NHL Picks: New York Rangers at Arizona Coyotes

We’re riding the red hot Rangers right now, and this is a high-value, high-risk play. Sure, New York is the much better team here, but they’re on a back to back and on the road a long way from home. The -123 line seems absurd to me as one of the best teams in hockey and the class of the Metropolitan Division faces one of the worst teams in the NHL. It’s a Wall Street trap by those Las Vegas tricksters, but after going unbeaten in the forum last night under similar ...

NHL Picks: Arizona Coyotes vs New York Rangers

NHL Picks: Arizona Coyotes at New York Rangers I think the line is a little sharp here, but I really like the New York Rangers at home against the Arizona Coyotes. Despite the -210 line, I see a lot of value here.

I think the Rangers win this game more than 2 out of every 3 times, so I think there would be value even at a higher line. The young Coyotes offense had a nice run for a moment, but they’ve fallen off – as expected – in recent games. The goaltending can steal one, but I ...

2015-16 NHL Preseason Predictions – Metropolitan Preview: New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL Preseason Predictions: New York Rangers Take 2015-16 Metropolitan Division

As a New Jersey Devils fan, it’s hard to admit that the New York Rangers are the best team in the Metropolitan Division. It’s even harder to pick them to win your division two years in a row in annual preseason NHL predictions. This year, the blow was softened by being right last year. Here’s to another incredibly profitable hockey season, starting with a preview of my favorite division where I begrudgingly pick a team with one Stanley Cup since 1940.

1. New York Rangers (108 pts): I know the ...

NHL Playoffs Picks: Lightning Rangers, Game Seven Eastern Conference Finals

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, Game Seven – Eastern Conference Finals How do you come up flat on home ice in an elimination game to get to the Stanley Cup Final? What is wrong with the Tampa Bay Lightning that they can light the world on fire one night and utterly collapse the next. Because of this volatility, I am not going to bet on this game. I think the New York Rangers are tired from the physical grind of last series, but they’ve got theedge here and can seal another trip to the Stanley ...

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers Game Five

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers Is there a more inconsistent team in the NHL Playoffs than the Tampa Bay Lightning? One night they blow you away, the next they’re not even close to competitive with the same team. It’s really been interesting to watch and difficult to bet. The Bolts have looked great for stretches here, but the New York Rangers are a great team and Tampa will need to sort things out quickly now.

I still believe that Ben Bishop is able to go toe to toe with Henrik Lundqvist. I look to the ...

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers Game Two I still think the Tampa Bay Lightning will give the New York Rangers quite a series and a tough loss in Game One hasn’t changed anything in my mind. We won on the Ducks today in a high confidence wager, and I’ll continue with very low confidence money line wagers on the Tampa Bay Lightning. I don’t like the New York Rangers, so I recognize my own bias here, but I think they’re tired and it will start to show as this series goes on.

Here, I’m going ...

NHL Playoffs – Conference Finals Picks: Ducks Blackhawks, Rangers Lightning

NHL Playoffs Picks – Conference Finals: Ducks Blackhawks, Rangers Lightning We’ve had a pretty successful 2015 NHL Playoffs. By the series, we’ve done okay hitting 5/8 in the first round and 2/4 in the second. The key for us has been confidence though, hitting both our high confidence plays in the second round, and all our high confidence plays in the first round. As a result, despite being just one pick above .500, we’ve made some pretty good profit this postseason.

I love the hockey playoffs. I don’t think there’s anything better. I still think if Shea Weber stays healthy the Chicago Blackhawks wouldn’t even be here. They’re hot, but they go against an Anaheim Ducks team that has been among our most reliable and dominant favorites so they might not be here much longer. The New York Rangers have won some grinding games and we rode them with confidence this far. Against a fun Tampa Bay Lightning team that ...

NHL Playoffs Picks: New York Rangers at Washington Capitals, Game 3

NHL Playoffs Picks: Rangers Caps Game Three Did I mention how much I love this series? I think I did, but just in case – I LOVE THIS SERIES. Henrik Lundqvist’s career-long playoff futility, despite pretty strong numbers and a great roster around him, versus Alexander Ovechkin’s playoff futility, despite several impressive performances in huge games as he tries to carry a mediocre team to success. The immovable loser meets the unstoppable disappointment. I LOVE IT!

Beyond that, you have an incredible top-line pairing of the New York Rangers going against a top-heavy, two-player offense of the Washington Capitals. Holtby can be ...

NHL Playoffs Predictions: Canadiens, Rangers, Wild, and Ducks

NHL Playoffs Predictions: Habs, Ducks, Rangers, Wild in Second Round Let’s take a look at our bracket. We got the entire Eastern Conference right, and we’ve made profit on the first round of the NHL Playoffs again. We got five of the eight and missed the Minnesota Wild taking out the Blues and the Calgary Flames taking out the Canucks. Honestly, if Shea Weber doesn’t go down I think the Nashville Predators had a great chance at knocking off the Chicago Blackhawks. All in all, not a bad round. Our Finals picks are still alive, and we were low confidence on a couple of those losses. We won money in the first round, and now, with a better grasp of the NHL playoffs field, we look to build on it. Here’s my picks for the NHL Playoffs second round where I’ve got the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Anaheim Ducks, and Minnesota Wild advancing.

New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals ...

NHL Playoffs Bracket Picks: Ducks Habs Stanley Cup?

2015 NHL Playoffs: Bracket Predictions, Canadiens Ducks Stanley Cup?

In the past three years we’ve gotten a total of two series wrong in the first round. While our brackets have tended to fade as the NHL playoffs go on, first round matchups have been something of a specialty for me with Z-Code. That said, I look at this first round as a bunch of volatile, unpredictable matchups. We’ll do this bracket for fun because it’s become something of a tradition, but I won’t be betting every series line anymore — for the first time since college.

I look at this ...