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

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CNOTES APRIL'S NHL BEST BETS !

04/06/2026...........3 - 3 - 0..........50.00%.........- 1.00
04/05/2026...........9 - 1 - 0..........90.00%.........+ 45.50
04/04/2026...........7 - 9 - 1..........43.75%..........- 12.90
04/03/2026...........1 - 3 - 0..........25.00%..........- 11.65
04/02/2026...........3 - 8 - 1..........27.27%...........- 25.15

TOTALS...............23 - 24 - 2..........48.93%...........- 5.20

 

[Udog]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
What the last six national champs did their next season:
2025— Florida (27-8, lost 2nd round NCAA’s)
2024— UConn (24-11, lost 2nd round NCAA’s)
2023— UConn (won the national title again)
2022— Kansas (28-8, lost 2nd round NCAA’s)
2021— Baylor (27-7, lost 2nd round NCAA’s)
2018— Villanova (26-10, lost 2nd round NCAA’s)
(There was no tournament in 2020)

Quote of the Day
“If you’d told me we would shoot it this poorly and [be] dominated on the glass and still find a way to win, I don’t know if I would have believed you. This team just found a way all season.”
Michigan coach Dusty May

Tuesday’s quiz
Last time Michigan won the NCAA Tournament, who was their coach?

Monday’s quiz
Hall of Fame basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar started his NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks, before getting traded to the Lakers.

Sunday’s quiz
Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly played for the USFL’s Houston Gamblers.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..​

— Michigan 69, UConn 63
Michigan wins its first national title since 1989.
Big 18 wins its first national title since Michigan State, in 2000.
Wolverines were 25-28 on the foul line. UConn 12-16.
Huskies shot only 34.3% inside the arc.
Teams combined to shoot 11-48 on the arc.

— Michigan coach Dusty May was a student manager at Indiana in his college days; after that, he worked as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, Murray State, UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida- he paid his dues before getting the head coaching job at Florida Atlantic.

— If you ever are wondering how tight a game is being officiated, watch the game with the TV muted; you’ll see contact, and you’ll wait for action to stop because they had to call that foul, right? Right?

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. In March, officials allow more contact; players have to learn how to play through contact, which is why they work out a lot in the off-season.

— North Carolina hired former NBA coach Michael Malone as its new basketball coach; Malone was 515-363 in ten years coaching the Denver Nuggets, leading them to the 2023 NBA title. He also coached Sacramento for a couple years, and was an assistant coach for four other teams.

— PJ Haggerty is in the transfer portal again; they should name the portal after him:
2022-23- TCU
2023-24- Tulsa
2024-25- Memphis
2025-26- Kansas State
2026-27- ?????

— Famous birthdays, April 7th:
Jim Fox, 83
Tony Dorsett, 72
Jackie Chan, 72
Thurl Bailey, 65
Russell Crowe, 62
Ronde Barber, 51
Tiki Barber, 51
Adrian Beltre, 47
Eduardo Rodriguez, 33
Josh Hader, 32

— Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven turned 75 this week; he pitched in 24 games that ended 1-0, winning 15, losing nine. 15 wins in 1-0 games is the most ever by any pitcher.

— Cleveland Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez has finished in the top five of the AL MVP voting six of the eight years, but hasn’t won an MVP yet.

— Baseball season is only 11 days old, and Juan Soto/Mookie Betts are on the IL already.

— There will be 10 teams with new head coaches in the NFL this season.

— NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers are 4-19 ATS this season when giving 10+ points.

— Movie of the Day: The Rewrite (2014)- An Oscar-winning screenwriter in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at SUNY-Binghamton, because he needs a job; he falls for a single mom while teaching her in class.
Hugh Grant is the writer, Marisa Tomei is the mom, JK Simmons/Allison Janney are members of the Binghamton faculty. Very good movie.

— Rays 6, Cubs 4
25,114 fans saw the Rays’ first game in the Trop in two years.
Aranda, Caminero, Mullins homered for Tampa Bay
Cubs are 1-3 on the road, scoring 11 runs in four games.

— Nationals 9, Cardinals 6
Washington hit three homers, scored six runs in bottom of 8th inning.
Nationals’ last five games went over the total.
Ramon Urias was 3-for-4 with three RBI for the Redbirds.

— Brewers 8, Red Sox 6
Garrett Mitchell had game-winning single in 8th inning.
Game was tied 5-5 after seven innings.
Boston has lost eight of its last nine games.

— Rockies 9, Astros 7
Trailing 3-0, Colorado scored eight runs in the 5th inning.
Troy Johnston went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI.
Astros allowed 32 runs in their last four games, and of them was a shutout.

— Padres 5, Pirates 0
German Marquez tossed five shutout innings, got the win.
Bottom three guys in San Diego’s lineup went 6-for-11, scored two runs.
Loss snaps the Pirates’ five-game winning streak.

