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Posted at 2:15 PM EST

NHL 2018/19. This season our approach is going to be a little different than regular readers are accustomed to. Whenever we’re playing an underdog, the bet will be split into two parts. We’re playing the underdog -½ +money for 1 unit and we’ll also play them with OT included for 1 unit. The take-backs are so high and offer so much value that over time, playing this way will benefit us.

8:00 PM EST. Regulation only. We didn't like what we saw out of the Predators in their two-game trip to New York to start the season and that poor play spilled over into their home opener Tuesday night against Calgary. When favored, the Preds are going to be a fade target because their presence in the market looms large. They are the reigning President's Trophy holders and feature last season's Vezina winner in Pekka Rinne between the pipes, but those frivolous honors only further enhance their appeal on the surface. We backed the Flames the other night in Nashville and got a successful return on our investment, but we couldn't help but laugh at the Predators pregame ceremony where they raised three banners to the rafters. Had Nashville won the cup last season, it would have been a night for celebration, but saddling a pair of decent enough accomplishments like a points title and a division win with a "Regular Season Western Conference Champions" banner only shines a light on the Preds failures last spring and that’s when they were peaking. The Jets squashed them in the second round of last year’s playoffs and there is not a single reason in the world why they can’t do the same here. You see, a lot of the of the teams in the West improved in the off-season but the Preds did not. The Preds are 2-1 with victories over the Islanders and Rangers and they weren’t even the better team against those two.

We can't get to the window fast enough for this one, as we get to back the superior side with a significant edge in net, while also taking back a price. Through three games, the Jets are a top-10 (eight) puck possession team, but the goals aren't' quite coming in bunches just yet. In its home opener on Tuesday night, Winnipeg could only must two tallies against a Kings team that was still without Jonathan Quick, as Jack Campbell stood on his head and stopped 37-of-39 shots against him. The Kings could only muster 17-shots the other way and the one goal they did score was a highlight reel beauty by Ilya Kovalchuk on a laser of a cross-ice pass from Drew Doughty that Connor Hellebuyck had no chance to stop. The final score greatly flattered the Kings, but as with any game, if you get great goaltending, you have a chance to win. To that point, we prefer that Rinne gets this call for Nashville because the Jets lit his ass up in the playoffs last year but we would not be surprised to see Jusse Saros get the call. Either way, we’re still getting the superior team and goaltender. Rinne wasn't the only one that got pushed around in that series either, as the Jets imposed their will on Nashville in that Game 7 clincher and again, it doesn't look like the Preds have recovered. Frankly, the Jets are a no-brainer here.

Therefore:

OT included - Winnipeg +110 for 1 unit.

Regulation only Winnipeg -½ + 180 for 1 unit.

Also, just like in baseball and every sport, there is a great chance will be adding a bunch of late add-ons to our slate of games after dinner and we’ll be sure to tweet them out when we do.

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