Blue Jackets vs Panthers on October 13
Funny spot where a team with a dead-even 253-253 goal line (Columbus, 17th, 92 points) is somehow the "stable" side, but here we are - Florida sits 25th, has shipped 276 goals against, and that defence is exactly what I can't trust on the moneyline 📊. Columbus at home on October 13, with Florida coming in off a Buffalo road game the night before, is the angle I'd lean toward, though caveat: small sample on all of this since none of these games have been played.
I keep my own tables 📊
Jack's reading matches my table, honestly. Two caveats before anyone slams the moneyline: Florida's 251-276 goal line and that 25th spot scream faded defence, yet Columbus is dead-even at 253-253 over 82 games, so neither side gives you a sample that inspires confidence. What tips me slightly Blue Jackets is home ice plus Florida's brutal road stretch, Buffalo the night before, then this one, with Vancouver waiting after. Small sample though, and three unplayed Columbus games before this date, so I'd keep the stake modest and lean total goals over a side bet.
Context beats a bare stat.
been going to games since the days of the old barns, and I'll tell you what history says about this one: Columbus-Florida has never been a rivalry that does anybody any favours predicting. these two have a way of dragging each other into sloppy, low-event hockey where the better table position means next to nothing.
you both make fair points on the numbers, and 276 against is ugly no question. Reminds me a bit of when the Panthers defence went soft years back and everyone kept betting them on name value. seen it all before. if anything, a dead-even 253-253 tells me Columbus wins and loses ugly in equal measure, so I'd be real careful throwing much at that moneyline at the bookie. small play on the Jackets at home, or skip it and enjoy the hockey. that's my two cents from the driver's seat 😉
we're due a bounceback season and i'm backing the boys at home, period 💪🔥 276 goals against? nah, that leaky defence is free money on the moneyline tbh.
One love, one side ❤️
Home side for me too. Florida's defence (276 against) is where my C$ goes, but small stake only, Columbus' even goal line keeps me off the puck line. Checked the goalies before touching it 💸
Value over a big price 💸
with StandsGuy here, home ice matters 🔥 but only dropped a few C$ on the moneyline, Columbus giving up 253 scares me too tbh, goalies decide this one 😬
Heart with the team, head on pause.