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

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NHL

Sunday, March 22

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Trend Report
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Winnipeg VS New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 6 games.
Winnipeg is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Winnipeg is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against NY Rangers.
Winnipeg is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Rangers' last 10 games.
NY Rangers is 7-13 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Rangers' last 10 games against Winnipeg.
NY Rangers is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games at home.

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

Nashville VS Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Nashville's last 13 games.
Nashville is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Nashville is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games against Chicago.
Nashville is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games.
Chicago is 5-14 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 7 games against Nashville.
Chicago is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games at home.

Carolina VS Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Carolina's last 12 games.
Carolina is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games.
Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against Pittsburgh.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 11 games against Carolina.
Pittsburgh is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing at home against Carolina.

Vegas VS Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Vegas' last 8 games.
Vegas is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games.
Vegas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas' last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 6 games.
Dallas is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games.
Dallas is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games when playing at home against Vegas.

Columbus VS New York
Columbus is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Columbus is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games against NY Islanders.
Columbus is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
Columbus is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders' last 5 games.
NY Islanders is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home.
NY Islanders is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Columbus.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Islanders' last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.

Buffalo VS Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games.
Buffalo is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games.
Buffalo is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against Anaheim.
Buffalo is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Anaheim's last 11 games.
Anaheim is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 6 games at home.
Anaheim is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Buffalo.

Tampa Bay VS Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games.
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games against Calgary.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games.
Calgary is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games against Tampa Bay.
Calgary is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home.

Los Angeles VS Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles' last 6 games.
Los Angeles is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games.
Los Angeles is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games against Utah.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Los Angeles' last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Utah's last 11 games.
Utah is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 8 games against Los Angeles.
Utah is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home.

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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, March 22

 

[Cnotes53]

Sunday, March 22​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
WIN at NYR	12:00 PM	O 6.0*****	+500
COL at WAS	12:30 PM	COL -165 O 6.0*****	+500 +500
CAR at PIT	03:00 PM	PIT +125***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500
NAS at CHI	03:00 PM	NAS -111***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500
CLB at NYI	07:00 PM	NYI +109***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
VEG at DAL	07:00 PM	DAL -139****** U 6.0	+500 +500
BUF at ANA	08:00 PM	BUF -107***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500
TB at CAL	08:00 PM	TB -169***** O 6.5******	+500 +500
LA at UTAH	09:00 PM	LA +151***** U 5.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

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..................94 -114 - 2................45.19%...................- 78.95


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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU JANUARY !

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

 

[Cnotes53]

Monday’s 6-pack
Spreads for the Sweet 16 games this week:
— Purdue (-7.5) vs Texas
— Nebraska (-2.5) vs Iowa
— Arizona (-8.5) vs Arkansas
— Houston (-2.5) vs Illinois
— Duke (-6.5) vs St John’s
— Michigan (-10.5) vs Alabama
— UConn (-1.5) vs Michigan State
— Iowa State (-3.5) vs Tennessee

Quotes of the Day
“I’ll get back and get with family and visit and see what’s going on. I love what I do, I need to be able to do it where I’m feeling good and healthy to do it fairly well. I’ll get back home, and it’ll all be discussed.”
Kansas coach Bill Self

Monday’s quiz
Of all the active baseball players, which player has hit the most home runs as a visiting player in these three ballparks: Detroit, Kansas City, Chicago (White Sox)?

Sunday’s quiz
Texas coach Sean Miller played his college basketball at Pittsburgh.

Sunday’s quiz
Virginia/Purdue are the only #1-seeds who lost to a #16-seed in NCAA Tournament.

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

— Iowa 73, Florida 72
Gators become the first #1-seed knocked out of the tournament.
Florida led 65-61 with 5:38 left in the game.
Iowa shot 70.4% inside the arc.
Hawkeyes move on to play Nebraska in the Sweet 16.

— St John’s 67, Kansas 65
St John’s led by 14 with 8:08 left, needed last-second hoop to win.
Red Storm was +8 (16-8) in turnovers.
St John’s was 11-35 on the arc, 14-34 inside arc.
St John’s plays Duke in the Sweet 16 Friday.

— Purdue 79, Miami 69
Miami led 40-38 at halftime.
Boilermakers were 21-22 on foul line, Miami 8-10.
Purdue shot 8-14 on arc, scored 1.20 ppp
Purdue has won 7 in a row; they play Texas in the Sweet 16.

— Tennessee 79, Virginia 72
Volunteers scored 1.21 ppp.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 21 points, had six assists.
Volunteers were 19-25 on foul line, Virginia 6-11.
Tennessee plays Iowa State in the Sweet 16.

