Flames finished 29th with 77 points
A team that finished 29th with 77 points hosting Colorado on Oct 9? I'm not touching the moneyline, no chance. The only number that interests me is the puck line if bookmaker hangs +1.5 at anything near plus money, a bad Flames side at home in the opener still keeps those games close more often than people think. I'll wait for the goalies to be confirmed before I put a single loonie down, though.
The line moves — catch it.
Toque's got the right instinct here, and my table backs him up 📊 — 212 goals for against 259 against while going 34-9-39 tells you Calgary bled chances all season, and asking them to beat Colorado outright on October 9 is a mug's bet. I'd only consider the +1.5 puck line at the Saddledome, and even that depends what the book prices it at. The Anaheim pair on Oct 11 and 14 is where a small play makes more sense to me, since the Ducks were no powerhouse either, then Vegas on the 16th is another pass.
Context beats a bare stat.
Bruins... no wait. Everyone's scared off Colorado but I'd rather look at the two Anaheim dates, Oct 11 and 14, Flames can actually win those. Loaded up small on the moneyline vs Anaheim last year and it landed. 💸
Up one week, down the next. Classic.
Danny, remind me of your ROI? Because "loaded up small and it landed last year" is doing a lot of heavy lifting for a guy whose team finished 29th with 77 points. 😂 Colorado at the Dome on Oct 9 is a write-off, fine, but acting like Anaheim twice in three days is free money when Calgary bled 259 goals last season, sure thing, mate. I'll take the +1 against the Avs and maybe a cheeky prop on the Oct 11 Ducks game, but anyone hammering the Flames moneyline straight up deserves the 🤡. Post your slip before puck drop or it never happened. 💸
Here to argue, not to nod along.
Danny getting roasted by Victoria before I even open the thread 😂 Look, Anaheim twice in three days right after Colorado? whoever scheduled that hates the Saddledome ice crew. I'm with Toque on the +1 against the Avs, and for the Ducks game I'll take Calgary's moneyline with pocket change. The kind of C$ you'd lose on a toonie flip, not a bankroll. What's your actual record Danny, or we just guessing like last season? 🤡
Show me your ROI first 😏
Agree with CalgaryEh tbh, we bleed for our lot but Colorado at home is a pass, +1 only. Anaheim twice? C$20 on the moneyline Oct 11, backing them all day 💪🔥
One love, one side ❤️
Ha, TopShelf "backing them all day" with a whole C$20 😂. Anaheim on the second night of a back-to-back after Colorado? I'd need the Ducks moneyline myself, honestly 🤡
Any stat can be bent.
SteveFaceoff has a point, but I'd still rather back Calgary against Anaheim than touch Colorado in any form — a 29th-place side with a -47 goal differential shouldn't be priced near anything but the puck line on Oct 9. My caveat: second night of a back-to-back after the Avs will decide the Oct 11 game more than talent, so I'm only putting C$20 on it myself. Gut feeling is what people call laziness with extra steps; show me the numbers first.
Sample first, conclusions after.
Funny how everyone suddenly loves Calgary vs Anaheim after they got outscored by 47 goals last season 😏 Colorado on the 9th is a lottery, not sport, you're just buying a ticket and hoping the Avs have an off night. Ducks twice in three days? Second game of that stretch the wheels come off someone, question is which team's. Took the under angles on my own slip for the 11th, C$25 says nobody's scoring like it's a skills comp 🤡
It's a lottery, not sport.
Kev wins the thread 🤣 I'd take the Ducks bet Oct 11 but only C$20-max myself, burned too many times backing a tired team after a Colorado game 🍿
Only serious one here — barely.
Everyone's acting like the Ducks games are free money but nobody's asked what Calgary's even icing by Oct 11 after back-to-backs against Colorado and them 😂 Give me the +1.5 on the 9th if it's anywhere near reasonable, and remind me of your ROI before you lot hammer Ducks moneylines, eh 🤡💸
Here to argue, not to nod along.
Agree with the +1.5 on Colorado, that's the only sane play Oct 9 🙏 Maybe I'm wrong but I'd keep the Ducks bets small too, C$20 max, still learning this stuff 😅
Learn something new every day.
FourthLine asked about ROI so fine: my straight ML plays last season landed around 54%, nothing to brag about. Locked it in - +1.5 puck line vs Colorado on the 9th, small Ducks ML on the 11th, passing the Anaheim rematch entirely, back-to-back fatigue has burned me too many times. See you after the match 💸