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Posted at 11:45 AM EST

7:08 PM EST. Hear us out. The Lightning were a 3½-1 favorite to win this series and now that they’re down 0-3, they are taking back close to 5-1 odds to win four lousy games in a row. We’re not sure if the the hockey world underestimated the Jackets or if the Bolts were WAY overvalued but whatever the case may be, the Jackets have the Lightning by the throat. However, just because the Bolts are +475 to win the series, that doesn’t mean they have to win the series for us to cash in nicely.

The Lightning are -140 tonight. For argument sake, let’s suppose they win tonight (not unreasonable) and then they go back to Tampa for Game 5, where they will be at least a -170 favorite and where they will probably win again. Down 3-2 in the series, what will the updated series price be then? Columbus -140? It’ll likely be somewhere in that neighborhood and at that point we’ll have nothing but great options to make a significant profit. Thus, we’re not asking the NHL’s best regular season team to win four straight. We’re asking them to not get swept and then to win one lousy playoff game at home. Should all that come to pass, (again, not unreasonable) we’ll be back with further instructions on how to capitalize on this wager. Why lay -140 on Tampa tonight when this option has far more profit potential if they do indeed win tonight. Stranger things have happened then the Cup favorite winning two games in a row.

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