NHL Playoff Odds Paint a Spiky Betting Board

The playoff slate is loaded, and the game lines are doing what they always do at this time of year - inviting everyone to believe they found an edge. The numbers are out for every matchup, which means the market has already started telling its version of the story before the puck drops. In the postseason, one goalie heater or one bad bounce can make a smart number look foolish by the second period. That is what makes this board so useful and so dangerous at the same time.