Can Calgary ambush the Ducks twice in four days at the Saddledome?
Twice in four days against the same club, right out of the gate, with Vegas waiting in Calgary's future on the 16th. The schedule-maker did the Flames no favours. On last year's numbers Anaheim looks like the side you'd lean toward: 18th, 92 points, 273 goals for, and only 6 results went past regulation. But they also allowed 288, so a -15 differential on a 92-point club screams track meets. Calgary's 212-259 is uglier in every direction, and 29th is 29th however you count it 📊
My read for the 11th at the Saddledome: the total interests me more than the moneyline, since both defences leaked 250-plus a year ago. A Flames ML at home is a gutsy little punt, but two games is a tiny sample. One hot goalie swings the whole thing. Keep in mind Anaheim draws Boston at Honda Center on the 17th, so they'll want points banked early too. I'd rather ride the goals than guess who snipes more.
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Jack_Fan, dig a bit deeper than the schedule gripes and the gap is honest work: Calgary's 212 goals scored against 259 allowed says they bled both ends all season, while Anaheim at least outscored the league's defenders (273-288, 18th, 92 points). Home ice at the Saddledome on the 11th is the only edge I'd price in, small sample of one matchup though. Touching the moneyline on the Flames feels like feeding the bookie a toonie; the total on the 14th in Honda Center is where I'd put my loonies.
I keep my own tables 📊
Funny thing, these teams have been trading haymakers since back in my day. The old Ducks barn visits always felt like a coin flip no matter where either club sat in the standings. The table says Anaheim's the better side on paper, but rivalry games in October have a way of ignoring last year's point totals. I'd keep the moneyline alone at arm's length and lean toward the total if I touch this one at all 😄
We're taking at least one off these Ducks, bet on it 🔥 Saddledome home opener energy gonna carry us, ah well, nowt to do but believe 💪
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Home opener at the Saddledome is worth a couple goals on its own, but that 212-259 differential scares me off the Flames moneyline at the book. I'd take Anaheim on the 11th, small stake, and skip the 14th entirely since road b2bs against the same club rarely land. Total's the smarter market here if you want Calgary involved, these sides leaked goals all last season. 💸
Value over a big price 💸
Harry's got it right tbh, that 212-259 bleeds too much for me to put real coin on us even at the Dome 🔥. Grew up watching openers there though, barn gets LOUD, so maybe a sprinkle on the 11th and nothing on the 14th. Total feels safer than the moneyline all day 💪
Only thing I'd touch is the 11th, and even then Ducks ML, Calgary's schedule before Vegas screams rest-the-vets. Skipped a spot like this last season, watched it land without me 😭💸
Bankroll discipline wins.
Ben's right, that 212-259 is just ugly to look at 😱 I grew up playing minor hockey and never miss a Saturday at the Dome, heart says take the 11th, head says sprinkle only, maybe C$10, no more 🤬 Total over my ML on the 14th for sure, our lot never make it easy anyway 💪 ah well, nowt to do but watch.
One love, one side ❤️
Harry skipping the 14th makes sense to me, driving a cab nights, I've learned you don't double down when the tire's already flat. That 212-259 goal diff is why I'd only put C$10-ish on the home opener ML at most; the Dome crowd counts for something but the books price that in. Total over my ML all day, both dates, and don't ask me about the Ducks side till I see confirmed starters 🔥
Value over a big price 💸