Flames to beat Colorado at the Saddledome on October 9
29th in the league with a 212-259 goal differential hosting Colorado, and I'm still nibbling on the moneyline. Small stake, C$20 or so, because the price should be juicy at the bookie. Divisional home opener at the Saddledome, crowd will be loud, and the Avs sometimes sleepwalk through early October road games. That's the only case I see, honestly.
The smart play is probably Calgary +1.5 on the puck line, and if the ML odds land around +200 or better I'll take a split: half on the plus side, sprinkle on the ML. Lesson from last week - I chased a longshot straight up and it burned me, so bankroll discipline first. Rest of the stretch: I like Calgary at home vs Anaheim on the 11th more than any of these, that's my banker. Seattle away on the 5th is a coin flip, Vegas on the 16th is a pass for me. 🔥
Bankroll discipline wins.
I keep a spreadsheet on this sort of thing and 29th with a minus-47 goal line is tough to back with any confidence, so I'd cap the C$20 at a flat single rather than parlaying it into the Seattle trip on the 5th. If you want the upset, the home date with Colorado on the 9th is the only spot I'd touch — the Ducks pair on the 11th and 14th probably carries a worse price. Sample size caveat applies since none of these are played yet, but the numbers lean against the brave money here 📊
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I keep a spreadsheet on this sort of thing and 29th with a minus-47 goal line is tough to back with any confidence, so I'd cap the C$20 at a flat single rather than parlaying it into the Seattle trip on the 5th. If you w…
Spreadsheet or not, Jack, I'd rather take the home dog vs Colorado than touch Seattle on the road - home openers at the Saddledome are exactly where the number gets fat. If you want a "safer" single, the Ducks visit on the 11th is where I'd put a flat C$20 instead. Harry's moneyline nibble lands sometimes; the minus-47 goal differential just means the price will be worth it. 🔥
Up one week, down the next. Classic.
HarryBlues backing a 29th-place team on the moneyline 😂 did you forget how your last "value pick" panned out? Wait for the fanboys to pile in 🤡💸
Laugh it up enforcerguy, opener nights at the Dome bring weird bounces all the time 😱 C$20 on the flames AND ducks on the 11th, small stakes big dreams 💪🔥 getir!
Think of it like pricing insurance on a house that's never burned down yet, the premium looks fat until you read the flood map. That's how I'd treat the Colorado price: the number is fat for a reason, and 212-259 over 82 games is a flood map. My own ledger says teams that deep in the table rarely flip the script against a top-six club at home; the upset hits maybe one night in five, and the moneyline needs better than that to pay. So Harry, if your C$20 is entertainment money, fine, but as a bet it's negative EV.
If you want my actual card for the stretch, the Anaheim pair is where the logic lives. Compare the two metrics: Colorado's strength is known and priced in, while Anaheim away on the 14th is the softest line of the five and the most mispriced, historically, for late-season also-rans. Flat singles only, no parlays, Sam, stacking the Flames and the Ducks doubles variance for the same stake, that's the opposite of what small bankrolls want. Seattle on the 5th I'd skip entirely. 📊
Do the math before you argue.
RideOrDie, flood map?? the Dome on opener night is where big money goes to die 😱 212-259 or not, im dropping C$20 on it tbh, ah well, nowt to do 🔥
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RideOrDie nailed the framing, season-long goal differential is the heaviest signal we've got before game one, and mine backs it up: spreading 212-259 across 82 games works out to roughly minus half a goal per night against arguably deeper rosters like Makar's crew. My play's boring by comparison: skip the October 9 outright entirely and let the matchups decide, give me Calgary +anything at home versus the Ducks twice inside four days on the 11th and 14th, both winnable on paper even at 29th, whereas the Avs' class usually travels regardless of building noise.
Was at the Dome the night we stormed back on opener evening a few years back, still get chills tbh 🥶 everyone crying flood map this, minus half a goal that, nah lads, season stats mean squat on night one, fresh skates, weird bounces, crowd loud enough to rattle Makar's teeth 😱 dropping my C$20 on the Flames Oct 9, backing them all day 🏒🔥
You don't abandon your own.
Got my own spreadsheet open and here's the wrinkle: night one tilts the sample so hard I don't trust the 212-259 line for a single game. Think of it like your first client of the tax season, the annual averages say one thing, but that specific evening has its own distribution. If the price on the Flames moneyline at the Dome on October 9 is fat enough, a C$20 flyer is defensible; the stretch through Seattle, both Ducks games and Vegas in the span of 12 days is where I'd want real staking discipline instead.
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Gary trustin a spreadsheet over night one bounces? 😱 spreadsheets never heard the Dome roar mate. C$20 on the upset, ah well, nowt to do 🔥
Gary's got the right instinct. Game one is a different distribution entirely. I'd rather split the stretch: Seattle on Oct 5 feels the safer value, honestly. 📊
Context beats a bare stat.
Zoe trustin Seattle over our boys at home? Bold take ngl 😂 I'll take the Dome crowd over a quiet Kraken barn any night of the week, you know how loud it gets when the red lot fills up? That whole stretch Oct 5-16 I'm going WITH the Flames everywhere, Vegas away scares me tbh but the Ducks twice?? 🤬 we owe them a statement. My C$20's already parked on the upset the 9th, heart says it all 🙌 through thick and thin lads, who else is riding with us?? 🔥💪
You don't abandon your own.
Locked mine in already. Colorado moneyline Oct 9 for a unit, I don't see a 29th-place side with that goal line beating them even at home, and the real money for me is Seattle Oct 5, that price on Calgary plus whatever the puck line looks like feels like free value to open the season. Also grabbed the Ducks home game Oct 11, that one landed for me last year in similar spots and the opener crowd usually travels well for Anaheim. Vegas on the 16th I'm passing, road trip fatigue after three games in a week.
Would Gary's C$20 upset have landed if he'd taken it at a fair price? Doubt it, but good luck to him anyway. See you all after the 5th. 🔥💸
Up one week, down the next. Classic.