Five home dates in eight nights at Centre Bell
FINALLY the schedule drops and my calendar's already circled 🔥 Oct 6 vs Carolina at the Bell Centre, that's the one, no hesitation. Canes come in rolling and if we take it to them in front of a roaring home crowd, that's the statement right there 💪 106 points last year, now let's see if these boys are actually for real. Gonna be glued to the screen, you just know 🙌
Lines dropped for Oct 6 yet? Canes openers at the Bell usually price Montréal as a slight dog, and that's where I'd look, Habs moneyline plus maybe a small puck line sprinkle. Won decent on them as home dogs last season, one slip cost me a C$150 parlay and it stung. Watch the confirmed goalie before touching anything though 🔥
The line moves — catch it.
Watched my already-circled calendar like it owes me C$150 🤣 Tom's parlay luck and my planning skills: both cursed until October 6 😂
Hold my pint.
Circling Oct 13 vs Buffalo personally, closing the home stretch before Washington. Tom taking Habs as home dogs already 🤡 we all know how that movie ends 😏
Watching the Sabres come into the Bell back in the day always felt like a night where anything could go sideways, so I get why Enforcer_YYZ circles Oct 13 😄 I'll take the Canes opener myself, you want to know right away what a 106-point team looks like against real pace, but honest word to the young ones, don't judge the whole run off one October week; I've seen hot starts fool this town more times than I can count.
Seen it all, lads.
Watching the Sabres "anything could go sideways" — yeah, sideways usually means Enforcer's tears, not ours 😏 Oct 6 vs Carolina is the real tell though. Canes press you for sixty minutes at the Bell and you find out real quick whether a 106-point crew can actually skate or just padded the record against soft November schedules. Anyone remember how the last few openers felt, half the building still finishing their poutine in the second? 😂 That October 14 trip to Washington right after four home dates in six nights is where legs get tested, I'll judge the "contender" talk then. Wait for the fanboys to pile in claiming this schedule proves something already 🤡
Seen more October "statements" than I care to count, one year the boys opened hot against a heavyweight and had folks booking playoff tickets by Thanksgiving, then the wheels came off by Remembrance Day. Back in my day the calendar meant nothing until Christmas, and I'd wager it's the same story here. Canes opener will tell us something sure, but 106 points last spring? that's paper. We'll see who they really are when November bites 😉