PUCK 'EM PICKS - Tuesday 1/31

It's the last day of January, but the first day of NHL regular season action since Thursday night. It's a monster 14 game slate (only Vancouver and Calgary are off), so there's a big chance for someone to gain some serious ground in the standings. Adam had home ice, but deferred to JC for tonight's picks:

JC (192-137): Anaheim (1st), Washington (4th), Ottawa (6th), Boston (8th), Edmonton (10th), New Jersey (12th), Philadelphia (13th) / Winnipeg upset

ADAM (191-138):  Montreal (2nd), Los Angeles (3rd), Pittsburgh (5th), Toronto-upset (7th), NY Rangers (9th), Chicago (11th), St. Louis (14th)

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 19 / PUCK 'EM PICKS FOR THURSDAY 1/26

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 19


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 On the latest edition of Pucking Thoughts Radio, Adam & JC hand out their 'Awards at the All Star Break'. They'll give their finalists and picks for the Hart, Vezina, Adams, Norris, Selke, Rocket Richard, Jennings, Art Ross, Calder & Presidents trophies. They also have a reminder for Jim Benning and the Vancouver Canucks. It's all a part of Edition 19 of PTR!

Due to the All-Star break, tonight will be the last night of picking games (sadly) until Tuesday 1/31. Adam maintained home ice with a 1-1 night (thank you Sven Baertschi!), but deferred to JC with 13 games on the Tuesday docket. The only game that went unpicked was Buffalo @ Dallas.

ADAM (189-134): Washington (2nd), Minnesota (3rd), Montreal (5th), Pittsburgh (7th), Toronto (9th), Columbus (12th)

JC (191-132): Chicago (1st), Tampa Bay (4th), San Jose (6th), Ottawa (8th), Los Angeles (10th), Vancouver (11th)

PUCK 'EM PICKS FOR TUESDAY 1/24

JC took back home ice with a 3-0 night on Monday (he owes Tobias Reider a beer for preventing Adam from going 3-0 and keeping home ice). It's a ten game slate tonight, and JC deferred first pick to Adam. 

JC (188-129): Chicago (2nd), Pittsburgh (3rd), Washington (5th), San Jose (7th), Los Angeles (10th)

ADAM (185-129): Montreal (1st), Nashville (4th), Boston (6th), Columbus (8th), Minnesota (9th)

**PTR Edition 19 will be up on Thursday 1/26. We'll be revealing our "Awards At The All Star Break", where we pick our finalists and winners for the Hart, Vezina, Norris, Rocket Richard, Art Ross, Jennings, Adams, Selke and Calder trophies.**

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 18 (1/16/16)

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 18

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 On the latest edition of Pucking Thoughts Radio, Adam & JC talk about the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes surge up the Metropolitan Division standings. They'll also talk about the Minnesota Wild's dominance of late, Shane Doan's future in Arizona before the trade deadline, plus plenty more in Short Shifts. It's all a part of edition 18 of PTR! 

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 17 (1/11/17)

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 17

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 On the latest edition of Pucking Thoughts Radio, Adam & JC talk about the All Star Game rosters for the game coming up in Los Angeles in a couple of weeks. They'll also talk about the Vancouver Canucks, the struggling Tampa Bay Lightning, third jerseys and plenty more in Short Shifts. It's all a part of edition 17 of PTR! 

*Also - if you don't see our daily Puck 'Em picks on the main page, always look on the left since we'll post them there sometimes

Adam & JC's 2017 All Star Roster/Line Predictions

PUCKING THOUGHTS ALL-STAR ROSTER PREDICTIONS

Here are the rules:

-The captains (Sidney Crosby, Carey Price, PK Subban & Connor McDavid must be included – duh)

-Each squad must have six forwards, three defensemen, and two goalies

-Each NHL team must be represented, but no more than three representatives from a particular team (barring injury replacements)

ADAM’S ALL STAR ROSTER PREDICTIONS

Metropolitan Division Lines:

-Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh), Ryan McDonagh (NY Rangers)

-John Tavares (NY Islanders), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington), John Carlson (Washington)

-Claude Giroux (Philadelphia), Taylor Hall (New Jersey), Zach Werenski (Columbus)

-Goalies: Sergei Bobrovskiy (Columbus), Cam Ward (Carolina)

Atlantic Division Lines:

-Auston Matthews (Toronto), Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay)

-Jack Eichel (Buffalo), Brad Marchand (Boston), Erik Karlsson (Ottawa)

-Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit), Jaromir Jagr (Florida), Shea Weber (Montreal)

-Goalies:  Carey Price (Montreal), Tuukka Rask (Boston)

Central Division Lines:

-Tyler Seguin (Dallas), Patrick Kane (Chicago), PK Subban (Nashville)

-Mark Schiefele (Winnipeg), Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis), Ryan Suter (Minnesota)

-Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado), Artemi Panarin (Chicago), Duncan Keith (Chicago)

-Goalies: Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota), Pekka Rinne (Nashville)

Pacific Division Lines:

-Connor McDavid (Edmonton), Joe Pavelski (San Jose), Brent Burns (San Jose)

-Ryan Kesler (Anaheim), Jeff Carter (Los Angeles), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles)

-Bo Horvat (Vancouver), Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Arizona)

-Goalies:  Cam Talbot (Edmonton), Martin Jones (San Jose)

Joe Pavelski & Brent Burns are locks to make the All Star Game again

(Photo Credit John Hefti - USA Today Sports)

JON’S ALL STAR ROSTER/LINE PREDICTIONS

Metropolitan Division Lines:

-Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh), Claude Giroux (Philadelphia), Justin Schultz (Pittsburgh)

-John Tavares (NY Islanders), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington), Ryan McDonagh (NY Rangers)

-Jeff Skinner (Carolina), Taylor Hall (New Jersey), Zach Werenski (Columbus)

-Goalies: Sergei Bobrovskiy (Columbus), Braden Holtby (WAS)

Atlantic Division Lines:

-Auston Matthews (Toronto), Jack Eichel (Buffalo), Erik Karlsson (Ottawa)

-Brad Marchand (Boston), Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay), Shea Weber (Montreal)

-Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit), Jaromir Jagr (Florida), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay)

-Goalies:  Carey Price (Montreal), Tuukka Rask (Boston)

Central Division Lines:

- Patrick Kane (Chicago), Artemi Panarin (Chicago), PK Subban (Nashville)

-Eric Staal (Minnesota), Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis), John Klingberg (Dallas)

-Tyler Seguin (Dallas), Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado), Dustin Byfuglien (Winnipeg)

-Goalies: Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota), Jake Allen (St. Louis)

Pacific Division Lines:

-Connor McDavid (Edmonton), Joe Pavelski (San Jose), Brent Burns (San Jose)

-Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim), Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles)

-Bo Horvat (Vancouver), Corey Perry (Anaheim), Mark Giordano (Calgary)

-Goalies:  Cam Talbot (Edmonton), Mike Smith (Arizona)

PUCK 'EM - DAY 66 (1/8/16) & THE DEBUT OF 'SUNDAY SCORERS'

Adam has been in a bit of a slump lately. It looks like he broke out of it in a big way last night, going a perfect 6-0. JC posted a solid 4-2 night, but home ice reverts back to Adam with the clean sweep on Saturday. Adam took Chicago first on this six game Sunday. 

ADAM (153-110): Chicago (1st), Anaheim (4th), Carolina (5th)

JC (156-107): Pittsburgh (2nd), Columbus (3rd), Ottawa (6th)



Starting today, on Sundays JC and Adam will be picking guys who they think will light the lamp that day ('Sunday Scorers' - Adam loves alliteration). The total number of scorers selected will reflect the number of games for that day (today there's six games, so we picked 3 skaters each - on odd-numbered Sunday slates we'll round up or down). The picking format follows the same as the game format, and Adam decided to go first:

ADAM (4-11): Alex Killorn (Tampa Bay), Jeff Skinner (Carolina), Marian Hossa (Chicago)
JC (4-11): Mike Hoffman (Ottawa), Patric Hornqvist (Pittsburgh), Artem Anisimov (Chicago)

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO EDITION 16 & PUCK 'EM - DAY 64 (1/6/17)

PUCKING THOUGHTS RADIO - EDITION 16


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 On the latest edition of Pucking Thoughts Radio, Adam & JC talk about the World Junior Championship game between Team USA & Team Canada. They'll also talk about the Blue Jackets sixteen game winning streak that came to an end last night, the Avalanche's presumed trade deadline activity, and much more. It's all inside the latest and first edition of PTR for 2017! 

Both guys had rough nights on Thursday night, Adam's was just a little rougher going 0-3 to JC's 1-2. It's another six game slate for the 64th edition of Puck 'Em, and JC kept first pick on an iffy night of  picking. JC is currently up six games on AB in the standings. 

JC (151-102): Anaheim (1st), Nashville-upset (4th), NY Islanders (5th)

ADAM (146-108): Chicago (2nd), Calgary (3rd), New Jersey (6th)

PUCK 'EM - DAY 62 (1/4/17)

Our Puck 'Em segment is back. Apologies for not posting during the holidays. Adam had home ice during most of that time, but JC earned it back with a 2-1 night last night. Adam improved his upset record (see on the left sidebar) with the Montreal overtime victory over Nashville. 

JC (148-100): Calgary (1st), Vancouver (4th), Philadelphia (5th)

ADAM (144-104): Anaheim (2nd), Florida (3rd), Montreal (6th)

*Also - the next edition of Pucking Thoughts Radio will be on Friday 1/6. 
**We'll also debut "Sunday Scorers" this weekend