— Iowa State 82, Kentucky 63
Cyclones outscored Kentucky 51-33 in second half.
Tamin Lipsey scored 26 points, had 10 assists.
Iowa State shot 57.6% inside arc, scored 1.18 ppp
Cyclones play Tennessee in Sweet 16 Friday.

— UConn 73, UCLA 57
Big man Karaban scored a career-high 27 points.
UCLA led by 6 midway thru first half.
UConn shot 60% inside arc, outscored Bruins 35-24 in 2nd half.
Huskies play Michigan State in Sweet 16 Friday.

—Arizona 78, Utah State 66
Wildcats were 27-39 on foul line, Utah State 8-11
Arizona won despite shooting 38.5% inside arc.
Arizona never trailed, had 54-26 edge on the boards.
Wildcats play Arkansas in Sweet 16 Thursday.

— Alabama 90, Texas Tech 65
Crimson Tide led 49-25 at half; Tech had nothing in this game.
Alabama was 19-42 on arc; Red Raiders were 4-25.
Tech wound up losing four of their last five games.
Alabama-Michigan play in Sweet 16 Friday.

— Famous birthdays, March 23
Bucky Pope, 85
Barbara Rhoades, 80
Pat Bourque, 79
Ron Jaworski, 75
Jason Kidd, 53
Mark Buehrle, 47
Maurice Jones-Drew, 41
Dellin Betances, 38
Gordon Hayward, 36
Clayton Tune, 25

— Conference breakdown, against the spread:
Big XII- 7-3F/3-1U= 10-4 ATS
Big 18- 9-4F/1-1U= 10-5 ATS
SEC- 6-4F/5-3U= 11-7 ATS
ACC- 2-6F/0-4U= 2-10 ATS
Big East- 2-2F/0-1U= 2-3 ATS
WCC- 0-3F/0-1U= 0-4 ATS
Favorites were 26-22 ATS this weekend.

— Good news/bad news for three college teams this month:
Good news: Siena, South Florida, Troy State all made the NCAA Tournament.

Bad news: This weekend, the coaches for those three teams all bolted for higher paying jobs.

Scott Cross goes from Troy to Georgia Tech
Bryan Hodgson goes from South Florida to Providence
Gerry McNamara goes from Siena to Syracuse.
Also, Ark-Little Rock hired Travis Ford, who last coached at Saint Louis in 2024.

— Boise State has played in most NCAA tourney games (10), without ever winning one.

— Was chatting with a guy who had posted that he had a certain pitcher on 14 of his fantasy baseball teams. I asked him how many leagues was he in— he said he had 26 different teams.

I’m in one fantasy league, a dynasty league that we’ve had for 21 years. Can’t even conceive of keeping track of 26 different leagues.
— Phillies signed P Cristopher Sanchez to a six-year contract worth $103M; that contract starts in 2027. Sanchez will earn $3.5M this coming season. Sanchez went 13-5 with a 2.50 ERA in 32 starts last year.

— Odd Note of the Day: Orioles OF Tyler O’Neill has hit a home run on Opening Day the last six years in a row, which is a record.

— Houston is going to be a busy place next weekend.
Angels @ Astros start the baseball season
Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in South Region take place in Houston
PGA Tour has their event in Houston this coming week.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, March 23

NHL

Monday, March 23

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Ottawa VS New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 7 games.
Ottawa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Ottawa is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games against NY Rangers.
Ottawa is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
NY Rangers is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Rangers' last 9 games against Ottawa.
NY Rangers is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers' last 6 games when playing at home against Ottawa.

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[Cnotes53]

Monday, March 23​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OTT at NYR	07:30 PM	OTT -183***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

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..................96 -114 - 2................45.71%...................- 68.95


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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU JANUARY !

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

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Players with the most at-bats last season:
652— Julio Rodriguez
644— Francisco Lindor
629— Elly De La Cruz
626— Brett Rooker
625— Steven Kwan
624— Matt Olson/Pete Alonso

Quotes of the Day
“It was going to take a special situation for us to leave Saint Mary’s, and I am energized, driven, and focused on taking over Sun Devil Basketball, a program I am very familiar with and grew up watching.”
Arizona State’s new coach, Randy Bennett

Tuesday’s quiz
New York Mets have retired uniform number 36, to honor which retired pitcher?

Monday’s quiz
Of all the active baseball players, Jose Ramirez has hit the most home runs as a visiting player in these three ballparks: Detroit, Kansas City, Chicago (White Sox).

Sunday’s quiz
Texas coach Sean Miller played his college basketball at Pittsburgh.

