thru the minor leagues, he learned most of his English by watching lots and lots of Friends episodes (Flores is from Venezuela). He’s not the only one either; have heard that story about a few big league ballplayers.

5) Mets have doubleheaders today, Monday and Friday, which is probably why they hesitated to put Jason deGrom on the IL; they could use his help during this difficult time in their schedule.

4) July is going to be a fascinating month in baseball; what teams give up and trade players, and which teams will be adding salary to try and win now?

3) Celtics traded G Kemba Walker to Oklahoma City in an oddly-timed trade; I didn’t even know you could announce trades during the playoffs.

Boston gets Al Horford, Moses Brown and some payroll flexibility; Walker will make $73M over the next two years, Horford $53M. There were also draft picks exchanged.

Oklahoma City now owns 18 first round picks to use in the next seven drafts.

2) Something to watch for in tonight’s Game 7 in the NBA: Milwaukee had 26 fast break points in Game 6, Brooklyn only 4. Can the Nets stop Milwaukee from running?

1) If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL— Mets, Cubs, Giants. Wild Card: San Diego @ Dodgers
AL— Rays, White Sox, A’s. Wild Card: Houston @ Boston

[Udog]

[Udog]

51TAMPA BAY -52 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 25-12 ATS (15.8 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.




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Saturday, June 19






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Saturday, June 19

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Tampa Bay @ NY Islanders
Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
NY Islanders is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay


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[StarDust Bum]

SATURDAY, JUNE 19
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

TB at NYI 08:00 PM
NYI +116
U 5.0
+500 +500

[StarDust Bum]

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/19/2021......1-0-1.....75.00%........+5.80
06/18/2021......0-1-1.....25.00%.........-7.95
06/17/2021......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/16/2021.......1-0-1.....75.00%.......+11.35
06/15/2021.......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/14/2021.......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/13/2021.......1-1-0......50.00%........+2.65
06/10/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%......+10.00
06/09/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%......+11.10
06/08/2021.......1-3-0.......25.00%.......-13.35
06/06/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% .......- 0.65
06/05/2021...... 2-1-1 ......62.50%...... + 6.70
06/04/2021 ......1-3-0 ......25.00%...... -11.60
06/03/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% .......- 3.25
06/02/2021 ......2-2-0 ......50.00% ......+ 0.50
06/01/2021 ......1-1-0 ......50.00%....... - 0.60

Totals:...........18-22-4......45.00%.........- 21.80


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BEST BETS:

06/19/2021.......1-0-1.....75.00%........+5.80
06/18/2021.......0-1-1.......00.00%.......- 7.95
06/17/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%.......-10.50
06/18/2021.......1-0-1.....100.00%.......+11.35
06/15/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%........-10.50
06/14/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%........-10.50
06/13/2021.......1-1-0.......50.00%........+2.65
06/10/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%.......+10.00
06/09/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%.......+11.10
06/08/2021.......1-1-0.......50.00%.........- 0.50
06/06/2021.......2-2-0.......50.00%.........- 0.65
06/05/2021.......2-1-1.......62.50%........+.6.70
06/04/2021 ......1-3-0...... 25.00% ........-11.60
06/02/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% ........+.0.50
06/01/2021 ......1-1-0 .......50.00% ........-.0.60

Totals............16-16-4........50.00%........ - 4.70

[Udog]

Sunday’s 6-pack
Best road records in MLB:
23-11— Boston
19-10— Oakland
24-15— Tampa Bay
22-16— San Francisco
19-14— Milwaukee
20-15— LA Dodgers

Quote of the Day
“There’s no such thing as a sure thing, that’s why they call it gambling.”
Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple

Sunday’s quiz
What year did the Dodgers move to Los Angeles?

Saturday’s quiz
Parts of the famous movie Animal House were filmed at the University of Oregon.

Friday’s quiz
Bob Melvin manages the Oakland A’s; he also managed Seattle and Arizona.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Bucks 115, Nets 111 (OT)
— Milwaukee wins series in seven games.
— Last time a Game 7 went to OT? 2006, Dallas-San Antonio.
— Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points for the Bucks.
— Kevin Durant played all 53:00, scored 48 points.

12) Durant’s performance was totally amazing; the guy tore his Achilles June 10, 2019, yet he played 47:00/game in Games 5-7 here, and at a really high level. Achilles injuries are difficult to come back from.

11) Blue Jays 10, Orioles 7:
— Mountcastle hit three HR’s, Mullins hit two, but Baltimore still lost.
— Toronto scored six runs in the 9th for the comeback win.
— Orioles’ first six hits in this game were all home runs.

10) Dodgers 9, Arizona 3— How depressing must it be to be in the Arizona traveling party these days? They’ve lost 16 games in a row, 30 of last 32. Hard to believe any of the coaches will be back next year; those are lucrative jobs.

