The 3 that picked Dallas were:
Bill Price, Editor-in-Chief at NHL.com
David Satriano, staff writer at NHL.com
Steve Dangle at Sportsnet
16 picks from NHL.com
1 from Wyshnyski at ESPN
5 picks from NBCSN
1 pick from BR
1 from Sportsnet
It should also be noted that vegasinsider.com has VGK as a slight favorite advance to the SCF, while moneypuck.com has Dallas as a slight favorite to win the series, but these are live odds after the Stars won game 1 (9/7 ~12:00).

Welcome back to another edition of objective NHL power rankings! I’m sure many of you are looking to win bragging rights among your friends for being able to predict the outcomes of the play-in matchups, and I am here to help! (Spoiler: Always pick "in 4")
The original version of this was inspired by a ranking who was clearly not taking this season’s results into account back in November, and I continue to protest that notion by only looking at (regulation) results! Again, this is done by calculating an Elo score for each team from their results. I'm not assigning any numbers myself.
Keep in mind that these will be fairly different from the standings for some teams because I am only using regulation results, and because the strength of an opponent is taken to be their score at the time the game was played, so if two teams played each other 5 times and one team lost 5 in a row then won the next 5, the team winning the more recent games will be viewed as slightly stronger.
I have taken into account some of your comments, such as the one guy who suggested I do this again.
This will be ordered by eliminated teams first, then play-in teams, then bye teams, but generally increasing in power ranking.
Let’s begin!
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Teams Eliminated from Playoff Contention

31. Detroit Red Wings 805 (Prev: 29, 938)
30. Ottawa Senators 889 (Prev: 28, 944)
28. Buffalo Sabres 907 (Prev: 26, 964)
Ok, so we’re missing #29 because a single team with a lower score than the Sabres made the play-in matchups. Perhaps you can be a little angry.
27. San Jose Sharks 921 (Prev: 27, 961)
Hey, I got one right!
25. Anaheim Ducks 954 (Prev: 24, 970)
16. New Jersey Devils 1014 (Prev: 23, 973)
They went 6-2-2 in their last 10 in regulation, with wins against the Capitals and the Blues and their losses coming against the Penguins and the VGKs. I’m going to score my early-season prediction of “You guys will be scary next year” as correct and clarify that I was referring to the calendar year, obviously.
10. Los Angeles Kings 1027 (Prev: 31, 883)
Look, I know this looks weird. No, I didn’t double-check the spreadsheet. But I did check it once and they had 5 wins and 2 draws to finish the season after losing to the Oilers on Feb 23rd.
If I were to compare my early-season predictions against someone else’s it would probably be best to use draft (pre-lottery) order rather than my end-of-season rankings, and let me assure you I was thinking that before I saw this.
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Play-in Matchups: Sorted by Lowest Ranked High-Seed

