Written by Scott on Thursday, February 5th, 2026
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No tips for today. It’s the last day of hockey before the Olympic Break and I could use the extra time to continue my job search. I wanted to have a post out for today in case anyone wanted to post their picks in the comments.
Hey fellas!
thanks for your daily previews, are you going to tip the Olympics or full 3 weeks break?
Very likely not, unfortunately.especially when a lot of it is trying to decide between a team to cover the -6.5 spread or not lol.
However I think what we’ll do is set up a thread for anyone to discuss picks etc and hopefully we can pop in there and give some thoughts in a more casual setting
Last NHL day before a 19 day break, could throw some expectations into the garbage, many players will already be on holiday or in the Olympics in their head, team motivation levels could be very disrupted, the trade deadline is still very much hot talk for most teams, but these things look reasonable for play money action:
To WIN moneyline: Carolina
Lean: Carolina puckline win
Nashville win reverse puckline of +1.5
(risky, they’re on a back-to-back)
Pitts/Buff full game OVER 5.0
Ottawa Team Total OVER 2.0
TIE in regulation: LA/Vegas
I’m looking at some player props, but since scores could be frazzled, it seems very risky.
Tampa Kucherov OVER 2.5 shots
Tampa Guentzel OVER 2.5 shots
Tampa has the rest advantage and should smell blood tonight, early in the second period.
Carolina is so much better than the tanking Rangers, and I can’t see Tampa and Florida being apathetic against each other, even though this unique situation may be disrupting normal mentality.