Hockey Handicapping Articles
NHL Futures Odds: Point Totals for New Season Released by Sportsbooks
by Alan Harris - 9/14/2016
Over the last two days, we took a look at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey that gets underway this weekend in Toronto, and now we have some more NHL odds to sink our teeth into before the season starts in early October. Our friends over at The Westgate Superbook have released their point totals for all 30 NHL teams, and they are listed below. We haven't dug too deep into these as we've been working on the World Cup, but we will get to them shortly and have a couple of free plays for you down the road.
2016 World Cup of Hockey Odds and Expert Betting Predictions Part 2
by Alan Harris - 9/13/2016
Yesterday we previewed the eight teams that will compete in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, and at the end of our preview, we promised our futures pick on the team that we have played to win the tournament. So without further adieu, here is our prediction.
2016 World Cup of Hockey Odds and Expert Betting Predictions Part 1
by Alan Harris - 9/12/2016
The World Cup of Hockey has started exhibition games before the official start of the tournament so the players can get their legs under them before the round-robin stage gets under way on Sept. 17. The tournament, as usual, will feature eight teams, but there is a big difference in this edition compared to others.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 5/9/2016
Just one team entering Monday has reached the conference finals, and it's a club I didn't think would get there without two of its best players in center and captain Steven Stamkos and defenseman Anton Stralman: the Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 5/2/2016
The Pittsburgh Penguins have overtaken the Washington Capitals as Bovada Eastern Conference favorites, with the Pens at +140 and Caps at +150 entering Monday's Game 3 of their tied series in the Steel City. Both are +375 to win the Stanley Cup.
Free NHL Picks: St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas Stars Second Round Preview
by Chris Vasile - 4/28/2016
St. Louis is definitely the more experienced team that has been down this road before. This year they finally managed to make it out of the first round and exercised some demons. It was a gruelling seven-game battle with Chicago, which could come back to haunt them in the second round.
Free NHL Picks: Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals Second Round Preview
by Chris Vasile - 4/27/2016
No matter the sport, there will always be a pair of players seemingly intertwined and compared on a daily basis. Whether it was Magic and Bird or Kobe and LeBron in the NBA or Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in the MLB or even Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in the NFL… The NHL is no different. It has been Crosby and Ovechkin since the start of the 21st century. And after a seven-year wait the media-built rivalry takes center stage in Round 2 of the NHL Playoffs.
Free NHL Picks: New York Islanders vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Second Round Preview
by Chris Vasile - 4/26/2016
As the NHL gets set to kick off the second round of playoff action, the two teams who were almost certainly picked to lose their first-round matchup will get the chance to do battle for a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 4/25/2016
Somewhat tough to scout the week ahead because the NHL hasn't yet announced the schedule for the conference semifinal round of the playoffs. In the West, Dallas has advanced after taking out Minnesota in six games. That one was an easy call. I didn't expect to see San Jose eliminate the Los Angeles Kings, but the Sharks did so in five games. That had to be sweet redemption for San Jose after blowing a 3-0 series lead against L.A. in 2014.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 4/18/2016
In my opinion, the big winner of the first week of the Stanley Cup playoffs was the Western Conference top-seeded Dallas Stars. The big loser? The greater Los Angeles area. I didn't give the Stars a great chance of winning the West because while it's a fabulous offensive team, Dallas wasn't great on defense during the regular season. But with has happened to the two L.A. teams thus far, now I'm rethinking that.
NHL Playoffs Series Odds with Expert Picks and Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 4/13/2016
There is nothing better than playoff hockey in the NHL, and starting this Wednesday night with the Game 1 action in the Conference Quarterfinals there will be eight best-of-seven series on the betting board that could go either way no matter what the regular-season records or the current betting odds say.
NHL Playoffs Betting Picks: Series Underdogs Worth a Wager
by Trevor Whenham - 4/12/2016
The first round of the NHL Playoffs are set. As a Canadian I can't help being a little sad that no teams from my country are represented, but sadly that just means that the hockey will be better this year - we invented hockey, but our teams are all terrible at it. Without the Canuck influence, what we have are eight pretty compelling playoff series - or, more accurately, seven compelling series and Nashville and Anaheim.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 4/11/2016
Certainly the top storyline has to involve the Chicago Blackhawks, the team of the decade. Chicago has won three Stanley Cups in the past six seasons but has yet to repeat. The last team to go back-to-back was the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 & '98. These Hawks don't look as good as last year's club, but if any team knows how to flip a switch, it's this one. Patrick Kane finished with an NHL-high and career-best 106 points to become the first American-born player to win the Art Ross Trophy as top scorer.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 4/4/2016
Rather hard to imagine already, but it's the final week of the NHL's regular season. And if you happen to be living north of the border or are a fan of a Canadian hockey team, well, sucks for you. That's because all seven teams from that country will miss the playoffs. It's the first time since 1970 that no Canadian team will compete for Lord Stanley's Cup. Back then, the only Canadian teams in the 12-team league were Montreal and Toronto, two of the Original Six franchises.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 3/28/2016
For the most part, we know which teams are in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the West, it will be Dallas, St. Louis and Chicago from the Central Division. Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose will make it from the Pacific Division. And Nashville and Minnesota from the Central should claim the final two wild-card spots. The Wild got a huge win in that regard on Saturday against Colorado; the Avs are now five points behind the Wild for that final wild-card spot and Minnesota holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 3/21/2016
We are witnessing something pretty unusual from an individual perspective in the NHL this season that you may not be aware of. Take a look at the NHL points leaders. You have Ottawa's Erik Karlsson tied for fourth in the league with 73 points while leading with 60 assists. And you have San Jose's Brent Burns 10th in points with 65. He has 26 goals. What's so unusual about that? Both are defensemen.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 3/14/2016
One could make the argument that home-ice advantage is more important in the NHL than in the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball (they don't have ice, but you get the drift). That's because home NHL teams actually have a schematic advantage in that they get the last line change off a stoppage of play. Thus the coach can manipulate matchups if need be.
NHL Hockey Odds and Picks: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 3/7/2016
A lot of people thought last season's Tampa Bay Lightning resembled the 2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks. By that I mean, a young team with a few rising superstars -- Steve Stamkos, Victor Hedman particularly -- ready to be a perennial Stanley Cup contender. Of course, the Bolts lost last year's Finals in six games to those Hawks, but everyone assumed the Lightning would be back.
NHL Handicapping: Teams Most Improved at Trade Deadline
by Trevor Whenham - 3/2/2016
There were a lot of deals dome at the NHL trade deadline and the days leading into this year. The problem, though, is that they weren't really the big deals that people love and were hoping for. A lot of the names that seemed to inevitably be heading elsewhere ended up staying with their teams. On the actual deadline day the problem seemed to be Calgary. The Flames got a very strong price for defenseman Kris Russell from Dallas in the morning, and that seemed to embolden sellers and scare off buyers to the point that the market wasn't there anymore.
NHL Trade Deadline Major Moves and Updated Futures Odds
by Chris Vasile - 3/1/2016
The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and nobody even batted an eyelash. What was once a very exciting day in the hockey world is now as watered down as three-dollar drinks in any local watering hole. For months, speculation and rumors have run rampant across major hockey markets (all of which are seemingly in Canada) in the hopes of turning plug-and-play roster players into future draft picks and with a high upside.
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