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

— Straight-up records in NCAA Tournament, by conference:
Big 18- 13-3
SEC- 13-6
Big XII- 9-5
Big East- 4-1
ACC- 5-7
WCC- 1-3

— Creighton coach Greg McDermott is retiring after 16 years with the Bluejays; McDermott has a career record of 514-319 in 25 years as a head coach, at Northern Iowa, Creighton and Iowa State. Alan Huss is Creighton’s new coach; he had previously been head coach at High Point, and was “coach in waiting” with Creighton this year.

— Gonzaga’s move to the Pac-12 has already hurt Saint Mary’s; Randy Bennett has bolted from the Gaels to be the new coach at Arizona State. Bennett was in Moraga for 25 years, making 12 NCAA Tournaments; he got the Gaels to the Sweet 16 in 2010.
Arizona State has missed the NCAA’s five of the last six years.

— Saint Mary’s hired from within, replaced Bennett with assistant coach Mickey McConnell, who played for the Gaels and had been on the Saint Mary’s staff since 2019. Saint Mary’s figures to get a lot less national TV exposure now, with Gonzaga moving on.

— There are five coaches who have won a game in this year’s NCAA Tournament who at one time were head coaches at a Division II school:
Jerrod Calhoun, Utah State (off to Cincinnati today)
Grant McCasland, Texas Tech
Ben McCollum, Iowa (won 4 D-II national titles)
Ryan Odom, Virginia
Josh Schertz, Saint Louis

— Jerrod Calhoun has moved on from Utah State to Cincinnati; Calhoun was 55-15 in two years with the Aggies, but he is a Cincinnati alum who was a student assistant for Bob Huggins with the Bearcats in 2003-04, after playing at Cleveland State.
Next season, Utah State will have its 7th head coach in 12 years, and they’ve only had one losing season in the last 11 seasons. No one stays there, but they keep winning. Last four years, under three different coaches, Aggies are 109-31, 57-19 in Mountain West games, 2-4 in NCAA games.

— This past weekend, #2-seeds were 4-0 ATS in second round games of the NCAA’s, the first time that happened since 1991.

— Famous birthdays, March 24th:
Garry Templeton, 70
Scott Brunner, 69
Bruce Hurst, 68
Mike Woodson, 68
Kelly LeBrock, 56
Lara Flynn Boyle, 56
Steve Karsay, 54
Peyton Manning, 50
Aaron Brooks, 50
Jessica Chastain, 49
Chad Gaudin, 43
Chris Bosh, 42
— Robert Mueller passed away this weekend, at age 81; he was director of the FBI for 12 years, after being nominated by the older George Bush.
He was a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, receiving a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He went to college at Princeton, before going to Vietnam.
RIP, sir.

There are eight teams left in the NIT:

— Wichita State (24-11)- Shockers won nine of last 10 games; they beat Tulsa 2 out of 3 games this season, including the AAC tournament.
Wichita has #23 eFG% defense in country.

— Tulsa (28-7)— they’ve won eight of their last nine games, with their last two wins in OT.
Tulsa is shooting 38.9% on the arc, #5 in country.

— St Joe’s (24-11)- Hawks won nine of last 10 games, including NIT road games at Colorado State and California.
St Joe’s subs play #321 minutes, a potential problem in higher altitude.

— New Mexico (25-10)- Were 5-6 in last 11 Mountain West games, but won their first two NIT games, by 24-25 points.
Lobos drew over 9,000 fans for their last game, big crowd for the NIT.

— Illinois State (22-12)- Redbirds are 9-3 in non-conference games; they won at Wake Forest Sunday.
Illinois State is #45 in the country in experience, #13 in continuity.

— Dayton (25-11)- Flyers are 11-3 in their last 14 games, with all three losses to VCU.
Dayton won its first two NIT games on the road, at Bradley/NC-Wilmington.

— Nevada (24-12)- Long road trip for the Wolf Pack; last time they played outside of Nevada was March 3rd, in Wyoming.
Nevada gets 25.5% of its points on foul line, #3 in country.

— Auburn (19-16)- After going 3-9 in their last 12 SEC games, Tigers beat South Alabama by 11, Seattle by 6 in two NIT home games.
Auburn gets 24% of its points on foul line, #20 in country.

— There was a cool moment Monday night during the Royals-Rangers exhibition game; Texas had a pitcher named Carter Baumler on the mound. He gets a guy out and manager Skip Schumaker comes to the mound. Players start laughing during the meeting, Schumaker goes back to the dugout, Baumler stays in the game.