— Angels 6, Braves 2
Jose Soriano is 3-0, 0.45 in his first three starts.
Neto/Adell both homered for the Angels.
Braves lost their last four games, scoring ten runs.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Tuesday, April 7

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Trend Report
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Boston VS Carolina
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against Carolina.
Boston is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games on the road.
Boston is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Carolina.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games.
Carolina is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Carolina's last 12 games against Boston.
Carolina is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games at home.

Columbus VS Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Columbus' last 8 games.
Columbus is 0-6 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus' last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus' last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games.
Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit's last 7 games against Columbus.
Detroit is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games at home.

Florida VS Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 6 games.
Florida is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Florida is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games against Montreal.
Florida is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Montreal's last 7 games.
Montreal is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games against Florida.
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Philadelphia VS New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Philadelphia's last 20 games.
Philadelphia is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games.
Philadelphia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against New Jersey.
Philadelphia is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of New Jersey's last 17 games.
New Jersey is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Jersey's last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Jersey's last 12 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.

Tampa Bay VS Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games.
Tampa Bay is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games against Ottawa.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games on the road.
Ottawa is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ottawa's last 6 games against Tampa Bay.
Ottawa is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home.
Ottawa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay.

Calgary VS Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games.
Calgary is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
Calgary is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Dallas.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas' last 10 games.
Dallas is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Dallas' last 11 games against Calgary.
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Seattle VS Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Seattle's last 12 games.
Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Seattle is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games against Minnesota.
Seattle is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games.
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

Colorado VS St. Louis
Colorado is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against St. Louis.
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Colorado is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of St. Louis' last 18 games.
St. Louis is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of St. Louis' last 15 games against Colorado.
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Edmonton VS Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games.
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against Utah.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Edmonton's last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 6 games.
Utah is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games against Edmonton.
Utah is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home.

Nashville VS Anaheim
Nashville is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Nashville is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games against Anaheim.
Nashville is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 7 games when playing on the road against Anaheim.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games.
Anaheim is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Anaheim is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 7 games when playing at home against Nashville.

Vegas VS Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Vegas' last 19 games.
Vegas is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against Vancouver.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas' last 5 games on the road.
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Vancouver.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games.
Vancouver is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games against Vegas.
Vancouver is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home.

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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 7

 

[Udog]

 

[Cnotes53]

Tuesday, April 7​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLB at DET	07:00 PM	O 6.0*****	+500
BOS at CAR	07:00 PM	U 6.0*****	+500
PHI at NJ	07:00 PM	PHI +107***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
FLA at MON	07:00 PM	MON -224 U 6.5*****	+500 +500
TB at OTT	07:00 PM	OTT -126 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
CAL at DAL	08:00 PM	CAL +212***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
COL at STL	08:00 PM	STL +134***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500
SEA at MIN	08:00 PM	U 6.0*****	+500
EDM at UTAH	09:30 PM	UTAH -123 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
NAS at ANA	10:00 PM	NAS +129***** O 6.5*****	+500 +500
VEG at VAN	10:00 PM	VEG -246 U 6.5*****	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

CNOTES APRIL'S NHL BEST BETS !

04/07/2026...........9 - 5 - 1..........64.28%.........+ 20.30
04/06/2026...........3 - 3 - 0..........50.00%.........- 1.00
04/05/2026...........9 - 1 - 0..........90.00%.........+ 45.50
04/04/2026...........7 - 9 - 1..........43.75%..........- 12.90
04/03/2026...........1 - 3 - 0..........25.00%..........- 11.65
04/02/2026...........3 - 8 - 1..........27.27%...........- 25.15

TOTALS.............32 - 29 - 3..........52.45%...........+ 15.10

 

[Udog]

Wednesday’s 6-pack

Houston Rockets’ all-time leaders in points/game:
29.6— James Harden
24.0— Moses Malone
22.7— Tracy McGrady
22.5— Hakeem Olajuwon
21.3— Kevin Martin
20.6— Elvin Hayes

Quote of the Day
“It wasn’t an easy decision, but what I kept thinking about was, I had a chance to be a part of something special, the history and tradition. Be a part of something much bigger than myself. This was the only college job I ever considered. Any other job, I wouldn’t even answer the phone.”
North Carolina basketball coach Michael Malone

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Fugitive, what famous actor played a doctor who was unjustly accused of murdering his wife?

Tuesday’s quiz
Last time Michigan won the NCAA Tournament, their coach was Steve Fisher.

Monday’s quiz
Hall of Fame basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar started his NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks, before getting traded to the Lakers.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Something new this year; games in Cleveland, New York (Mets) were switched from night games to day games because it is still so freakin’ cold out in this part of the country. It was 34 degrees in Cleveland when the game there started at 1:00 Tuesday.

