Tuesday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 4/6

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Trends and Indexes

Tuesday, April 6

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

Active leaders in most sacrifice flies, career:
115— Albert Pujols
89— Evan Longoria
86— Miguel Cabrera
71— Yadier Molina
67— Ryan Zimmerman
62— Kurt Suzuki

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 554,522
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.


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Armadillo: Tuesday's Den: Nobody asked me, but……..

We’re doing a survey this week; you know how the guy who wins the Masters picks the menu for the champions’ dinner the next year? He can choose anything he likes.

If you won the Masters, what food would you serve at the champions’ dinner?

E-mail me at [email protected] or text me, if you know my cell number. We’ll post the results later on this week.

13) Baylor 86, Gonzaga 70:
— Game was 11-1 early on; Gonzaga never threatened to win.
— Baylor led its two Final Four games by 25-10 points at halftime.

— Baylor shot 10-23 on the arc, scored 1.26 ppp.
— Great season ends for Gonzaga; they lost in finals twice in last four tournaments.

12) 18 years ago, Scott Drew went to Waco to clean up an unspeakable mess; the previous coach had been fired after a Baylor player murdered another player, and the coach tried to frame the dead player as a drug dealer to cover up NCAA rules violations.

Not good.

Drew was advised not to take the Baylor job, that it was too big a mess, but by his fifth year in Waco, Baylor was 21-11, and in the NCAA Tournament. Two years later, he was in the Elite 8. Now he is a national champion.

One of the great re-building jobs ever, for sure.

11) Jets traded QB Sam Darnold to Carolina for three draft picks; a 2nd/4th/6th round pick, with two of those picks coming in 2022.

Darnold was 13-25 as the Jets’ starting QB, but the franchise has been a mess; plus, he had mononucleosis at the start of last season. He is still only 23 years old, six months younger than Joe Burrow, the QB Panthers’ OC Joe Brady mentored at LSU.

What do the Panthers do with Teddy Bridgewater? He has $10M of his $17M salary for next season fully guaranteed, which makes it harder to trade him.

10) North Carolina hired alum/assistant coach Hubert Davis as its new basketball coach. Davis had been a Carolina assistant for nine years; he was working on ESPN before that. He played in the NBA for 12 years, has never been a head coach.

UNC’s dilemma here here is that they seem to be obsessed with hiring alums to coach their basketball team, but a list of Tar Heel alums who are qualified to be an ACC head coach isn’t real long. Not sure this is an entry level position.

9) Texas Tech replaced the departed Chris Beard with assistant Mark Adams, a defensive wizard who is a Tech alum (Beard is a Texas alum). We’ll see if Tech remains as active in the transfer portal as they were under Beard.

8) Central Michigan picked a weird time to fire its coach Keno Davis; when you’ve been at a mid-major for nine years and have never made the NCAA’s, you’re on thin ice, but this seemed late, with recruiting/poaching already underway.

Chippewas were 23-12 two years ago, but went 10-24 in MAC games the last two years- they haven’t been in the NCAA’s since 2003, when they had future NBA big man Chris Kaman.

7) Padres’ SS Fernando Tatis Jr subluxated his left shoulder while batting Monday night; they’ll examine him again today, but he appears headed to the IL. Subluxation is a partial dislocation of the shoulder.

22-year old Tatis signed a 14-year, $340M deal this winter; they need him healthy.

6) Last year was the first time EVER in the major leagues that #2 hitters in the lineup hit more home runs (332) than #3 hitters in the lineup (289).

5) Last year was first time ever the Mets led the major leagues in batting average, but they were 13th in runs scored, which obviously is more important.

4) Major League Baseball is moving this July’s All-Star Game to Denver; should make for quite the Home Run Derby.

3) Indiana hired alum Dane Fife as an associate coach to new head coach Mike Woodson; Fife spent the last ten years working for Tom Izzo at Michigan State.

2) Aaron Rodgers is hosting Jeopardy! this week and next; he was a contestant in a celebrity tournament a few years ago, now he is taking a shot at hosting it. How weird would it be if he retired from the NFL to replace Alex Trebek as the show’s next permanent host?

1) Was talking the other day about guys discussing futures bets on the NFL; the Darnold trade is a good example of how wagering on stuff this long before the season starts has the potential for disaster.

Jets are almost sure to have a rookie QB starting now; as I type this, the only two QB’s on their depth chart are James Morgan (FIU) and Mike White (Western Kentucky). New coach Robert Saleh comes to the Jets from San Francisco; would they trade for Jimmy Garoppolo?

Don’t forget to answer our survey question:

If you won the Masters, what food would you serve at the champions’ dinner?

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51BUFFALO -52 NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY is 2-14 ATS (-12.4 Units) in home games against poor passing teams - averaging 4 or less assists per game in the current season.

53PITTSBURGH -54 NY RANGERS
NY RANGERS are 37-26 ATS (14.5 Units) against poor defensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp over the last 2 seasons.

55TAMPA BAY -56 COLUMBUS
TAMPA BAY is 15-1 ATS (13.9 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

57BOSTON -58 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.

59WASHINGTON -60 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) in home games after playing a home game in the current season.

61FLORIDA -62 CAROLINA
JOEL QUENNEVILLE is 15-9 ATS (5.1 Units) in road games against good passing teams - averaging 5 or more assists per game (Coach of FLORIDA)

61FLORIDA -62 CAROLINA
FLORIDA is 15-9 ATS (9.4 Units) in road games against good passing teams - averaging 5 or more assists per game over the last 2 seasons.

63NASHVILLE -64 DETROIT
NASHVILLE is 16-4 ATS (12.2 Units) vs. losing teams in the current season.

67DALLAS -68 CHICAGO
DALLAS are 5-19 ATS (-17.3 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

69ANAHEIM -70 SAN JOSE
ANAHEIM is 5-19 ATS (-14.2 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

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Trend Report
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Florida @ Carolina
Florida
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Florida is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games at home
Carolina is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Florida

Buffalo @ New Jersey
Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
Buffalo is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo
New Jersey is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games

Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Rangers
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
NY Rangers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Washington @ NY Islanders
Washington
Washington is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
NY Islanders is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games at home

Boston @ Philadelphia
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Philadelphia is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Boston

Tampa Bay @ Columbus
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay

Nashville @ Detroit
Nashville
Nashville is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Nashville is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Detroit
Detroit is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Dallas @ Chicago
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games on the road
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Chicago
Chicago is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 8 games

Anaheim @ San Jose
Anaheim
Anaheim is 15-2 ATS in its last 17 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games on the road
San Jose
San Jose is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Anaheim
San Jose is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Anaheim


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