Turns out that Schumaker told the pitcher that he made the team, that he was a big leaguer for the first time in his career. Pretty excellent way to find out.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Tuesday, March 24

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Toronto VS Boston
Toronto is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games.
Toronto is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games against Boston.
Toronto is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road.
Toronto is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Boston.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games against Toronto.
Boston is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games at home.
Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Toronto.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 9 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.

Ottawa VS Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Ottawa's last 8 games.
Ottawa is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Ottawa is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games against Detroit.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Detroit's last 15 games.
Detroit is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 9 games against Ottawa.
Detroit is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home.

Seattle VS Florida
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games.
Seattle is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games.
Seattle is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games against Florida.
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Florida is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games against Seattle.
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Florida is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

Carolina VS Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games.
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Carolina is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games against Montreal.
Carolina is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games against Carolina.
Montreal is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing at home against Carolina.

Chicago VS New York
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games.
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Chicago is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games against NY Islanders.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago's last 9 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders' last 6 games.
NY Islanders is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of NY Islanders' last 20 games against Chicago.
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Columbus VS Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus' last 6 games.
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against Philadelphia.
Columbus is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games.
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Philadelphia's last 9 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Philadelphia's last 18 games when playing at home against Columbus.

Colorado VS Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games.
Colorado is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games.
Colorado is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road.
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games against Colorado.
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado.
Pittsburgh is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

Minnesota VS Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 9 games.
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Minnesota is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games against Tampa Bay.
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Minnesota's last 18 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Tampa Bay is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games at home.
Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Minnesota.

New Jersey VS Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games.
New Jersey is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
New Jersey is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of New Jersey's last 18 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games.
Dallas is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games against New Jersey.
Dallas is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home.

San Jose VS Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 9 games.
San Jose is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
San Jose is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games against Nashville.
San Jose is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games.
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Nashville is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home.
Nashville is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against San Jose.

Washington VS St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 6 games.
Washington is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 9 games when playing on the road against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis' last 5 games.
St. Louis is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of St. Louis' last 8 games against Washington.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis' last 8 games at home.

Vegas VS Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas' last 5 games.
Vegas is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games.
Vegas is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games against Winnipeg.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas' last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Winnipeg's last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Winnipeg's last 13 games against Vegas.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Winnipeg's last 9 games at home.
Winnipeg is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Vegas.

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

Edmonton VS Utah
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Edmonton's last 20 games.
Edmonton is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Edmonton is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games against Utah.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Utah's last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games against Edmonton.
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 5 games when playing at home against Edmonton.

Anaheim VS Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Anaheim's last 12 games.
Anaheim is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games.
Anaheim is 1-12 SU in its last 13 games against Vancouver.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games.
Vancouver is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Vancouver's last 12 games against Anaheim.
Vancouver is 4-16 SU in its last 20 games at home.


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[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, March 24

 

[Cnotes53]

Tuesday, March 24​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
SEA at FLA	07:00 PM	FLA -129 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
TOR at BOS	07:00 PM	BOS -192 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
COL at PIT	07:00 PM	PIT +141***** O 6.5*****	+500 +500
OTT at DET	07:00 PM	OTT +110***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500
CLB at PHI	07:00 PM	CLB -134 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
CAR at MON	07:00 PM	MON +118***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500
CHI at NYI	07:00 PM	NYI -159 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
MIN at TB	07:30 PM	TB -158 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
SJ at NAS	08:00 PM	SJ +119***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500
WAS at STL	08:00 PM	STL -112***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
NJ at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -162***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
LA at CAL	09:00 PM	CAL +124***** U 5.5	+500 +500
EDM at UTAH	09:30 PM	EDM +113***** O 6.5	+500 +500
ANA at VAN	10:00 PM	ANA -175 U 6.5*****	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

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.................106 -124 - 2................46.08%..................- 72.80


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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU JANUARY !

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

 

[Cnotes53]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Players who have scored the most points for the Lakers:
33,643— Kobe Bryant
25,192— Jerry West
24,176— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
23,149— Elgin Baylor
17,707— Earvin Johnson
16,320— James Worthy

Quotes of the Day
“If you ever want to question my recruiting abilities, just look at my wife….…”
Providence’s new coach, Bryan Hodgson, whose wife is very attractive

Wednesday’s quiz
Which college’s sports teams are known as the Gauchos?

Tuesday’s quiz
New York Mets have retired uniform number 36, to honor retired pitcher Jerry Koosman.

Monday’s quiz
Of all the active baseball players, Jose Ramirez has hit the most home runs as a visiting player in these three ballparks: Detroit, Kansas City, Chicago (White Sox).

