First off I will start with a congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks for winning their 2nd Stanley Cup in 4 years. They were the best team throughout the entire season and playoffs and it’s hard for anyone to argue that they did not deserve to win this Championship. Sometimes it’s nice to see the best team from the regular season win the Stanley Cup. In fact I felt like the best 4 teams were truly the last 4 standing in the playoffs this year, which was a nice contrast to last season.
I did not have time to post my game 6 pick, but I lost my game 5 pick on the Bruins, as well as my Stanley Cup Champions series play on Boston as well. That said I still had a very profitable year as you can see from my records below:
Regular Season Record: 68-59 for +11.33 units.
Playoff Record: 21-18 for +2.92 units.
Playoff Series Record: 12-3 for +9.20 units.
If you include both the regular season and playoffs I am up 23.45 units for the shortened 2013 season. That means a $100 bettor would have won $2345 this year by following my plays! I hope everyone will be back again next year to continue following the blog and making a profit with me.
I’ll be adding some futures posts as they come available throughout the summer, but for the most part this section of the site will be waiting until preseason to get back up and running.
For those of you already looking to next season SportsInteraction.com and Bodog already have their 2014 Stanley Cup odds available. Here are a few to get you thinking:
- Pittsburgh Penguins +650 – The Penguins are once again the favourites like they are every season with Crosby and Malkin. It’s now been 5 years since they won a Cup though and they went all in this year. You have to start wondering if Crosby and company have what it takes.
- Chicago Blackhawks +750 – The Blackhawks should be able to keep most of their team intact from this Cup, unlike the 2010 one.
- Boston Bruins +900 – With Chara, Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand and company this team will be legitimate contenders every year.
- St. Louis Blues +1200 – I’m surprised the Blues are the fourth favourites here. They don’t have the same quality of core as the other top teams.
- LA Kings +1400 – The Kings will also keep a solid core with Doughty, Voynov, Kopitar, Richards, Carter, Williams and of course Quick that will keep them as contenders for many more years.
- Vancouver Canucks +1400 – The Canucks time to win a Cup may have passed.
- Detroit Red Wings +1600 – I still don’t think the Red Wings will be able to do it for 4 rounds relying too heavily on Zetterberg and Datsyuk.
- New York Rangers +1600 – The Rangers could turn things around next year and come back as a contender, but Lundqvist admits they took a step in the wrong direction.
- San Jose Sharks – The Sharks will be all in next year with Thornton, Marleau, Pavelski and Boyle all in the final years of their contracts. They do have the core to make some noise, but the time is now.
Those are the favourites for next year, but check out the bookies for the full odds.
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