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6. Vancouver +127


I’m not as thrilled as most outlets with the Flames off-season moves, bringing in Neal/Hanfin/Lindholm and losing Hamilton/Ferland seems like a loss to me. Sure, Hamilton has a history of issues off the ice and this could be an addition by subtraction in the locker room, but that’s beyond the information I have access to.

I see the Flames exactly as they were a year ago, likely a disappointment who fails to earn a playoff berth. The offense was a bottom six side and the PP unit was abysmal last year and I don’t see Neal turning that around. The backline loses significant contributions from Hamilton and Smith is an aging depreciating asset. The team did get younger and faster, which is a plus and youngsters like Dube could make a significant difference in giving this team some much needed offensive depth.

On the flip side, I’m higher than most on the young Canucks. Boeser, Pettersson and Horvat are an excellent young trio of forwards and Pettersson is my favorite to win the Calder and should make an immediate impact. This side is young and will have their growing pains, but I’m not in the camp of media experts suggesting this is a bottom two side in the league. Utica is stacked with young talent and the future is bright in Vancouver, but it will certainly be a process and take some time.

I’m an Edler fan and think he always underrated, but the rest of the back line is a mess. They will likely be a deficient unit throughout the season. Markstrom is serviceable and won’t get a ton of help infront of him. Youngster Demko could start to see significant playing time as the season progresses.


I’ll back the home side here as a dog, in a rivalry that home teams have owned of late. Add the Flames being overrated IMO and the Canucks slightly underrated and I’ll bite.

DFS Impact:

I’ll have significant ownership of the Boeser/Horvat/Baertschi/Edler stack that are affordable ($21.7K) and should see plenty of opportunity against the Flames. They all play on the PP1 unit as well and should hold limited ownership in tonight’s slate featuring powerhouses such as TOR, BOS, WSH, SJ and trendy ownership on Gaudreau/Monahan/Lindholm/Giordano on those fadingVancouver.

VAN2 featuring Goldobin/Pettersson/Eriksson/Pouliot could be a sneaky buy and at only $17.0K allows a stack with one of the monster lines in BOS, TOR or SJ. All are expected to feature on the PP2, with the exception of Pettersson on the first PP line. Keep an eye out on Eriksson’s injury status, I’m hearing he is good to go, but I don’t believe that has been confirmed.

Best of luck with your action.

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The massively hyped Leafs should be wildly owned tonight, especially the top line featuring newly added Tavares. I’m going to avoid this line and take my chances. For some protection in case the Leafs do roll as anticipated, I’ll pivot to the Mathews line, which should be somewhat less owned. On principle, I’ll likely grab a piece of the Gallagher line, which will have virtually non- existent ownership. Leafs are still suspect on the back line and Andersen can be had.
 

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67 Minnesota +154 (regulation only)

The Avs made a surprising run from worst to the playoffs last year behind heir dominant first line featuring all-world C MacKinnon. I don’t see the Avs sneaking up on anyone this season and are still severely lacking in depth outside the ultra talented top line. I expect the Wild to be able to possess the puck and control the flow of action when facing the Avs 2-4 lines. Minnesota is gritty, appears healthy and is deep. They match up well with Colorado who struggled mightily in puck possession last year and did nothing to improve their core offensive depth.

The Avs should improve on the back line, but the Wild are deep defensively themselves. I have concerns with Varlamov in net, he’s always been a streaky goaltender and a bit of a head case. I expect he addition of Grubauer to have an adverse impact on his play as he isn’t one to rise to the occasion and is more likely to wilt, IMO. I’d be surprised if he’s long for the Avs roster. And the other end, Dubnyk is solid and a goalie I always felt was a bit undervalued.

The Pepsi Center will be rocking and is always a tough environment, but at this price I’ll play on the veteran side who is deeper and stronger in net to weather the early storm and take control of the action as the match progresses.

Best of luck with your action.

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62 NY Rangers +146

Simply fading the Preds here, which I’ll likely do often early in the season, especially when they are away, until prices adjust or I lose enough to reevaluate. I wouldn’t go as far to say Nashville’s window has closed, but it’s starting to close IMO with this core of players. The Preds have several assets on the decline where I expect to see some regression, even if it’s minor. I’m also not as high on Rinne as most and expect his numbers to decline if the level of play in front of him regresses as I anticipate. As the West experiences other powers coming into their own, young stars moving to the forefront and contenders adding critical pieces, Nashville seems to be getting a little stagnant in my eyes. Will they be in the mix this season, sure, but they may be sliding a bit further down the mountain of the league’s hierarchy.

I’m going to try and cash as much as possible on the inflated Predators lines.

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Cleaned up in all cash games last night, sweeping my top lineup in all H2H, 50/50 and doubles/triples. Can’t say the same for tourney’s, where I got smoked. Avoiding BOS, CGY, the Tavares line was helpful, but avoiding WSH was a killer. Was heavily invested in VAN1 and SJ2 and they didn’t deliver.

Ten match slate this evening. In tourney’s, focusing on both sides of NYI/CAR for sure, likely avoiding WSH/PIT, PHI/LVK, CLB, WPG, NSH, BOS. Trying to dwindle this down.
 

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58 Buffalo -128
70 Arizona +105
74 Calgary -125 (regulation only)

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Had a monster DFS night last night.

Really liking NJ1 tonight and can be had for a reasonable price of $24.2K, CLB2 an attractive cheaper option to tie to a monster line at only $19.0K. Flyers top defensive line typically holds their own versus top unit, but second lines have killed the Flyers of late.
 

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