Thanks very much, guys. Best of luck to ya the rest of the playoffs

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Just going over my 2nd round notes, and found something that I highlighted all over it from last yr. It's an angle that I tried last yr with much success, thought I'd put it up for discussion, no good to anyone else if I keep it to myself

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Angle: Play only doggies in the 1st 2 games of round2 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and here're some statistical data backing it up......
If you look at the 16 series dating back to '98-'99 season:
1 series was swept (StL swept Dal in '01 as a DOG)
6 series went to game 7 (homers went 5-1)
6 series went to game 6
3 series went to game 5
Nothing jumping out at you yet??

If over the last 4yr of round 2, you bet the visiting team in the 1st 2 games of each series, over the 32 games, you would have had a record of 16-16 SU. For simplicity sake, let's say the doggies avg @ ML+150. If you bet $100 per game, you'd be up $800. Hey profit is profit, right??
Further breakdown......
'02 Playoffs Round2 after 2 games
Mont @ Car Tied 1-1
Ott @ Tor Tied 1-1
StL @ Det Det up 2-0
SJ @ Col Tied 1-1
ROADIES WENT 3-5
'01 Playoffs Round2 after 2 games
LA @ Col Tied 1-1
StL @ Dal StL up 2-0 as a ROAD DOG......eventually swept Dal as I mentioned above
Pitt @ Buff Pitt up 2-0 as a ROAD DOG......eventually won 4-3
Tor @ NJ Tied 1-1
ROADIES WENT 6-2
'00 Playoffs Round 2 after 2 games
Pitt @ Phi Pitt up 2-0 as a ROAD DOG......eventually lost 4-2
NJ @ Tor Tied 1-1
SJ @ Dal Dal up 2-0
Det @ Col Col up 2-0
ROADIES WENT 3-5
'99 Playoffs Round2 after 2 games
Pitt @ Tor Tied 1-1
Buf @ Bos Tied 1-1
StL @ Dal Dal up 2-0
Det @ Col Det up 2-0
ROADIES WENT 4-4
Another interesting thing to note is that although the roadies were 16-16 over the 4 yr span, only 4 lower seeds have won Round2, 12 higher seeds advanced to Conf Finals.
Do I recommend using this angle blindly?? Hell NO! But it's something to keep in mind when you're capping. So let's say NJ beats TB in Game1, I'd need to have some pretty overwhelming reasons for taking NJ in Game2, regardless of how badly NJ kicked TB's asses......and vice versa. If you pick your spots, it can be VERY profitable, though, with relatively low risk, since you're playing ML doggies.
Will put up some more CRAP after I go thru the rest of my notes. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!!!
THOUGHTS?? ANYONE??