Hockey Handicapping Articles
NHL Handicapping: Teams Poised for Strong Starts
by Trevor Whenham - 1/10/2013
In any year it is important for handicappers to get comfortable with what they expect from NHL teams before the season starts. Which teams will be ready to jump out of the gate fast, and which ones are destined for issues? This year, though, this will be even more important than usual. The shortened season, and the preseason that essentially doesn’t exist, means that a strong start is more important than ever. If a team isn’t ready to compete right away then they can get into a hole that can ruin its whole year. Games will come in rapid-fire succession, and each game means more than in a regular season.
NHL Handicapping: Tips for Betting on Early Games
by Trevor Whenham - 1/8/2013
The NHL finally got their heads out of their dark places and got back on the ice. That means that for the second year in a row we have a shortened season in a major sport — and all of the headaches that go with that. As we get ready to handicap the NHL when it starts in less than two weeks, here are five factors you’ll need to consider when looking for teams that could leap out of the gate and those that could start with a limp.
NHL Betting: Update on Labor Situation
by T.O. Whenham - 9/14/2012
There aren’t that many bettors who care about the NHL. There should be more, and there probably would be if the sport was better at self promotion — or at least at not looking ridiculous too often. As the sport spirals towards yet another work stoppage, though, bettors need to be paying attention.
2012 NHL Free Agency: Winners and Losers
by T.O. Whenham - 7/5/2012
There were two big free agents on the market this year — Americans Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. A lot of teams took a stab at landing one of them. Minnesota, improbably, landed both. They made a massive commitment to them — 13 years each and almost $200 million combined. It immediately makes this team very relevant, though. For a team that has never really managed to matter in their existence and which fell out of the playoffs last year after a red-hot start, this is the type of talent injection that could be considered a bargain down the road if it turns out like it could.
2012 NHL Free Agency Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 6/30/2012
July 1 is not only Canada’s birthday, but the opening day of free agency for the country’s favorite sport. Teams can talk to free agents for the first time on that day, and action is typically intense. This year’s free agent class is an interesting one. Teams have been aggressive in securing their own players, or trading for rights of players and negotiating new deals, so there is very little depth in the class. At the top-end, though, there are some very good players that will be heavily in demand.
NHL Picks: Kings at Devils Game 5 Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/8/2012
I clearly should have known better than to pick the Los Angeles Kings back home in Game 4 to sweep away the New Jersey Devils and end the 2011-12 NHL season. For one thing, the Kings had lost just twice in these playoffs entering Wednesday’s game and both had come at home with the chance to complete a sweep. In addition, the Devils had never been swept in a best-of-seven playoff series in their history (this is their 43rd series).
NHL Stanley Cup Picks: Devils at Kings Game 4 Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/6/2012
I hate to see the NHL season end – although it does drag on forever – but it sure looks like hockey will disappear until this fall after Wednesday night’s Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the visiting New Jersey Devils and the red-hot Los Angeles Kings.
Stanley Cup Finals Betting Preview: Kings vs. Devils Odds and Prediction
by T.O. Whenham - 5/29/2012
There are a lot of people who will tell you that this is a disappointing or underwhelming Stanley Cup Finals pairing. Those people are just plain wrong. Sure, it doesn’t look like much when a No. 6 seed meets a No. 8 seed in the battle for the nicest trophy in sports. Neither of these teams is what you would typically expect from their seeds, though.
2012 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Betting Preview
by David Schwab - 5/28/2012
The NHL is down to its final two teams in this season’s march to the Stanley Cup title, with the surprising New Jersey Devils coming in from the Eastern Conference and the red-hot Los Angeles Kings representing the West. The best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals gets underway this Wednesday night with the first of two games at the Prudential Center in Newark. The series shifts to the Staples Center in Los Angeles for Game 3 on Monday, June 4, and Wednesday, June 6. It will then alternate coasts for the last three games if necessary.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Betting Trends and Analysis
by David Schwab - 5/21/2012
The NHL Stanley Cup NHL Conference Finals enter their second week of action with Monday night’s New York vs. New Jersey’s Game 4. The following is a look at a few key facts and figures for each series along with some current NHL betting trends to help handicap the upcoming games.
NHL Odds and Picks: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils Game 3
by Alan Matthews - 5/18/2012
The New Jersey Devils were good to us in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Finals series against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The Devils went off as +110 dogs and beat New York, 3-2, to even the series at a game apiece. Really, it was an easy call, however, so I can’t take too much credit. The Devils have won every game in these playoffs after falling behind in the series in the previous game. The Rangers, meanwhile, had lost Game 2 at home in the first two rounds after winning the opener.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Betting Trends and Analysis
by David Schwab - 5/15/2012
The NHL Conference Finals got underway this past Sunday and Game 1 of both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference series is in the books. The following is a look at a few key facts and figures for each series along with some current betting trends to help with your NHL handicapping for the upcoming games.
NHL Picks: Capitals at Rangers Game 7 Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 5/11/2012
The NHL’s conference semifinal round has mostly been a dog with three of the four series ending at five games or fewer. Thankfully, the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers are providing some drama with a Game 7 set for Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. It’s totally fitting that this series went the distance because both Washington and the Blueshirts had to win a Game 7 in the first round just to get here.
NHL Playoff Handicapping: Los Angeles Kings Heading to Stanley Cup
by T.O. Whenham - 5/11/2012
On paper we are witnessing an incredible underdog story in the NHL. The L.A. Kings have become the first team in the history of the league to beat both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in their conference in the same playoff run. Not only that, but they did it as the eighth seed after just squeaking into the playoffs. That sounds like something right out of a Disney script.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Semifinals Betting Update
by David Schwab - 5/7/2012
It has been anything but predictable in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs as one by one the favorites continue to bite the dust. The top two favorites from each conference -- Pittsburgh in the East and Vancouver in the West -- did not even make it out of the first round. The upstart eighth-seed Los Angeles Kings, who barely made it into the postseason in the West, just sent the St. Louis Blues packing in four games and both Phoenix in the West and New Jersey in the East have a 3-1 stranglehold in their series.
2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Semifinals Preview
by David Schwab - 5/1/2012
The first round of this season’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is in the books and the final four teams in both the East and the West have been pared-off in the best-of-seven conference semifinals. The four series kicked off this weekend, and while a few of the favorites have already grabbed the early edge, there are a few potential upsets in the works.
NHL Odds and Picks: Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins, Game 7
by Alan Matthews - 4/24/2012
What we haven’t had, however, is a series that has gone to a winner-take-all Game 7. But the first one arrives on Wednesday night in Boston when the reigning Cup champion Bruins, the East’s No. 2 seed, host the seventh-seeded Washington Capitals.
2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – First Round Betting News and Update
by David Schwab - 4/24/2012
The first round of this season’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs wraps up this week and there have already been a few shocking upsets as the Las Vegas oddsmakers are going to have to reshuffle the deck when determining the new odds to win this season’s Stanley Cup among the eight remaining teams.
NHL Odds and Picks: Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers, Game 5
by Alan Matthews - 4/20/2012
New York better win Game 5 back at Madison Square Garden, however, on Saturday night. Otherwise, the Blue Shirts would have to win at Ottawa in Game 6. The Rangers scored just two combined goals in splitting the past two games at Scotiabank Place.
NHL Odds and Picks: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings Game 4 Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 4/17/2012
I would argue that Nashville’s 2-1 series led over Detroit is almost as surprising. Yes, the fourth-seeded Predators finished with 104 points and two points ahead of the No. 5 Wings in the Central Division, but these are the Detroit Red Wings we are talking about.
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