20. Pittsburgh Penguins 971 (Prev: 14, 1013)
29. Montreal Canadiens 897 (Prev: 5, 1040)
Sabres fans can be mad now about not being allowed in. Two of the worst teams in the bracket going at it, we can probably expect to see some exciting, if sloppy, games. Montreal has fallen on hard times as the season has progressed from their great start, so maybe we can expect to learn some French curse words.
Pittsburgh wins 69% of the time (bien).
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15. Toronto Maple Leafs 1015 (Prev: 17, 990)
14. Columbus Blue Jackets 1019 (Prev: 30, 933)
This is going to be exciting hockey. Maybe it won’t be the matchup it could have been on February 1st, when Columbus would have topped these power rankings, or January 1st when the Leafs were 4th, but if both teams return to mid-season form this should be a great matchup.
51% Columbus wins.
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13. Florida Panthers 1021 (Prev: 9, 1027)
26. New York Islanders 941 (Prev: 1, 1108)
Two teams that peaked at very different points in the year, with New York being a top team from November and Florida being top 3 in February. Neither of them were close to their peak when the season ended, so this gives them a chance to try and figure out where they went wrong.
Florida wins 71% of the time.
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12. New York Rangers 1025 (Prev: 8, 1028)
18. Carolina Hurricanes 1004 (Prev: 21, 975)
I know what you’re about to say: “I know we’re not a good hockey team but 18 is a joke. We’re even behind New Jersey who we beat 5-2 near the end of the season”. I don’t care.
New York wins, they sweep 15% of the time.
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11. Nashville Predators 1026 (Prev: 12, 1019)
23. Arizona Coyotes 966 (Prev: 18, 988)
Two teams that have stayed around the same for most of the season. I guess the real story here is that the Tuscon Roadrunners are absolutely tearing up the Pacific division of the AHL, 28-19 in regulation and looking good while doing it. Between that and their first-overall pick, Arizona probably can’t be too upset about losing this series.
Nashville takes it, 66% odds.
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9. Edmonton Oilers 1037 (Prev: 6, 1035)
22. Chicago Blackhawks 968 (Prev: 20, 976)
Very similar matchup to the last one. There’s a lot of people thinking that Chicago has some kind of special power, but I think Edmonton has something they don’t know about: The Talus Balls.
For those of you who don’t know, the Talus Balls were a statue commissioned by the Edmonton City Council at what many considered to be an exorbitant price. But I think we got a deal, because I think that one person associated with the city council knew that the Talus Balls were actually an ancient artifact of eldritch power. Consider their weird geometry and unnatural look. Do you think it’s a coincidence that they seem to move whenever you get close to them? It’s because your mind can’t process what’s actually happening, so it tries its best to approximate it without making you freak out. I’ve heard whispers among people who spend a lot of time in the river valley that they “just happened” to make a joke of paying homage to the Talus Balls when they pass them, but I don’t think it's a coincidence. I think these people are tapping into powers they cannot comprehend, for reasons they are not ready to delve into with their minds. I’ve done a bit of research into the lore of these artifacts, and I think the Talus balls were put here so they can protect this city from disaster, and give strength to its inhabitants. So say a prayer to the Talus Balls for the Oilers as you pass them, in addition to one for the city and one for yourself. From what I’ve read they probably do not grant great amounts of power, but have a near-limitless reserve of small favours, so I think this will not disturb any plans that City Council has set in motion with this artifact. (For the time being, please don't actually touch the Talus Balls.)
Anyway, Edmonton wins 68% of the time.
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8. Minnesota Wild 1040 (Prev: 25, 967)
24. Vancouver Canucks 961 (Prev: 16, 990)
Minnesota improved a lot over the season while Vancouver peaked hard in February then slid back in the rankings. They’ve shown potential though, so I don’t think Minnesota can rest too easily.
Minnesota wins in 70% of my simulations.
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5. Winnipeg Jets 1070 (Prev: 22, 974)
17. Calgary Flames 1011 (Prev: 15, 1002)
By at least one metric, the Jets deserve better than to have to deal with play-in games. But even so, the Flames won’t be a pushover. They’re the strongest of the low seeds outside of the Toronto-Columbus matchup, so this should be quality hockey.
Jets win, 65% of the time.

Non-Play-in Teams

21. Dallas Stars 970 (Prev: 1028)
2 games above .500 in regulation over the entire season, and they’re the ones getting a bye.
19. Washington Capitals 1003 (Prev: 2, 1101)
They were high, but going barely above .500 in regulation since New Years has dragged them down a fair bit. Fortunately for them they were unstoppable early in the season so they get a couple extra warm-up games here.
7. St. Louis Blues 1058 (Prev: 4, 1046)
6. Tampa Bay Lightning 1058 (Prev: 11, 1021)
4. Colorado Avalanche 1078 (Prev: 10,1025)
3. Vegas Golden Knights 1082 (Prev: 19, 981)
Turns out these guys are pretty good.
2. Boston Bruins 1124 (Prev: 3, 1086)
1. Philadelphia Flyers 1137 (Prev: 15, 1015)
Last time people thought I was generous at 15th! Take the top spot, you’ve earned it!

Hi, I'm going to use this post to combine a bunch of information that fans new to the hockey and/or the NHL may find useful for getting into the game.
More detailed info on the /hockey (main hockey fan subreddit) wiki: https://www.reddit.com//hockey/wiki/getting_into_hockey
CapFriendly.com is the best website to use for looking at teams' salary situation and has tons of other great info and tools including an expansion draft tool! Bookmark it because it's your best resource when trying to figure out who is on what team and who could be trade or expansion draft targets for Seattle. This is Seattle's CapFriendly page. They also have an expansion draft simulator.