Guardians 2, Royals 1
Brayan Rocchio had the walk-off single for Cleveland, which improved to 7-5.
Carter Jensen homered for the second game in a row for Kansas City.

— Braves 7, Angels 2
Jorge Soler hit a first inning home run off of Reynaldo Lopez, making him 14-23 with five home runs in his career against Lopez. When Soler batted in the fifth inning with Atlanta leading 4-2, Lopez’ first pitch hit the backstop on the fly. Not over Soler’s head, but kind of close.

Words were exchanged, then a fight started, a fracas, a donnybrook, a Pier 6 brawl. Not the usual push/pull stuff, an actual fight. Braves manager Walt Weiss tackled Soler.

Lopez was ejected, which means he didn’t get the win, which sucks if you have him on your fantasy team.

— Reds 6, Marlins 3 (10)
Miami led 2-0 in 9th inning behind Sandy Alcantara; Marlins took him out with runners on first and second and one out, and Cincinnati tied the game, before scoring four runs in the 10th inning. Alcantara threw 95 pitches.

Jacob Marsee snapped a slump, going 2-for-4, with four stolen bases.
Marlins have lost four of their last five games.

— Cardinals 7, Nationals 6 (10)
Washington led 5-3 after seven innings.
Jordan Walker/Nathan Church homered for St Louis.
James Wood homered for the third day in a row.
Nationals have lost six of their last seven games.

— Cubs 9, Rays 2
Drew Rasmussen was supposed to start this game for Tampa Bay, but his wife is expected to have a baby soon, so Rasmussen was scratched from this start, a piece of information I could have used on Monday, when I put my fantasy team’s lineup in for this week.

Alex Bregman broke out of an 0-for-13 slump, went 3-for-5.
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-5, with three runs scored.

— Red Sox 3, Brewers 2
Game was scoreless after five innings.
Trevor Story had a two-run double in the sixth inning.
Boston improved to 3-8, despite getting only three hits.

— Dodgers 4, Blue Jays 1
They were selling 77-cent hot dogs during this game, because the Blue Jays started playing in 1977; in the first seven innings Tuesday, they sold 100,204 hot dogs.

That’s a lot of rolls. Wonder if Joey Chestnut was there?

Dodgers have won five games in a row.
Toronto has lost six games in a row.

— Famous birthdays, April 8th:
Mark Clayton, 65
Robin Wright, 60
Yonder Alonso, 39
Jeff McNeil, 34

Dario Saric, 32
Jacob Latz, 30
Jo Adell, 27
CeeDee Lamb, 27

Today would’ve been Hall of Famer Jim (Catfish) Hunter’s 80th birthday.

— Rockies 5, Astros 1
Willi Castro went 3-for-4, with a homer and three RBI
Astros had only three hits; they’re 1-4 on the road.
Colorado is 5-6 this year; last year, they were 5-25 at one point.

— Twins 4, Tigers 2
Twins scored four runs in the 5th inning, off of Tarik Skubal.
Taj Bradley had 10 strikeouts; he is 2-0, 1.08 in his first three starts.
Josh Bell was 3-for-4 with an RBI for Minnesota

— New York 5, A’s 3
Amed Rosario hit two home runs, including the game-winner in 8th inning.
Aaron Civale allowed two hits in five IP in his start for the A’s.
Sacramento is 1-6 on the road.

— Rangers 3, Mariners 2
Texas beats George Kirby for first time in his 11 starts against them.
This is first time Rangers have won a series vs Seattle in their last 10 series
Mariners are struggling, off to a 4-8 start.

— College/semi-pro basketball transfer portal opens this week; there are already over 1,000 names in the portal. One player is going to transfer from Columbia to Sam Jose State, which seems unusual.

— The daughter of new North Carolina basketball coach Michael Malone plays volleyball for the Tar Heels. Some genius on social media was questioning whether Malone was a good hire— hey genius, THE GUY WON AN NBA TITLE THREE YEARS AGO!!!!

Of course he’s a good hire.

— Can’t remember if I knew this or not, I’m guessing not; NIL money has nothing to do with the school, it is an agreement between a player and an outside business/booster, as opposed to if you donate $$$ to an athletic program, the school can spread it out to all their sports.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 8

NHL

Wednesday, April 8

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Trend Report
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Buffalo VS New York
Buffalo is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
Buffalo is 7-13 SU in its last 20 games against NY Rangers.
Buffalo is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games on the road.
Buffalo is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers' last 5 games.
NY Rangers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Rangers' last 6 games against Buffalo.
NY Rangers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Washington VS Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 6 games.
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games on the road.
Toronto is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games.
Toronto is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games at home.
Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games against an opponent in the Metropolitan Division division.

Edmonton VS San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games.
Edmonton is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
Edmonton is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games against San Jose.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games on the road.
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing at home against Edmonton.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.


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