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.

 

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Trend Report
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Pittsburgh VS New York
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Pittsburgh's last 12 games.
Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Pittsburgh is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games against NY Islanders.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders' last 9 games.
NY Islanders is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Islanders' last 8 games against Pittsburgh.
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

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

Toronto VS Anaheim
Toronto is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games.
Toronto is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against Anaheim.
Toronto is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 11 games when playing on the road against Anaheim.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Anaheim's last 15 games.
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Anaheim's last 12 games against Toronto.
Anaheim is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games at home.

St. Louis VS San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis' last 8 games.
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against San Jose.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of St. Louis' last 8 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games.
San Jose is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games at home.

Vancouver VS Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vancouver's last 8 games.
Vancouver is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Vancouver is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games against Vegas.
Vancouver is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Vegas' last 16 games.
Vegas is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas' last 5 games against Vancouver.
Vegas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.


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Monday, March 30​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PIT at NYI	07:00 PM	PIT +114***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
CAL at COL	08:30 PM	COL -377 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
VAN at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -345 U 6.5*****	+500 +500
TOR at ANA	10:00 PM	ANA -181 U 6.5*****	+500 +500
STL at SJ	10:00 PM	SJ -105***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/30/2026.............4 - 3 - 0...................57.14%...................+ 3.50
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.................134 -148 - 2...............47.51%.................-50.40


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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
Utah State’s last six basketball coaches:
1999-2015— Stew Morrill coached the Aggies for 17 years.
2015-18— Tim Duryea- Was 48-49 in three years, 22-32 in league games
2018-21— Craig Smith- Was 74-24 in three years, 42-15 in league games
2021-23— Ryan Odom- Was 44-25 in three years, 21-15 in league games
2023-24— Danny Sprinkle was 28-7/14-4 in his one year in Logan.
2024-26— Jerrod Calhoun just bolted to Cincinnati; he was 55-15 in two years.

Quotes of the Day
“Deshaun (Watson) has a great chance, fresh start, offensive-minded coach, who has in his past been able to work with all kinds of different quarterbacks and make them successful. So, Deshaun has a great chance to do that now. We talked to him the other day, he said he weighs the [least] he has in several years.”
Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, on Browns’ QB Deshaun Watson, who has only played in 19 games since 2020.

Tuesday’s quiz
Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson pitched for six teams in his 22-year career. What team did he break into the major leagues with?

Monday’s quiz
Other than John Wooden, Larry Brown 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.

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

— Astros 8, Red Sox 2
Jose Altuve went 4-for-4 with two homers, four runs scored.
Lance McCullers Jr allowed four hits in his 7 IP.
Astros won their last three games, scoring 28 runs.

— Giants 3, Padres 2
San Francisco manager Tony Vitello gets his first major league win.
Landen Roupp allowed two hits in his six IP.
Harrison Bader got the Giants on the board with a solo HR

— Mets 4, Cardinals 2
Clay Holmes got 17 outs, allowed two runs.
Mets bullpen got the last 10 outs, allowed only one baserunner.
Bo Bichette knocked in two runs for the 3-1 Mets.

— Reds 2, Pirates 0
Chase Burns allowed one hit in his five IP.
Reds scored both their runs in the fourth inning.
1-3 Pittsburgh scored total of six runs in their last three games.

— Rays 3, Brewers 2
Nick Fortes had the game-winning double in the 9th inning.
Milwaukee led 2-1 after the sixth inning.
Yandy Diaz homered; he is 11 for 20 this season.

— White Sox 9, Marlins 4
White Sox got their first win, Marlins their first loss.
Miguel Vargas hit a grand slam, knocked in six runs.
Liam Hicks homered, had three RBI for Miami.

— Rockies 14, Blue Jays 5
Rockies had 17 hits, got their first win of the year.
Colorado led 2-1 after the fifth inning.
Ezequiel Tovar went 3-for-6 with 3 RBI, 2 runs scored.

— Famous birthdays, March 31st:
William Daniels, 99
Shirley Jones, 92
Christopher Walken, 83
Gabe Kaplan, 82
Mike Bass, 81
Rhea Perlman, 78
Ed Marinaro, 76
Mick Luckhurst, 68
Ron Brown, 65
JR Reid, 58
Steve Smith, 57
Kamren Curl, 27

— College basketball coaching changes:

Former Cincinnati coach Wes Miller is the new coach at NC-Charlotte.

Pepperdine hired Virginia assistant Griff Aldrich as its new coach.

St Bonaventure is expected to hire Daemen College coach Mike MacDonald as its new coach; MacDonald is a St Bonaventure alum; he’s coached at Canisius, Medaille and has been at D-II Daemen since 2015, going 58-2 the last two years.

NC State hired Tennessee assistant/former Wolfpack player Justin Gainey as its new coach.

Longtime Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson is the new coach at Utah State; Jacobson was UNI’s head coach for 20 years, making five NCAA Tournaments, including a Sweet 16 back in 2010, when his Panthers upset Kansas in the second round.

— Jacobson will be Utah State’s 7th coach in 12 years, even though they’ve made six of the last seven NCAA Tournaments. Utah State is moving to the new-ish Pac-12 next fall, where they’ll compete with Gonzaga and San Diego State.

— I’m guessing that Duke’s loss to UConn Sunday night ended a lot of people’s chances to win their bracket pools.

— Was watching the Cubs game on TV Sunday; their dugout reporter is Taylor McGregor, who sits by the far end of the Cubs dugout, right by the field. A foul ball winds up in her area; she picks it up, and turns around to hand it to a kid who is sitting in the front row of the stands, with his parents.

The kid, however, is wearing St Louis Cardinals gear; she pulls the ball back, says “You’re Cardinal fans!!!” and flips the baseball to someone else. It was kind of funny; they didn’t say if the parents thought it was that funny.

— First week of baseball season, Player of the Week in both leagues was a rookie, Cleveland’s Chase DeLauter and Sal Stewart of the Reds.

— Milwaukee Brewers signed minor league prospect Cooper Pratt to an 8-year, $50M contract; Pratt hit .238 in AA ball last year. He must be a hell of a fielder.

— Seattle Seahawks will be featured this summer on HBO’s Hard Knocks; in the summer of 2027, NFL Films will feature the New England Patriots on Hard Knocks.