Just a bad year overall for Arizona; the GM’s wife has cancer, which is way worse, obviously, than the baseball stuff, but they could use something good to happen in the desert.

9) Walker Buehler had a no-hitter until the 8th inning of that game; there were lot of people wearing blue in Phoenix this weekend, rooting on the world champs.

8) Padres 7, Reds 5— Joey Votto/David Bell got tossed in the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. I mean, San Diego is throwing a bullpen game and you get tossed in the first inning?

7) Mets split a doubleheader in Washington; they host Atlanta for a twinbill on Monday, then host the Phillies for another one Friday. Three doubleheaders in seven days, with the health of star pitcher Jacob deGrom a big ???? Could be a long week in Flushing.

6) Mariners 6, Rays 5— Tampa Bay won Tyler Glasnow’s last start Monday, but they’re 0-5 since he went on the IL with a UCL problem. Without Glasnow to anchor their rotation, they have been stretching out the starters who usually only face the opposing lineup twice a game.

5) Statistical oddity; Milwaukee is 39-32, but they’ve given up four more runs than they’ve scored this season.

4) Tuesday there is a big meeting about expanding the college football playoff system from four teams to 12. Too much money to be made for it not to happen, but if it does happen, apparently it won’t be until 2023. It’ll be a big deal when it happens.

Imagine the politics inside that meeting? All those highly-paid administrators trying to get guarantees for their leagues. Lot of weasels in that room, for sure.

3) Los Angeles Lakers fired their trainer for second time in three years; before that, the previous trainer had been there for 30+ years. Maybe they should bring him back?

2) Cardinals-Braves are not only a day/night doubleheader today, but the night game is on ESPN; Sunday Night Baseball has a seven-inning game. No bueno.

Braves fly to New York after and play a twinbill against the Mets Monday; that should be fun.

1) A newspaper writer from Mississippi finished last in his fantasy football league last year; the penalty for finishing last is that you have to spend 24 consecutive hours in a Waffle House restaurant, with an hour taken off the sentence for every waffle you eat.

I love waffles, but Waffle House waffles are large, about the size of a plate. This guy winds up downing nine waffles, spending 15 hours inside the restaurant this week.

Some quick thoughts:
— This guy gave Waffle House so much free publicity, he should get free waffles for a year.
— Is it strange that they didn’t care that he sat there for 15 consecutive hours?
— I’m curious when the last time he ate was before going to Waffle House.
— You have to use maple syrup, right? Dry waffles might not go down well.

[Udog]

[Udog]

61VEGAS -62 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 10-4 ATS (5.6 Units) as a # 4 seed in the playoffs in the last 3 seasons.




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Dunkel

Sunday, June 20






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Sunday, June 20

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Vegas @ Montreal
Vegas
Vegas is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Vegas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Montreal
Montreal is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Montreal is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Vegas


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[StarDust Bum]

SUNDAY, JUNE 20
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

VEG at MON 08:00 PM
VEG -174
U 5.5
+500 +500

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD


06/20/2021......2-0-0....100.00%......+10.00
06/19/2021......1-0-1.....75.00%........+5.80
06/18/2021......0-1-1.....25.00%.........-7.95
06/17/2021......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/16/2021.......1-0-1.....75.00%.......+11.35
06/15/2021.......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/14/2021.......0-2-0.......0.00%........-10.50
06/13/2021.......1-1-0......50.00%........+2.65
06/10/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%......+10.00
06/09/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%......+11.10
06/08/2021.......1-3-0.......25.00%.......-13.35
06/06/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% .......- 0.65
06/05/2021...... 2-1-1 ......62.50%...... + 6.70
06/04/2021 ......1-3-0 ......25.00%...... -11.60
06/03/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% .......- 3.25
06/02/2021 ......2-2-0 ......50.00% ......+ 0.50
06/01/2021 ......1-1-0 ......50.00%....... - 0.60

Totals:...........20-22-4......47.61%.........- 11.80


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BEST BETS:

06/20/2021.......1-0-0,,,,,100.00%.......+5.00
06/19/2021.......1-0-1.....75.00%........+5.80
06/18/2021.......0-1-1.......00.00%.......- 7.95
06/17/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%.......-10.50
06/18/2021.......1-0-1.....100.00%.......+11.35
06/15/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%........-10.50
06/14/2021.......0-2-0.......00.00%........-10.50
06/13/2021.......1-1-0.......50.00%........+2.65
06/10/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%.......+10.00
06/09/2021.......2-0-0.....100.00%.......+11.10
06/08/2021.......1-1-0.......50.00%.........- 0.50
06/06/2021.......2-2-0.......50.00%.........- 0.65
06/05/2021.......2-1-1.......62.50%........+.6.70
06/04/2021 ......1-3-0...... 25.00% ........-11.60
06/02/2021...... 2-2-0 ......50.00% ........+.0.50
06/01/2021 ......1-1-0 .......50.00% ........-.0.60

Totals............17-16-4........51.51%........ + 0.30

[Udog]

Monday’s 6-pack
Most games with 4+ RBI as a San Francisco Giant:
53— Barry Bonds
52— Willie McCovey
34— Willie Mays
32— Jeff Kent
25— Matt Williams
23— Orlando Cepeda

Quote of the Day
“It takes years to make an overnight success.”
Eddie Cantor

Monday’s quiz
Which actor played a District Attorney on Law & Order, and in real life, was a US Senator from Tennessee from 1994-2003?
(Hint: He also played the university president in Necessary Roughness)

Sunday’s quiz
Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.

