We Had An All-Time Bad Beat In Toronto Last Night And The Islanders Finally Won A Fucking Game
Last night, the entire Chiclets crew was riding with the Isles like we were in the Borrelli family tree. Using timeless gambling reasoning---"they're due (i.e. not going to lose TWELVE in a row)"---we all loaded up on them and wheeled them.
Money line, regulation only, puck line, team goals. And they went out and rolled the Sens, 5-3 (the puck line got a tad hairy for sec). We even offered up a nice little prop for the game.
Thanks to Barzal's 2nd period helper, it cashed. +175 beats the hell out of -145.
But not all puck line backers were as fortunate last night as those laying Toronto -1.5 will attest to. The Leafs headed into the 3rd with a 5-1 lead and the shitty -110 return was looking pretty solid. (Seriously, it's fucking hard to win by two goals in the NHL---If you're not getting +150 or higher, look elsewhere.)
The BJs cut it to 5-2 early in the 3rd but the Leafs were still nursing a three-goal lead with 3:40 left in the game. Sean Kuraly made it 5-3 with 3:35 left and it became 'Hold Onto Your Butts' time because Columbus would be soon pulling the goalie. And then this happened with .6 left on the clock...
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For those who want to see how close Toronto was to getting it out of the zone...
Oof, what an absolute kick to the 'nads it is. Have I ever seen this before? Motherfucker, I lived it. And mine was .5 worse.
But it's all in the game. Live by the empty net, die by the empty net...
Good luck to all.