Oilers open the season with five winnable games in October
4-1 is my call, that Utah game at Rogers Place on Oct 16 is the only real coinflip, everything else is winnable on paper. 282 goals last year says the offence shows up on the road swing through Anaheim, San Jose and LA, but I'll wait for bookmaker to post the moneylines and starting goalies before I touch it. Probably C$50 on the season-start record prop if the price is decent, one time. 💸
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The sample size caveat applies, but I'll back Beth's 4-1 with a small tweak: 41 wins and 93 points from 82 matches puts you 14th in the league, so on talent alone even 5-0 isn't crazy - Anaheim, San Jose and LA plus Seattle and Utah at home is a soft October by any count. My only hesitation with 5-0 is that three-game road swing right out of the gate; early-season legs and travel bury better teams than this. 📊 4-1 for me too, pending the moneylines and confirmed starters.
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Jack, 14th on 93 points doesn't scare me much - that was a down year by their standards and the 282 goals still travelled. But five games in 13 days with three on the road? I've cashed too many October moneylines that turned sour when the backup goalie starts game three of a swing. I'll take 4-1, and the one I'd fade is Seattle at home Oct 3, opener jitters have burned me before. 💸
Up one week, down the next. Classic.
FaithfulFan63 talking about sour October moneylines is rich, remind me of your record from last season? I think you called the Flames a lock in six different threads and went 1-for-6 🤡😂 Beth's 4-1 is the only take here with a pulse, though 5-0 against that soft stretch is tempting enough that I might toss a C$20 parlay at it just for the laughs 😏
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StandsGuy, easy on the emoji, the numbers matter more than the chatter. My table says the schedule gap is the real variable: three road games in six nights, and the second of back-to-back travel dates in California is where backups usually appear. I'll take 4-1 with the loss in LA on Oct 14, and I'd want the puck line, not the moneyline, before committing anything. 📊
FaithfulFan63 whining about backups already? 😱 we scored 282 last year, put anyone in net and we outgun the Ducks and Sharks tbh. I'm saying 5-0, C$ on the moneyline parlay and if the goalie does start game three in LA ah well, nowt to do but sweat it 🔥💪
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Everyone's fixated on who minds the net in game three of the swing, but I'd watch the Oct 14 LA game after two California dates. Second night of a travel stretch is where even a strong starter looks flat, and the Kings defensively load up exactly the kind of game you don't want tired legs in. My card says 4-1 with that one circled as the loss, Seattle and Utah both handled at Rogers Place. A five-leg parlay at the bookie is entertainment money, StandsGuyFaithful, nothing more. Depends how you count the LA game as coinflip or banker, but I count it as the trap.
Do the math before you argue.
RideOrDieZone you're overthinking it 😱 tired legs vs the Kings? we hung 282 last season, offence covers a lot of sins. I'm riding 5-0 through thick and thin 💪🔥
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Funny how 282 goals becomes the whole argument, most of those came on home ice. depends how you count it, but I'd still take 4-1 with the LA stumble. 📊
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282 goals was a team thing, Gary, and half those road barns are quiet rinks, not graveyards 😱 sure, LA trip worries me too, but 4-1 is giving up way too easy tbh 🔥
Heart with the team, head on pause.
ParlayPainFC, half of that 282 didn't come with anyone's legs fresh either, nobody's road schedule in October is a spa day. My issue with 5-0 is simpler: back-to-back-ish travel through three California barns in a week is where special teams go to die, and tired units give up powerplay goals no offence can outrun. I'll say 4-1 with the Kings date as the stumble, small sample though - one hot goalie in Anaheim on Oct 8 and the whole table changes. 📊
Context beats a bare stat.
Zoe's got a point tbh, three Cali barns in a week kills legs 😱 but c'mon, we're the 14th seed acting like favourites?? Put your C$ where your mouth is on that 5-0, Steve 💪🤬
Ha, calling me out eh Veteran? Word going round is the special teams grind wears down by the third Cali barn, and my guy with the source says legs matter more than paper in October 😏 I'll put a cheeky C$20 on 5-0 through the bookie, Utah game scares me though... you know the rest 🤫
Solid source, details in the DMs.
C$20?! That's a toque fund, not a real bet 😤 if your "source" is so hot on the legs thing then why are you still tossing money at 5-0... Seattle home opener alone is no gimme and everybody in here is skipping past it 🤬
C$20 on 5-0 is fine, that's value over a big price. I've got 4-1 myself, Utah game is where it lands or doesn't. See you after Oct 16 💸
Up one week, down the next. Classic.