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Baseball season starts Wednesday night; Bronx at the Giants in San Francisco on Netflix, then a lot more games on Thursday/Friday. There are seven interleague series the first weekend this year.

— Tulsa 83, Wichita State 79
Tulsa led 30-6 early in the game.
Wichita led 72-70 with 4:54 left in the game.
Tulsa shot 12-29 on the arc, only 36.1% inside arc.
AAC rivals wound up splitting four games with each other this year.

— New Mexico 84, Saint Joseph’s 69
Visiting Hawks led 39-37 at halftime.
New Mexico was 22-28 on foul line, St Joe’s 8-11
Tomislav Buljan scored 27 points, had 11 rebounds.
St Joe’s was only 9-33 on the arc.

— North Carolina is firing basketball coach Hubert Davis, after the Tar Heels lost in the first round of the NCAA’s for second year in a row. Davis was 126-54 in his five years in Chapel Hill, 68-30 in ACC games, 7-4 in the NCAA Tournament.
The thing about North Carolina is that they’ve always hired alums/assistant coaches; this time, there is no logical replacement for Davis. Curious to see who they hire.

— Iowa Hawkeyes are in the Sweet 16; in their last ten games, their star Bennett Stirtz has sat out a total of three minutes, so he’s averaged 40.2 minutes/game in a sport where the games are only 40 minutes long.

— NIL budgets for teams in the Sweet 16:
$12M- Duke
$11.5M-Arkansas
$10.5M-Michigan, St John’s
$9.75M- Arizona

$9.5M- Alabama, Tennessee, UConn
$9M- Illinois
$8.75M- Purdue
$8.5M- Michigan State, Houston

$8.25M- Iowa State
$7.5M- Texas
$6.75M- Nebraska
$6.25M- Iowa

— Famous birthdays, March 25th
Joe Carollo, 86
Bonnie Bedelia, 78
Lee Mazzilli, 71
Avery Johnson, 61
Sarah Jessica Parker, 61
Tom Glavine, 60
Domenick Lombardozzi, 50
Kyle Lowry, 40
Pete Crow-Armstrong, 24

— Tennessee Tech hired Tobin Anderson as its new basketball coach; Anderson was at Fairleigh Dickinson when they upset Purdue in the first round of the 2023 NCAA’s, the second time a #16 seed upset a #1-seed. He then coached Iona for two years, going 33-34, 20-18 in MAAC games.
Tennessee Tech has had eight straight losing seasons; they haven’t been in NCAA’s since 1963.

— Tuesday night during the Dodgers-Angels exhibition, Dodgers TV had third base coach Dino Ebel miked for the whole game, and TV analyst Eric Karros asked him questions, so I learned a lot about the game, about coaching third base. Great TV that you can’t do during the regular season, but it was excellent TV.

— Monday night, Dodger P Roki Sasaki had a tough time against the Angels; he faced 14 hitters, didn’t give up any hits, but he walked six guys, hit two others, only got six outs. 66 pitches, only 32 strikes.

— Last year, Cleveland Guardians were 42-25 after the All-Star break, best record in the major leagues

— My godson is an assistant high school baseball coach on Long Island; apparently they use the pitch-com device during games, where the catcher presses a button on a device so the pitcher knows what pitch he is calling.
Surprised to hear that high schools use pitch-com, but they do.

— NFL updates:
Kansas City Chiefs signed TE Travis Kelce for three years, $54.7M
Seattle Seahawks signed WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba for four years, $168.8M.
Cincinnati Bengals signed 41-year old QB Joe Flacco for one year, $6M.

— About 10 years ago, I’m in Las Vegas for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, I’m staying at the MGM Grand. It is the first game of the day, so its like 10am in Las Vegas, I was on my first Cherry Coke of the day.

I’m sitting next to three young guys; the game is about eight minutes in, and a kid hits a jumper to make the score 15-12, something like that. The three young guys explode, start hugging each other and giving each other high-5’s.

I ask the guy next to me, “Was that your brother who made that shot? Why you so happy?”
“First to 15 man!!! That hoop won our bet; we had Northern Iowa to get to 15 points first”

Turns out I had no idea you could bet on which team got to 15 points first in a game; I’m glad I didn’t know that, would’ve spent lot of time researching those numbers.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, March 25

NHL

Wednesday, March 25

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Trend Report
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Boston VS Buffalo
Boston is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games against Buffalo.
Boston is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games on the road.
Boston is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Buffalo.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston's last 10 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games.
Buffalo is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Buffalo's last 9 games against Boston.
Buffalo is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.

New York VS Toronto
NY Rangers is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
NY Rangers is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of NY Rangers' last 14 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers' last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games.
Toronto is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games.
Toronto is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing at home against NY Rangers.


