CNOTES 2025 2026 NHL NEWS, BEST BETS, AND OPINION !

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/29/2026.............5 - 3 - 0...................62.50%..................+ 13.55
03/28/2026............8 - 10 - 3..................44.44%.................- 5.00
03/27/2026..............2 - 2 - 0..................50.00%..................- 2.55
03/26/2026..............8 - 4 - 1..................66.66%..................+ 19.50
03/25/2026..............1 - 2 - 0..................33.33%..................- 5.60
03/24/2026..........10 - 10 - 0.................50.00%..................- 3.85
03/23/2026..............2 - 0- 0.................100.00%.................+ 10.00
03/22//2026............5 - 10 - 0.................33.33%..................- 32.80
03/21/2026...............9 - 4 - 0.................69.23%..................+ 24.90
03/20/2026...............4 - 3 - 0.................57.14%..................+ 4.50
03/19/2026..............4 - 11 - 0................26.66%.................- 28.40
03/18/2026................4 - 6 - 0................40.00%..................- 11.10
03/17/2026................5 - 7 - 0................41.66%..................- 11.30
03/16/2026................4 - 4 - 0................50.00%..................+ 3.80
03/15/2026................2 - 6 - 0................25.00%..................- 20.50
03/14/2026................6 - 8 - 2................42.57%..................- 10.10
03/13/2026................1 - 3 - 0................25.00%..................- 10.60
03/12/2026................5 -5 - 0.................50.00%..................+ 13.45
03/11/2026................3 - 1 - 0................75.00%..................+ 14.15
03/10/2026................4 - 9 - 1................30.76%...................- 26.10
03/09/2026................3 - 3 - 0................50.00%...................+ 4.60
03/08/2026................7 - 2 - 0................77.77%..................+ 26.90
03/07/2026................6 - 8 - 0................42.85%..................- 11.20
03/06/2026................4 - 4 - 0................50.00%..................+ 1.45
03/05/2026................5 - 5 - 0................50.00%..................- 1.75
03/04/2026................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%..................+ 6.45
03/03/2026................4 - 3 - 2................57.14%..................+ 4.75
03/02/2026................3 - 5 - 0................37.50%..................- 8.10
03/01/2026................2 - 6 - 0................25.00%..................- 13 .70

TOTALS.................130 -145 - 2...............47.27%..................-53.90


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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU JANUARY !

TOTALS.............116 - 105- 0..............52.48%................+ 139.55

 

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Monday’s 6-pack
In the history of the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, players who hit the most home runs:
284— Ryan Zimmerman
234— Pedro Guerrero Sr
225— Andre Dawson
220— Gary Carter
204— Tim Wallach
184— Bryce Harper

Quotes of the Day
“If anything, I thought it took too long. I thought my at-bats were terrible, too.”
Bo Bichette, on fans booing him because he is 1-14, with 8 strikeouts

Monday’s quiz
Other than John Wooden, who is the only Basketball Hall of Famer to coach UCLA?

Sunday’s quiz
Last time Illinois made the Final Four, they lost to North Carolina in the national title game.

Saturday’s quiz
Last time the Oakland A’s won the World Series, they beat the Giants in 1989.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday…….​

— UConn 73, Duke 72
Epic collapse by Duke; they led 44-25 late in first half.
Duke led by 5 with 1:50 left in the game.
LY at the Final Four, Duke led by 6 with 1:14 left, lost 70-67 to Houston.
UConn-Illinois is one semi-final Saturday in Indianapolis.

— It has been four years since Jon Scheyer replaced Mike Krzyzewski as Duke’s coach:
2022-23- 27-9/14-6, lost in NCAA 2nd round
2023-24- 27-9/15-5, lost in NCAA Elite 8
2024-25- 35-4/19-1, lost in national semi-final
2025-26- 35-3/17-1, lost in NCAA Elite 8

— Long time ago, a coach named Gene Bartow replaced John Wooden as UCLA’s career; Wooden/Krzyzewski are probably the two best college coaches ever. Bartow was a very good coach, but lasted only two years replacing Wooden:
1975-76- 28-4/13-1, lost in national semi-final
1976-77- 24-5/11-3, lost in NCAA Sweet 16

Bartow went on to start up a new program at UAB; he went 365-204 in 19 years with the Blazers, making the NCAA Tournament eight times.
Could it be that Scheyer will become this generation’s version of Gene Bartow?

— Michigan 95, Tennessee 62
Michigan shot 65.5% inside arc, scored 1.26 ppp
Wolverines led 48-26 at the half; they were 27-37 on foul line.
Last time Tennessee lost by more than 7 points? January 10th.
Arizona-Michigan is the other semi-final Saturday night.

— Famous birthdays, March 30th:
John Astin, 96
Warren Beatty, 89
Jerry Lucas, 86
Dave Chapple, 79
Paul Reiser, 70
Chris Sale, 37
Alex Bregman, 32
Jacob Wilson, 24

— Not sure why there only 12 baseball games Sunday; very unusual for six teams to have a Sunday off. Also unusual that all 30 teams are scheduled to play Monday.

— Marlins 4, Rockies 3
Owen Caissie hit a two-out, two-run homer for the walk-off win.
Marlins are 3-0 for the first time since 2009.

— Pirates 4, Mets 3 (10)
Ryan O’Hearn had three hits, two RBI for Pittsburgh.
Juan Soto hit a double to left-center with two men on in the 10th; one run scored, but the Pirates threw out the tying run at the plate.

— Rays 11, Cardinals 7
Yandy Diaz went 5-for-6, had four RBI, scored two runs.
Tampa Bay scored 23 runs in the 3-game series, but lost two of three.

— Astros 9, Angels 7
Isaac Paredes hit the game-winning, two-run double in 8th inning.
Zach Neto homered, had two RBI, also walked three times.
Tatsuya Imai gave up four runs in 2.2 IP, in his MLB debut.

— Movie of the Day: Bulworth (1988)- A suicidal, disillusioned politician puts out a contract on himself, and then becomes bluntly honest with his voters, with interesting results.
Warren Beatty is the politician, Christine Baranski his wife, Halle Berry the hit man hired to kill him. Excellent cast; Jack Warden, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Wendell Pierce, Oliver Platt, Joshua Malina, Randee Heller, Larry King are all in this movie.

— Brewers 9, White Sox 7
Milwaukee trailed 7-3, then scored six runs in the 8th inning.
Christian Yelich’s pinch-hit, 3-run homer was the game-winning hit.
Brewers swept the three-game series, scoring 29 runs.

— Mariners 8, Guardians 0
Emerson Hancock threw six hitless innings for Seattle.
Brendan Donovan homered, knocked in three runs.

— When baseball commissioner Rob Manfred was in college at LeMoyne College, he played on the tennis team. Go figure.

— Michael Conforto is the only active major leaguer who has played in:
Little League World Series
College World Series
the real World Series.

— Last year, when a team had a guy on third and no one out, that runner scored 82% of the time.

— Sunday in Baltimore, with umpire Chris Segal behind the plate, teams challenged 10 ball/strike calls; seven of the ten calls were overturned.