What stands out to me.
I am changing up the flow of the article here a little bit. Everything when it comes to content that I produce is intended to help you quickly assess the slate while giving out picks and guidance that will help you find a way to profit. So with that said, here’s what stood out to me the most today in the form of quick thoughts
- Florida Panthers … They are facing the poor Blue Jackets on a back to back. I want Florida exposure tonight and no reason for me not to consider the Barkov line as that exposure.
- Chicago Power Play … Vancouver ranks fairly poorly on PK (69%) and Chicago’s PP unit is very centralized to a few key pieces. I like Chicago at home and their PP should account for scoring tonight.
- While Edmonton and Toronto both are the big name teams, neither is a must own for me tonight.
Aleksander Barkov – Panthers
$7800 for Barkov, compared to $9000 for AM34 and $9200 for McDavid. He arguably has the better match-up and so there’s no reason he isn’t in the Key-3 tonight.
Patrick Kane – Blackhawks
PK leads the Hawks in power play shots on goal, he is a must at $6200 as he has 5 points over his last two and likely is turning the corner after a long cold slump
Cam Fowler – Ducks
The Ducks are my go to value team here and since Detroit is a target team for defensemen that means Fowler/Shattenskirk figure to be the likely ones to benefit the most.
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OVERALL POSITIONAL RANKINGS
CENTERS
- Aleksander Barkov
- Auston Matthews
- Dylan Strome
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WINGS
- Patrick Kane
- Mitchell Marner (Nylander just as fine as well)
- Brady Tkachuk
- Carter Vehaeghe
- Alex DeBrincat
- Rickard Rakell
- Evander Kane
VALUE WINGS
- Tyler Ennis
- Michael Bunting
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DEFENSE
- Cam Fowler
- Seth Jones
- Morgan Rielly
- Aaron Ekblad
- Zach Werenski
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
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Chicago Blackhawks
Strome, Kane, DeBrincat, Seth Jones
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Florida Panthers
Barkov, Verhaghe, Ekblad
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Anaheim Ducks
Getzlaf, Rakell, Terry, Fowler
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Jack Campbell (Leafs)
Sergei Bobrovsky (Panthers)
Marc-Andre Fleury (Blackhawks)
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Slap Shots …
LINE LOCK OF THE NIGHT: Strome-Kane-DeBrincat (Hawks PP)
FAVORITE ONE OFF FORWARD: Mitchell Marner
FAVORITE ONE OFF VALUE: Tyler Ennis
FAVORITE ONE OFF DEFENSEMAN: Zach Werenski
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TOP BETS:
Vancouver/Chicago OVER 5.5
Chicago Blackhawks -125
Ottawa Senators +190