Saturday’s quiz
Parts of the famous movie Animal House were filmed at the University of Oregon.

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Monday’s Den: Random stuff, and Mountain West football knowledge

Hawks 103, 76ers 96:
— Atlanta won despite Trae Young going 5-23 from the floor.
— Kevin Huerter (from suburban Albany) scored 27 points.
— Embiid scored 31 points, had 11 rebounds on a bum leg; he was a warrior in this series.

Suns 120, Clippers 114:
— Devin Booker scored 40 for Phoenix.
— Clippers are down 1-0 for third series in a row.
— Suns were +18 in the 14:00 Torrey Craig played.
— Clippers have played every other day since June 2nd.

Nationals 5, Mets 2:
— Kyle Schwarber homered three times, has 5 homers in last two games.

Brewers 7, Rockies 6:
— Colorado hit four homers in the 6th inning, erasing a 6-0 deficit, but those were the only runs they scored. Daniel Vogelbach knocked in the winning run in the 9th inning.

New York 2, A’s 1:
— Game ended with Sean Murphy grounding into a triple play on a 2-0 pitch, after the first two batters of the inning had walked.

Mariners 6, Rays 2 (10):
— Shed Long hit a walk-off grand slam in 10th inning.
— Rays lost their last six games.
— Tampa Bay is calling up its #1 prospect Wander Franco Tuesday.

Why do teams shift against everyone? Reds shifted against San Diego C Victor Caratini Sunday, like he was Reggie Jackson or Dave Winfield— the guy is batting .219.

Caratini sticks his bat out, hits a soft ground ball to shortstop, but problem is, the shortstop isn’t there, because the Reds shift against everyone. Caratini is hitting .219; the over-educated imbeciles who run some of these front offices justify their existence by shifting way too much.

Mountain West football knowledge:
Air Force
— Five new offensive linemen and a new QB; lot of questions on offense.
— Falcons have a new special teams coach; last guy was there 10 years.
— 3 starters back on offense, 1 on defense.

Boise State
— LY’s coach bolted to Auburn; the new coach was a defensive coordinator.
— Boise was 115th in country LY in rushing yardage; no bueno.
— 8 starters back on offense, 8 on defense.

Colorado State
— Rams played only four games LY; they want to run the ball more.
— State had five punts/kicks returned for TD’s last season; not good.
— 9 starters back on offense, 10 on defense.

Fresno State
— Bulldogs scored 30+ ppg, for third year in a row.
— Fresno gave up 212 rushing yards, 30 points/game LY.
— 9 starters back on offense, 10 on defense.

Hawai’i
— Coach Graham’s son is the QB this season.
— Their kicker was only 2-7 on FG’s of 40+ yards LY.
— 7 starters back on offense, 9 on defense.

Nevada
— QB Strong threw 27 TD passes, only four INT’s last year.
— Wolf Pack brought in three D-I transfers for their secondary.
— 9 starters back on offense, 9 on defense.

UNLV
— Rebels recruited well last two years, also brought in some transfers.
— 8 starters back on offense, 10 on defense.
— When your season win total is 1.5 wins, expectations aren’t high.

New Mexico
— New QB Wilson started 25 games for Kentucky; he’s pretty good.
— Lobos couldn’t play at home LY, so getting back home should be fun.
— 7 starters back on offense, 6 on defense.

San Diego State
— Aztecs threw only six TD passes LY, were 115th in passing yardage.
— 8 starters back on offense, 9 on defense.
— San Diego State is temporarily playing home games 115 miles from campus.

San Jose State
— Spartans came out of nowhere to win league title LY, but lost their bowl game.
— San Jose’s QB Starkel will be protected by an OL with 91 returning starts.
— 8 starters back on offense, 10 on defense.

Utah State
— New coach Anderson’s Arkansas State team threw for 364.4 ypg LY.
— Aggies gave up 34+ points in five of six games LY.
— 9 starters back on offense, 7 on defense.

Wyoming
— Cowboys completed less than half their passes the last three years.
— Wyoming returns its top 10 tacklers from last season.
— 8 starters back on offense, 9 on defense.

[Udog]