We cover a lot of ground in today’s email: opening night for the Stanley Cup Final, NFL trade news, NBA Finals preview, the Belmont draw … and Greg Peterson’s dating life.
🏒 Stanley Cup Final: Opening night
VSiN hockey analyst Jonathan Davis offers his strategy for betting the Golden Knights-Hurricanes series, which starts tonight (8 ET, ABC).
Writes JD:
👉 JD’s series plays →
He will post again later this morning with his Game 1 bets. Carolina is a -155 favorite with a total of 5.5.
👉 JD’s Game 1 picks →
Results from our newsletter poll: 56 percent of you said the Knights (+130) would win.
👉 DonBest NHL Rotation Guide →
Writes JD:
“As it should be, both teams will be facing their toughest opponent of the playoffs, and I am expecting a minimum six-game series. With that, instead of playing the Over 5.5 games (-195) prop, I will target both teams to win in six and seven games at plus money.”Plus Jonathan has seven prop bets for your consideration.
👉 JD’s series plays →
He will post again later this morning with his Game 1 bets. Carolina is a -155 favorite with a total of 5.5.
👉 JD’s Game 1 picks →
Results from our newsletter poll: 56 percent of you said the Knights (+130) would win.
👉 DonBest NHL Rotation Guide →
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🏀 NBA Finals: The case for …
We’re still a day away from the NBA Finals, but VSiN.com senior editor Zach Cohen makes the cases for the Knicks and Spurs to win the title.
The case for the Knicks: New York has just been obliterating teams, even in series in which there were reasons to believe in the opponent. A big part of that has to do with Jalen Brunson continuing to be the league’s most productive scorer at the guard spot.
The case for the Spurs: For as good as Brunson is, the Knicks might not get the same production out of their All-NBA performer as the Spurs will get out of their three-headed monster of De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper.
👉 Zach’s series play (it’s a prop) →
The New York money is starting to arrive. DraftKings moved the Game 1 line from Spurs -5.5 to -4.5 on Monday.
🎥 Watch Hardwood Handicappers →
🎧 Listen to Hardwood Handicappers →
👉 DonBest NBA Rotation Guide →
The case for the Knicks: New York has just been obliterating teams, even in series in which there were reasons to believe in the opponent. A big part of that has to do with Jalen Brunson continuing to be the league’s most productive scorer at the guard spot.
The case for the Spurs: For as good as Brunson is, the Knicks might not get the same production out of their All-NBA performer as the Spurs will get out of their three-headed monster of De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper.
👉 Zach’s series play (it’s a prop) →
The New York money is starting to arrive. DraftKings moved the Game 1 line from Spurs -5.5 to -4.5 on Monday.
🎥 Watch Hardwood Handicappers →
🎧 Listen to Hardwood Handicappers →
👉 DonBest NBA Rotation Guide →
🏈 NFL: Trading day
As I wrote in yesterday’s email, it’s always NFL season at VSiN.
And the league provided news on the first day of June: The Rams acquired future Hall of Famer Miles Garrett from the Browns for linebacker Jared Verse, a 2027 first-rounder, a 2028 second-rounder and a 2029 third-rounder.
The Rams’ odds movement at Circa Sports after the trade:
Super Bowl: +720 to +630
NFC: +390 to +310
NFC West: +136 to +100
In a long-rumored deal, the Patriots acquired A.J. Brown from the Eagles for a 2028 first-round pick and 2027 fifth-rounder. Not so much of an odds movement for New England.
ICYMI: If you want to purchase the Circa Sports Survivor Blueprint poster, you can buy it online.
👉 Buy now at Circa’s online store →
And the league provided news on the first day of June: The Rams acquired future Hall of Famer Miles Garrett from the Browns for linebacker Jared Verse, a 2027 first-rounder, a 2028 second-rounder and a 2029 third-rounder.
The Rams’ odds movement at Circa Sports after the trade:
Super Bowl: +720 to +630
NFC: +390 to +310
NFC West: +136 to +100
In a long-rumored deal, the Patriots acquired A.J. Brown from the Eagles for a 2028 first-round pick and 2027 fifth-rounder. Not so much of an odds movement for New England.
ICYMI: If you want to purchase the Circa Sports Survivor Blueprint poster, you can buy it online.
👉 Buy now at Circa’s online store →
⚾ MLB: Greg’s Best Bets — and one not-so-good pick
Greg Peterson has posted his picks for today’s MLB menu.
👉 10 games that caught Greg’s attention →
Greg was on A Numbers Game with Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon on Monday and mentioned a date that didn’t go well recently.
He later provided details on X.
Safe to say, he undersold how badly it went.
👉 Read Greg’s story →
👉 10 games that caught Greg’s attention →
Greg was on A Numbers Game with Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon on Monday and mentioned a date that didn’t go well recently.
He later provided details on X.
Safe to say, he undersold how badly it went.
👉 Read Greg’s story →
🏇 Horse Racing: Belmont draw
Renegade is the 2-1 favorite and drew the No. 4 post in a field of nine for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Saratoga.
VSiN.com managing editor Adam Burke profiles the field.
👉 Adam’s Belmont draw breakdown →
👉 More Belmont coverage →
We will have a special Belmont show Saturday with Mike Somich and Patrick Meagher from 6-8 p.m. ET.
🎾 French Open