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[Cnotes53]

Wednesday, March 25​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at BUF	07:30 PM	BUF -193 U 6.5*****	+500 +500
NYR at TOR	07:30 PM	TOR +108***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

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.................107 -126 - 2...............45.92%..................-78.40


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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU JANUARY !

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

 

[Cnotes53]

Thursday’s 6-pack
— New York 7, San Francisco 0- Max Fried throws 6.1 scoreless IP.
— Illinois State 61, Dayton 55- Redbirds never trailed, shot 66.7% inside arc.
— Auburn 75, Nevada 69- Auburn-Illinois State is one NIT semi-final.
— Celtics 119, Thunder 109- Loss ends Oklahoma City’s 12-game win streak.
— Hawks 130, Pistons 129 OT- Atlanta led this game by 18 at the half.
— Nuggets 142, Mavericks 135- Jamal Murray scored 53 points.

Quotes of the Day
“Believe me, I wish I was a guy somewhere, and I think teams are dumb for not having me be that guy. Not being one of those guys to go sign somewhere, yeah, it pisses me off a little bit. But at the same time, I’m very happy to be here.”
Joe Flacco, after signing with the Bengals

Thursday’s quiz
Who was the Pirates’ manager, last time they made the playoffs?

Wednesday’s quiz
Cal-Santa Barbara’s sports teams are known as the Gauchos.

Tuesday’s quiz
New York Mets have retired uniform number 36, to honor pitcher Jerry Koosman.

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Thursday’s Den: An interesting person for each major league team…….​

National League

— Diamondbacks- Zac Gallen- Last year was his option year; he had a rough year, going 13-15, 4.83 in 33 starts, but he was 4-2, 3.48 in his last six outings.

He signed a one-year deal with Arizona, so its another option year for him. We’ll see if he can have a big year and strike it rich next winter.
— Braves- Ronald Acuna Jr- He played in only 95 games last year, coming back from knee surgery; he’s played in 100+ games in only two of the last five years. Atlanta had its first losing season in eight years in 2025; they’ll need Acuna to be productive to bounce back this year.

— Cubs- Alex Bregman- He’s played his whole career for Houston/Boston, where both home parks have a short porch in left field. How will playing 81 games in Wrigley Field affect his production? Statcast said that if he played for the Cubs last year, he still would’ve put up good numbers, since left-center in Wrigley can be inviting to hitters. We’ll see.

— Reds- Andrew Abbott- Cincinnati made the playoffs last year, but they haven’t won a playoff game since 2012, going 0-5 in three appearances since then. Reds will need someone to step up as an ace pitcher; Abbott was 10-7, 2.89 in 29 starts LY, so he would be the likeliest candidate.

— Rockies- Paul DePodesta runs the Rockies now; he is Jonah Hill’s character from Moneyball, who spent the last eight years working for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns (he played football in college at Harvard).
How much will the Rockies platoon players? When he was with the A’s, they platooned a lot. It’ll be interesting to see how things will be different in Denver this year.

— Dodgers- Kyle Tucker is getting paid $60M/year for the next four years; considering LA just won two World Series without him, it is a curious move, but Tucker is the Dodgers’ only position player star who is under 30 years old.
Tucker has a career OPS of .865, which should make the Dodgers even better.

— Marlins- In his last ten starts last year, Sandy Alcantara was 5-3, 3.70, as he came back from missing the 2024 season. He is a free agent after the 2027 season; will the Marlins hang onto him or deal him for prospects who make less money?
Marlins have had only two winning seasons since 2009, and they got swept in the playoffs both of those years, but their nucleus of position players is pretty good.

— Brewers- Jason Misiorowski- Milwaukee doesn’t pay its star pitchers, which is why Freddy Peralta plays for the Mets now. Misiorowski was 5-3, 4.36 in 14 starts as a rookie; can he pick up where Peralta left off and be an ace for the Brewers?
Milwaukee has made the players seven of the last eight years; Peralta will be missed.

— Mets- Mets dumped Alonso, Nimmo, McNeil, Marte; most of last year’s coaches are gone now too, after the Mets missed the playoffs. That would put the spotlight for 2026 squarely on Carlos Mendoza, who has managed the Mets for two years, going 179-158, 7-6 in playoff games.
Not sure why you dump several key players and most of your coaching stuff, but you keep the same manager? Lot of pressure on Mendoza this year.

— Phillies- Justin Crawford is starting this season as the Phillies’ center fielder; he is the son of Carl Crawford, who played 15 years in the big leagues. Will he hit enough to keep the job? Last year, Crawford hit .334 in AAA; he needs to defend well more than he needs to hit.