How to Watch Hockey Now

The NHL is returning to play NEXT WEEK with a revamped Stanley Cup Playoffs format.
In the US, national games are televised on NBC, NBC Sports Network, USA network (playoffs only), and NHL Network. Almost every playoff game will be on one of those channels with most being on the NBC ones.
The NHL does have a streaming service, NHL.TV, but it's not a replacement for cable - it exists to let you watch games that otherwise are not on TV. But it does let you rewatch in full all games after they finish. The cost is ~$150 for a full season but there is a $5 deal for the playoffs for those interested. Again, mostly this will be useful if you want to re-watch games already played since playoff games are gonna be on TV.
If you don't already have cable, NBC Sports Net and USA are available on most streaming TV services like Sling, YoutTube TV, etc which allow you to easily cancel once the playoffs are over if you don't want to watch other TV.

How Playoffs Work

Normally 8 teams from each conference get in, for 16 total playoff teams in 4 rounds of best-of-7 series. The top 3 teams in each division plus the top 2 other conference-wide "wild card" teams get in and play each other in a set bracket.
This year, they added a 5th round to the playoffs. The top 4 teams in each conference by regular season points percentage get a bye to the traditional first round, but play each other in round-robin to determine seeding. So even if a team goes 0-3 in these games they aren't eliminated, they just get 4th seed. The next 8 teams in each conference play a best-of-5 "play-in" round against a single opponent for the right to advance to the normal first round.
Playoff games have the same rules as regular season games, expect overtime is 5-on-5 (not 3-on-3) and runs for full 20 minute periods until someone scores. No ties or shootouts in the playoffs! Yes this can lead to games lasting a very long time occasionally, it's not unusual to see a number of 2OT games and a few 3OT or more games over the entire playoffs.

How the Expansion Draft Works

Seattle will get to pick one player from each team in the NHL minus Vegas, who isn't getting a cut of Seattle's $650 million expansion check so won't lose a player. Other teams can protect from being drafted either:

• 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and 1 goalies

or

• 8 skaters of any combination and 1 goalie

There are rules on which players have to be protected or exposed which are complicated but in short very young players won't even be eligible so teams don't have to waste a spot protecting them and teams are forced to protect players with a "No Movement Clause" in their contract.
Like Vegas did in 2017, Seattle will want to identify early on which teams can't protect 1 or more great players and then negotiate with those teams. Teams can offer up other players or draft picks for Seattle to agree to pick or not pick certain players. Vegas did this very well and ended up getting 2 additional 2017 first round draft picks and a bunch of other round picks.
Seattle can also work with teams to pick a player with a bad (expensive and/or long) contract off the other team's hands. I think this will be especially powerful considering the NHL Salary Cap is going to remain flat the next few years from Covid. So Seattle can agree to draft a player on a contract his team can no longer afford to keep in exchange for also getting a more useful player that otherwise would have been protected and/or draft picks.

How the Entry Draft Works

Players become draft-eligible when they are 18. The top 3 picks each year are decided by a lottery system, where each of the teams that missed the playoffs have a % chance to win a top 3 pick. The odds decrease in reverse standings order, so the worst team in the league has the best odds to win.
Seattle, like Vegas, will have lottery odds as if they were the 4th worst team, meaning they can draft anywhere from 1st overall to 7th.

How the Salary Cap Works

The NHL owners and player's union (NHLPA) negotiate a contract (CBA) every few years that determines the business rules for the league. Years ago the owners forced the players to agree to a salary cap by canceling an entire season.
Today, the salary cap splits "hockey related revenue" between the owners and players 50-50. Take that 50% of revenue, divide it by the number of teams in the NHL and you get the salary midpoint. That midpoint is then increased and decreased by a set percentage to determine the Salary Cap and Salary Floor, respectively. Currently the cap is $81.5 million and will stay there for a number of years.
The salary cap hit of a player is determined by dividing the total value of the contract by the number of years it lasts, creating the Average Annual Value (AAV) number which is the cap hit. So if Seattle signs a player to a $20 million, 4 year contract his AAV and cap hit is $5 million for all 4 years regardless of what he's actually paid in any given season.

