When I have a few beverages from time to time; I turn into Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense only instead of seeing ghosts, I think I see patterns. A few weeks ago I had just got back from the bar, still had my pants down to my ankles from the bathroom break I had just taken and was chomping on some fine dollar menu selections from McDonalds and as I looked at the scores for the night, I noticed something; Every team that had played the night before and traveled to play another game the next day lost. Living on the west coast, I can appreciate this. Traveling wears you out and the time zone change, heading east especially messes up your clock. I thought this might be something worth tracking, who knows, might even make some money on it. So, this week, I called my bookie and I put bets out against every team that played two days in a row and had to travel between games. The result? I went 10-5, and if I wasn’t so poor and had no balls, I would have been loaded (which supports my argument that it is always better to be wasted when you bet. You make larger bets, and if you lose you don’t remember it, if you win you win big). That being said, I am going to see how long this trend lasts and if I am really on to something. Here are the teams that fit the criteria in the coming week:
Saturday – Boston, Columbus and Dallas all played the night before at a different stadium. I would stay away from Boston, because they have two solid goalies who can split the starts.
Sunday – Carolina, Philadelphia and Washington
Monday – Atlanta and New York Rangers
Tuesday – Edmonton and Ottawa
Thursday – Columbus, Montreal and New York Islanders. Both St. Louis and Nashville are playing back to back nights and coming from different venues, but since they are playing each other, that one is a wash. Los Angeles is playing the night before in Anaheim, so I don’t really consider that travel.
Friday – Carolina and Tampa Bay washout each other just like St. Louis and Nashville do on Thursday.
Sayonara bitches, time to call my bookie.
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