— Pirates- Two players here; Pirates added Marcell Ozuna/Ryan O’Hearn as Pittsburgh tries to spruce up its lineup with a couple older hitters, one from each side of the plate. Pirates haven’t had a winning season since 2018, haven’t made the playoffs since 2015.
Pittsburgh’s starting pitching is pretty good; if they hit more, they could contend for the playoffs.

— Cardinals- Chaim Bloom is the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations; Red Sox made the playoffs once in the four years he worked there (he traded Mookie Betts), now St Louis is in a rebuild, having missed the playoffs the last three years.
Cardinals haven’t missed the playoffs four years in a row since 1988-95; we’ll see how quickly the Cardinals get better. Fans there are used to winning.

— Padres- San Diego traded their best prospect Leo DeVries to acquire closer Mason Miller, who had 50 saves the last two years. There were murmurs that the Padres were going to make Miller a starting pitcher, but apparently that’s not going to happen.
Dylan Cease, Luis Arraez, Ryan O’Hearn aren’t in San Diego anymore; might be tough for them to equal last year’s 90-72 record.

— Giants- San Francisco hired a new manager, Tony Vitello, who managed the Tennessee Vols for eight years, winning the 2024 national title. Not many college managers become skippers in the big leagues; Pat Murphy in Milwaukee, Bobby Winkles back in the day with the Angels.
It’ll be interesting to see how the Giants fare with their new manager.

— Nationals- I watch a lot of podcasts about fantasy baseball; last couple of weeks, there was a lot of enthusiasm about Cade Cavalli, a pitcher who was 3-1, 4.25 in 10 starts last year.
Nationals’ leadership got A LOT younger this winter; curious to see how they do. Expectations are very, very low, that’s for sure.

— Famous birthdays, March 26th
Martin Short, 76
Catherine Keener, 67
Marcus Allen, 66
John Sotckton, 64
Kevin Seitzer, 64
Michael Imperioli, 60
Keira Knightley, 41
Von Miller, 37
Cristian Javier, 29
Jeremiah Jackson, 26

American League

— Orioles- Why did the Mets trade Pete Alonso? The last five years, Alonso missed a total of 20 games, playing 162-162 games the last two seasons. He hit 195 home runs those five years; he is a really good hitter, and should make the Orioles’ lineup a lot stronger.

— Red Sox- Boston made the playoffs last year, for only the second time in seven years; they did not re-sign Alex Bregman this winter, but added P’s Ranger Suarez, Sonny Gray and 1B Willson Contreras. It looks like Jarren Duran/Wilyer Abreu will play every day instead of platooning, but the AL East is tough. Can they make the playoffs again this season?

— White Sox- Lot of pundits have been praising Munetaka Murakami, Chicago’s new 1B who is supposed to be quite a slugger, but if he’s that good, why didn’t the big $$$ teams gobble him up, instead of the freakin’ White Sox?
Last three years, White Sox have lost 101-121-102 games; they should be a lot better this year.

— Guardians- Jose Ramirez is on his way to the Hall of Fame, but he’ll be 34 in September; how long can he keep being such an excellent hitter?
Cleveland has been in the playoffs seven of the last ten years; AL Central is wide open, for sure.

— Tigers- Last four years, Framber Valdez was 57-35 for the Astros; now he moves from a small Houston ballpark to a bigger one in Detroit, and figures to prosper there.
Valdez had issues with one of his catchers in Houston last year; his new manager in Detroit was a catcher (AJ Hinch) when he played. We’ll see how Valdez makes out in the Motor City.

— Astros- Houston has one too many infielders, which its better than one too few, but what are they going to do with their lineup? GM Dana Brown is under the gun; he added couple of new starting pitchers (Tatsuya Imai/Mike Burrows).
If they can keep Yordan Alvarez healthy this year, Astros should go back to the playoffs, after missing them last season for the first time in nine years.

— Royals- Kansas City moved the fences in at Kauffman Stadium this year; they also shortened some of the fences, so the question is this: how much will it help the hitters/hurt the pitchers?
Royals finished over .500 the last two years; there are expectations now.

— Angels- Angels are a big market team; they had Trout/Ohtani on the same team for several years, but somehow were paying Anthony Rendon more than either one of them. Owner Arte Moreno is the man in the spotlight here; Halos haven’t had a winning season since 2015, and Moreno has inferred that he doesn’t think their fans don’t care much about winning. Huh??
Trout will be 35 in August; the Angels are expected to miss the playoffs again.