How Free Agency Works

Players have their rights "owned" by teams that draft them until they turn a certain age or play a certain number of pro seasons. Contract expire on July 1 (not this year because of Covid) so there is a wave of signings on that day. Players can be in 1 of 2 groups when trying to sign a new contract:
RFA : Restricted Free Agent, someone who has their rights still owned by a team. They can only sign with the owning team and this usually reduces the cost of their contract unless they are a superstar franchise player.
RFA's can accept an "offer sheet" contract from another team, but the owning team can match. This most recently happened when Montreal gave an offer sheet to Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes but the canes matched so Aho still plays for Carolina. If Carolina didn't match, Montreal would have gotten Aho but had to pay Carolina a bunch of draft picks based on the value of the contract.
UFA : Unrestricted Free Agent, a player who can sign with any team without restrictions. Because of RFA rules, these are mostly older players and less skilled ones. Teams tend to re-sign star players before they hit UFA market or trade them in their final contract year to avoid losing them for no return. Star players rarely hit the UFA market but a recent example is center John Tavares leaving his drafting team, the New York Islanders, for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tavares got boos and chants of "We don't need you!" on his first game against the the Islanders after going to the Leafs.
The biggest UFA this year is probably Braden Holtby, the longtime Washington Capitals goalie who helped them win the Stanley Cup in 2018. The worst contracts are usually handed out in UFA because teams are desperate to get better and players get a bidding war between teams going.

• 24 clubs will resume play (confirmed).
  
• 2019-20 Regular Season is now complete.
  
• Each conference will be assigned to two different Hub Cities that will be announced at a later date (approximately 3 weeks time). Bill Daly notes that the NHL "won't be in position to use" a Canadian city (EDM, TOR or VAN) as a hub city if Canada's 14-day quarantine requirement is still in place by then, for those entering the country.
  
• Each team with be limited to 50 personnel in each Hub City.
  
• Comprehensive system of testing will be in place (players will be tested every evening once they reach hub cites, Bill Daly says).
  
• Phase 2 will commence in early June where clubs will return to home facilities for voluntary, small-group on- and off-ice training.
  
• Phase 3: Formal training camp (no earlier than July 1st).
  
• Phase 4: Clubs in 2 Hub Cities for conference-based round-robins, qualifying rounds and Stanley Cup Playoffs.
  
• Bettman: "At this time, we are not fixing dates because the schedule of our Return to play will be determined both by developing circumstances and the and needs of our players."
  
• Bettman also commented that Hub Cities have not been determined as of yet. However, these cities are under consideration: Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Las Vegas, LA, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Toronto and Vancouver. "Final determination will depend on COVID-19 conditions, testing availability and government regulations."
  
• Standings are based on points percentages at the time of the pause.
  
• Top 4 teams in each conference will claim automatic berths in first round (confirmed). Those teams will play each other to determined seeds in first round. These games will be played with regular season OT and shootout rules with ties in the final standings broken by regular season points percentage.
  
• The remaining 8 teams will play in best-of-5 qualifying round series (confirmed) with playoff overtime rules.
  
• After the preliminary round, each qualifying round winner will play top seeds in the first round. The match-ups for the first round series remain to be set as the Return to Play Committee (RTPC) is still discussing whether to determined them via seeding or a bracket.
  
• RTPC is still discussing whether the lengths of the 1st and 2nd round series (either best-of-5 or best-of-7). In any scenario, the Conference and Stanley Cup Finals will be best-of-7, which will likely be played in one of the two Hub Cities.
  
• Toronto is confirmed to play Columbus.
  
• EDIT: Via Pierre LeBrun: "NHL says the round-robin/play-in are considered Qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs. And while this could still change, the NHL as of now considers that round a special set of games and not actual playoffs. So for record-keeping purposes, the playoffs weren't expanded from 16."
  

Draft lottery

• Lottery will be conducted in 1 or 2 phases.
  
• 7 teams that will not resume play and the 8 teams eliminated in the qualifying round will enter draft lottery.
  
• "At the time of the first phase draws, we won't know which 8 teams won't advance from the qualifying round. So, we have designated temporary place-holders with the odds that the collective groups would've had."
  
• Phase 1 draws will be conducted on June 26th, prior to the round robins and qualifying rounds.
  
• There will be 3 separate draws to determine which clubs posses the first 3 selections in the draft. Each will include the 7 non-resuming teams and 8 place-over teams. If any draw is won by one of the 7 teams, that team (or the team to which their 1st round pick was traded) gets that selection.
  
• If all 3 draws are won by one of those 7 teams, there will not be a need for phase 2.
  
