Morning Coffee: Is There Value Betting On The Lightning To Advance?

The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs are set to get underway with four games on the schedule tonight.

If you’re betting on playoff hockey, keep in mind that it’s strictly business at this time of the year.

It’s not personal. It’s strictly business.

The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning will try to become the first team to win three straight titles since the New York Islanders won four in a row from 1980-83.

If the current series prices at FanDuel Sportsbook hold, the Lightning will be an underdog just to make it out of the first round.

Tampa Bay opened -104 to advance to win its first-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

That number moved all the way to +106 Sunday morning before bouncing back down to +100.

What will that price land ahead of puck drop for Game 1 tonight?

Is there still value betting on the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions to make it out of the first round at +100 or better?

This is not personal.

It’s strictly business.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Monday, May 2nd, 2022. 

Is There Value Betting On The Lightning To Advance?

I placed my first bet on the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs two weeks ago when I selected the “No” option on Toronto to make it to the second round.

In light of Charles Barkley’s guarantee that the Maple Leafs would win their first-round series, FanDuel created a “Chuck’s Guarantee” Special in which you could bet on Toronto not to advance to the second round at +110.