— Twins- Fantasy baseball experts are touting young 2B Luke Keaschall; Twins have missed the playoffs four of the last five years and have a new manager in Derek Shelton, who used to be the skipper in Pittsburgh.
I’m still wondering why they didn’t put a dome on the Twins’ ballpark? The weather sucks there.

— New York- Brian Cashman is the GM in the Bronx; he hasn’t won a World Series since 2009, despite having the most $$$ in the sport, until the Dodgers’ spending spree the last few years. Funny part was listening to New York fans whine about the Dodgers; seriously? Welcome to my world, guys. I root for the freakin’ A’s, who made a movie about not spending money.

— A’s- Two more years in Sacramento, before the new ballpark (domed) opens in Las Vegas; A’s have stepped up and signed some of their good position players, so if their pitchers hold up in the hitter-friendly Sacramento ballpark, the A’s could contend for a Wild Card slot.
When the A’s get to Las Vegas, owner John Fisher better try to win, or he might wind up like Joe Pesci in the movie Casino.

— Mariners- Seattle brought in Brendan Donovan from St Louis to play 3B; he has a .772 OPS in four seasons. Mariners have excellent starting pitching; they lost the ALCS in seven games last year, could easily make the World Series this season.

— Rays- Tampa Bay had to play home games outdoors last year in a hitter-friendly minor league ballpark; this year they move back into the Trop, which should help pitchers, hurt the hitters.

How does this affect Junior Caminero? He hit 45 homers last year, had 110 RBI, but here’s the thing: Caminero had a .954 OPS at home, .743 on the road and now the Rays are playing their home games in a more pitching-friendly environment.

— Rangers- Texas traded Marcus Semien for OF Brandon Nimmo, who figures to bat leadoff for the Rangers. Nimmo is durable/productive, hitting 72 homers the last three years. If they can keep Corey Seager healthy, new manager Skip Schumaker should take Texas to the playoffs.

— Blue Jays- Toronto came thisclose to winning the World Series last year, but now Bo Bichette plays for the Mets, with Japanese import Kazumo Okamoto the new 3B. Dylan Cease/Cody Pence are new additions to the starting rotation; can their bullpen hold up?

 

[Udog]

NHL

Thursday, March 26

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Trend Report
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Minnesota VS Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 10 games.
Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Minnesota is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games against Florida.
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Minnesota's last 19 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida's last 10 games against Minnesota.
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Florida's last 8 games when playing at home against Minnesota.
Florida is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

Columbus VS Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus' last 7 games.
Columbus is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Columbus is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games against Montreal.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus' last 5 games on the road.
Montreal is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
Montreal is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home.
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.

Dallas VS New York
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 6 games.
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas' last 11 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders' last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders' last 6 games against Dallas.
NY Islanders is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of NY Islanders' last 11 games when playing at home against Dallas.

Pittsburgh VS Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Pittsburgh's last 10 games.
Pittsburgh is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games.
Pittsburgh is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games against Ottawa.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games.
Ottawa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Ottawa's last 6 games against Pittsburgh.
Ottawa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Chicago VS Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 8 games.
Chicago is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games.
Chicago is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games against Philadelphia.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago's last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games.
Philadelphia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Philadelphia's last 16 games against Chicago.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 10 games at home.

Seattle VS Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 6 games.
Seattle is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games.
Seattle is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games against Tampa Bay.
Seattle is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

New Jersey VS Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games.
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against Nashville.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Jersey's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Nashville's last 15 games.
Nashville is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games against New Jersey.
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.

San Jose VS St. Louis
San Jose is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
San Jose is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games against St. Louis.
San Jose is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
San Jose is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis' last 6 games.
St. Louis is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis' last 6 games against San Jose.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis' last 9 games at home.

Colorado VS Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 7 games.
Colorado is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games.
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against Winnipeg.
Colorado is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Winnipeg's last 13 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games against Colorado.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Winnipeg's last 10 games at home.
Winnipeg is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado.

Anaheim VS Calgary
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Anaheim is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games against Calgary.
Anaheim is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 6 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games.
Calgary is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games against Anaheim.
Calgary is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home.

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

Edmonton VS Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Edmonton's last 15 games.
Edmonton is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games against Vegas.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games on the road.
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas' last 6 games.
Vegas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas' last 7 games at home.
Vegas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Edmonton.

Los Angeles VS Vancouver
Los Angeles is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
Los Angeles is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games against Vancouver.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Los Angeles' last 12 games on the road.
Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games.
Vancouver is 3-13 SU in its last 16 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Vancouver's last 16 games against Los Angeles.
Vancouver is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games at home.


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