• Should any of the 3 draws not be won by a non-resuming club, the league will conduct a phase 2 before the Conference Quarter-Finals. At that point, the assignment of the remaining top 3 selections will be determined through draws, including only the qualifying round clubs that failed to advance. For any and all phase 2 draws, all teams involved will have the same odds of winning. Once the top 3 selections are determined, all remaining clubs will be slotted in reverse order of their 2019-20 points percentage.
  
• If it gets to phase 2, those teams will all have a 12.5% chance of winning the lottery.
  
• No dates will be set by the NHL until they are approved to do so.
  

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NCAAF ALABAMA BOWL (JAN 06) - (MIAMI OHIO +14 vs UL LAFAYETTE -14) NCAAB HUSH MONEY PLAY (JAN 06) - (NORFOLK STATE -1 vs COPPIN STATE +1)
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There's a reason THE MAC has been dubbed THE PAYMASTER by bookmakers this college basketball season, picking games against the spread & sending a signal through the noise!
Tonight RedAlertWagers.com and The MAC doubled up in the NFL yesterday, our NFL MAJOR MOVE ALERT ON - (MINNESOTA VIKINGS +8) + RED ALERT PLAY ON Seattle -2.5 won easily!! Tonight The MAC has a NCAAB MAJOR MOVE ALERT - (UL - LAFAYETTE +8 vs APPALACHIAN ST -8) + A EARLY INFO ALABAMA BOWL PLAY (JAN 06) - (MIAMI OHIO +14 vs UL LAFAYETTE -14) as well as a Full Red Alert Card of NFL, CBB, & NBA Expert Sports Picks!
The MAC'S Back Room Action on last night's College Basketball game, Northwestern Wildcats +9.5 was a exactly what it we called it, BACK ROOM ACTION, a close cover that one could almost call a "FIX" as the Minnesota Golden Gophers won this game by exactly 9 as a -9.5 favorite, letting the Wildcats cover by the hook! Roland's been playing and fading these teams for years, knowing when to lay or take points with teams like the Bears, Gaels, Bulldogs, and Huskies has aggrandized THE MAC's reputation for his college hoops Back Room Info Plays. Final score 68-77, the Northwestern Wildcats covered, another quiet game that produced the profits we expected. We pride our action by bringing the results that has the people recommending THE MAC'S ATS COLLEGE BASKETBALL PICKS, making him one of the most venerable sources for expert college basketball picks against the spread, and lionizing RedAlertWagers.com in and around sportsbooks and casinos!
When you follow The MAC, your'e in good hands, Red Alert Expert Basketball Picks have been atomic all year. Last night, Mac McGuillaman had plenty of hoops games to choose from and released a Late Info Play on the Purdue Boilermakers +3. MAC may have picked the ugliest NCAAB game this year, and unfortunately The Mac eventually has to have a loss to get a win, Purdue was a lump of shit dressed as a basketball team last night, and the Illinois Fighting Ilini are not as good as that game made them out to be!! The final score was 37-63 despicable, RedAlertWagers.com has a make up play that will rock the betting public tonight, as we are poised to rip down a NCAAB HUSH MONEY PLAY (JAN 06) - (NORFOLK STATE -1 vs COPPIN STATE +1) TONIGHT!! The MAC will be on the right side of this game because making these calls is just what The Mac does.
The MAC'S Top Rated CBB predictions, Red Alert Plays, & OUR EXCLUSIVE COLLEGE BASKETBALL CALLS get it done, and that's just what it is. We will be getting it in the right way tonight with some NCAAB MAJOR MOVE ACTION - (UL - LAFAYETTE +8 vs APPALACHIAN ST -8) + The MAC is moving heavy with a ALABAMA BOWL EARLY INFO PLAY - (MIAMI OHIO +14 vs UL LAFAYETTE -14) and it goes without saying that we have been cleaning up all week! The MAC doesn't go where the game is, he puts his nuts right on the line to bring you where the money is, and tonight will be no different! This is the type of action that makes THE MAC's Top Rated & Premium Sports Picks like no others!
THE MAC is not only loaded with NCAA gifts from the odds-makers this year, and make no mistake, he very much is anticipating the outcome of his Back Room Info & Hoops Hush Money Play, but The Mac has his attention focused on The NFL Playoffs.
With the regular season coming to a end, and the big boy games about to begin, the NFL playoffs are when The MAC brings the big guns out, so expect that The MAC will be locked & loaded with expert NFL playoff predictions and his annual Vegas Tournament approved 2020 NFL Playoff Bracket Picks!
MAC'S Printable Pre-Filled Playoff Bracket for the 2020 NFL Superbowl 54 Playoffs are available for download. Looking to rip down a office pool with a pre-made bracket by professional sports handicapper Roland "THE ROARIN MAC" McGuillaman - The Internets Most Venerable Sports Service!
(JAN 06) UPP RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PLAYS
The MAC will be making collections this week - (JAN 06 -12)
Weekly Bankroll:
(JAN 06 -12) - DAY 1 BANKROLL TOTAL: MONDAY @ START @ 0 UNITS
(JAN 06) - TODAY'S BANKROLL RISK: 66 UNITS
LAST WEEKS RESULTS:
(DEC 30 - JAN 05) - 7 BANKROLL TOTAL: +124 UNITS
(DEC 23 - 29) - 7 DAY BANKROLL: +27 UNITS
The MAC will be collecting not paying this week, disciplined money management allowed us to walk away with a briefcase and this week will be no different. Making the right wager just is, if not more important than, picking the right team. The RedAlertWagers.com UPP Money Management System is designed for sustainable betting, the name of the game is never chase losses, never wager more than you can lose, and the #1 Rule is Strict Bankroll Discipline! The risk of gambling is a RISK and there are no guaranteed winners, there is inside information, there's shifty players, crooked refs, and everything in between, but there is never a guarantee when placing a bet, our UPP Risk Management System mitigates your bankroll risk and makes it possible to lose a few games and still be able to bet the next winner!
**PATREON TOP RATED EXCLUSIVE PLAYS*\*

