Two Eastern Conference rivals collide on Saturday night when the Flyers visit the Maple Leafs in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto sits in third place in the Atlantic while the Flyers have climbed into second place in the Metropolitan. These two teams do not like each other one bit, which is why this should be one of the more exciting games on the NHL schedule Saturday night as we back the Flyers on the road.
Flyers can pull into tie with Toronto
With a win on Saturday night, the Flyers can pull into a tie with the Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference standings. A win would also catapult the Flyers past the Lightning in the conference standings. Phill has won three straight and is 8-2 in their last 10 games played as they have climbed the standings since prior to the Olympic break. These two teams have not met since October, a 3-1 win for Toronto, and this is game two of three in the season series.
Toronto looking to string together some wins
Toronto comes into this game after a win over the Rangers on Wednesday in overtime. It snapped a three-game losing streak for the club. Now, the Leafs will try to string together some wins to keep teams at-bay in the standings. Toronto has not scored a power play goal in their last seven games, in which they have gone 3-2-2. During their previous 9-1-1 stretch, they recorded 11 power play goals. The Maple Leafs will need to score on the power play to beat the Flyers.
Oddsmakers from TopBet.eu have the host Maple Leafs as the favorites by 1.5 points on Saturday night over the Flyers. We like the Flyers chances much better than the Leafs chances tonight, which is why we will back Philly and the -105 money line with 10 percent of our bankroll in Canada.
Chris Wassel
AA, AAS
CURRENTLY
Sports Writer and Journalist
RESIDES IN
Rahway, NJ
EDUCATION
Union County College, Montclair State University
EXPERTISE
Business, Writing, Sports, Food, Grilling, Olympics, Injuries, Politics, and more
Summary
Member of FSWA, FSGA, and a variety of Sports Betting Groups.
Lead arranger of news and injury reports for Rotoballer Hockey. Also did the news lead for NASCAR on the same site coming out of COVID.
Strategy and mapping out of various sports betting and sports articles for MyNHLTradeRumors and gambling.com.
Runs a hockey and fantasy hockey podcast that teaches fantasy hockey players how to improve their skills.
Experience
Chris Wassel has 20+ years of sports journalistic experience in various disciplines..
His ability to play sports is well documented. Most people in the business just write. However, Chris will race cars and even a super Moto bike from time to time. There is that fitness and hiking/cycling aspect too.
Chris has climbed mountains from Mount Washington to Mount San Jacinto in Palm Springs, California. For those that do not know. Chris also dabbles in food eating contests and challenges. Having a unique background with friends including Joey Chestnut and Casey Webb, Chris has the ability to eat a whole 16-pound turkey or a 32 inch meat lover's pizza.
Since 2013, Chris has primarily focused on sports writing and fitness. On social media, he will answer any question in many different aspects. Even Chris's ability to wager on Entertainment and US Elections is well documented. He was able to predict Joe Biden's inevitable dip in approval rating below 40%.
Throughout his career, Chris has worked at a lot of places from DraftKings to USA Today and much more.
Finally, Chris has been nominated for quite a few awards from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association for Hockey Writer Of The Year. Also, there have been a number of amazing fantasy hockey championships from expert to high-stake leagues.
Education
Chris received an Associates from Union Country College for business and accounting. Chris did sports journalism work at Montclair State University covering the hockey, baseball, and football teams.
Quote from Chris Wassel
"Do Not Think, Just Do.”
Education
1999 Graduate of Union County College
1993 Graduate of Rahway High School
Professional Achievements
Media credentialed member of the New Jersey Devils since 2010
Covered several NHL Drafts including the one day event in Newark in 2013
Been on countless podcasts, TV shows, and more including Sportsnet and even NHL Network