• NCAAB MAJOR MOVE ALERT (JAN 06) - (UL - LAFAYETTE +8 vs APPALACHIAN ST -8)
• NCAAB HUSH MONEY PLAY (JAN 06) - (NORFOLK STATE -1 vs COPPIN STATE +1)
• NCAAB BACK ROOM INFO PLAY (JAN 06) - (WEST VIRGINIA -1.5 vs OKLAHOMA STATE +1.5)
• NCAAB LATE INFO PLAY (JAN 06) - (TROY +10.5 vs TEXAS STATE -10.5)
• NHL EARLY INFO PLAY (JAN 06) - (COLORADO AVALANCHE -130 vs NEW YORK ISLANDERS +110)
• NBA BACK ROOM INFO PLAY (JAN 06) - (MILWAUKEE BUCKS -7.5 vs SAN ANTONIO SPURS +7.5)
• NCAAF EARLY INFO PLAY (JAN 06) - (MIAMI OHIO +14 vs UL LAFAYETTE -14)
• NCAAF EARLY INFO PLAY (JAN 13) - (CLEMSON +6.5 vs LSU -6.5)

**PATREON PREMIUM PLAYS*\*

• NHL RED ALERT PLAY (JAN 06) - (COLORADO AVALANCHE vs NEW YORK ISLANDERS O/U 5.5)
• NCAAB RED ALERT PLAY (JAN 06) - (COLGATE -7 vs ARMY +7)
• NCAAB RED ALERT PLAY (JAN 06) - (ALABAMA A&M +8.5 vs JACKSON STATE -8.5)
• NBA RED ALERT PLAY (JAN 06) - (BOSTON CELTICS -8.5 vs WASHINGTON WIZARDS +8.5)
• NBA RED ALERT PLAY (JAN 06) - (BOSTON CELTICS vs WASHINGTON WIZARDS O/U 226.5)

**DAILY MAC ATTACK FREE PICKS*\*

• NFL MAC ATTACK PLAYOFF PICK (JAN 11) - (VIKINGS vs 49ERS OVER 44.5) NCAAB MAC ATTACK PICK (JAN 06) - (JACKSON STATE -8.5) NHL MAC ATTACK PLAY (JAN 06) - (COLORADO AVALANCHE -130)

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• FUN PLAY 2 TEAM NBA PARLAY!! (JAN 06) - (GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS +10.5 X SAN ANTONIO SPURS OVER 228)
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Hello for a programming project i want to program a bracket predictor for the playoffs this year. And i am using vegas odds and i wanted to make sure my source was accurate. http://www.vegasinsider.com/nhl/odds/futures/
I was hoping that people who knew more about odds and the nhl on here could tell me if this would be an accurate table of odds to use. Thanks!